IoT World Forum: Rewards and Roadkill
Cisco’s second annual IoT conference featured some common refrains: deployments are growing fast, end users need better analytics, and security concerns keep everyone up at night.
Iron Mine Uses RFID to Locate and Control Equipment
Precyse Technologies’ Smart Agent active tags enable the mining company to know where its generators, welding equipment and mobile lighting are located, as well as switch the lighting on and off.
RFID News Roundup
Checkpoint Systems’ Check-Net system can now print, encode, test a million RFID labels in 24 hours ••• BeSpoon unveils 3D RTLS development kits ••• Holland RFID merges with InfoChip Systems ••• PDC announces two new RFID wristbands, partnership for Squamish Valley Music Festival ••• Turck’s Q120 compact UHF read-write head now broadly available.
MIT Researchers Test Nascent Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Scheme
Congestion-smoothing experiment highlights opportunities for smartphone manufacturers, automakers and cities.
Radboud University Medical Center to Test Phillips Medical-Grade Wearable Device
The pilot program will test telehealth applications for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Phillips is also opening its HealthSuite Development Platform to application developers.
Needed: Best (or At Least Better) Practices for Beacon Deployments
Everyone in the beacon ecosystem, from marketers to infrastructure providers to app developers, can find teachable moments in New York City’s decision to pull a network of beacons from its phone booths.
John Lewis Store to Furnish Its Customers With RFID
The retailer’s flagship store is launching a pilot involving RFID-tagged furniture shapes and fabric samples, to allow customers to view selected chairs, sofas and coverings displayed on a computer monitor.
RFID Journal Launches Internet of Things Journal
The new website will be devoted to covering Internet of Things technologies and their business applications.
‘SUNRISE’ Researchers Submerge the Internet of Things
Academic researchers are developing communication protocols that commercial partners are using to build the IoT underwater, where networks of sensor-enabled drones could open a wide range of new commercial and research applications.
At WesleyLife Retirement Community, RFID Brings Freedom to Residents
The system, from Stanley Healthcare, brings peace of mind to the citizenry of The Village, by enabling them to request help regardless of where they are on the 37-acre campus.