The Role of RFID in Smart City Traffic Management
Urban traffic creates congestion, wasted time and excess emissions that also complicate public transit schedules and emergency response. Smart cities address the issue by treating streets as adaptive systems. They gather live data from roadside infrastructure and city...
Growth Outweighs Uncertainty for Flexible and Printed Electronics: OE-A Survey
Organic and Printed Electronics Association’s (OE-A) latest member survey expects growth for 2026, although down by half from the previous one last fall. OE-A members expect sales growth of 7 percent this year, down from 14 percent in the last survey. The bi-annual...
CoreRFID Helps Essential Healthcare Achieve Full Lifecycle Traceability: RFID Journal Case Study
Essential Healthcare runs a high-volume equipment hire and decontamination operation, processing more than 12,000 mattress systems and other medical assets each year for healthcare providers across the UK. Each mattress system comprises multiple components— base...
Blecon Launches Agent to Transform Zebra Devices
Blecon has launched Blecon Agent, a new software solution that converts Zebra Technologies’ frontline devices into an autonomous Bluetooth tracking network. As logistics operations become increasingly digitized, the ability to track assets continuously, without...
Smart Fields: Integrating Drones with RFID for Real-Time Crop Insights
Farmers need real-time crop insights so they can monitor crop health and maintain vitality of the crops and prevent crop loss. Delayed inspections can cause significant yield loss. Some pest outbreaks require treatment within 48 to 72 hours; missing this window leads...
Paragon ID, Dracula Technologies to Scale Light-powered BLE Tags
Paragon ID and Dracula Technologies are accelerating the deployment of XgenTag-L, the first battery-free, light-powered Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) smart tags. This milestone marks the transition from pilot to large-scale industrial deployment, supported by a...
Hanshow, University of Cambridge Team Up to Advance Next-Generation Augmented RFID
Hanshow has launched a multi-year research partnership with the University of Cambridge to develop next-generation Augmented RFID systems powered by distributed hardware architectures. The collaboration brings together Cambridge’s world-leading expertise in...
Netmore Acquires Actility, Unifing Global LoRaWAN Ecosystem
Netmore Group, the leading network operator for Massive IoT, recently acquired Paris-based Actility, a pioneer in low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) solutions with a presence across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Australia. Benefiting from synergies...