Editor’s View: Why the RFID Community Should Care About the Scarlett Johansson, OpenAI Dispute
The dispute between Johansson and OpenAI brings to focus broader questions of artificial intelligence development The issue has ramifications for RFID and IoT companies when it comes to proprietary data, patents As the use of artificial intelligence (AI)...
South Dakota Senator Seeks to Block RFID Tagging Rule
USDA announced new regulations for cattle tagging that requires an electronic (EID) ear tag. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) calls proposed RFID mandate a “federal government overreach” U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) recently introduced legislation to prevent the federal...
Wiliot, Dredger Corporation, Nordic Semiconductor, RF-star: RFID News Roundup
Wiliot Introduces New Ambient IoT Food Safety Initiative Wiliot announced a new food safety initiative to create completely transparent and traceable supply chains through the adoption of IoT technology. Wiliot is partnering with food industry...
Ambiq Harvest Kit Captures Sensor Data Without Batteries
The soon-to-be released reference design from Ambiq includes sensor technology from Bosch Sensortec to track gas, humidity, pressure and temperature. With PV energy capture, the devices make wireless sensors easier to deploy and data available via BLE or...
IoT Sniffs for Smoke to Prevent Wildfires
Dryad’s fire detection system now leverages HF RFID chips to enable shippers to set the LoRa frequency on the device according to where the device is used. The sensors are now in place across North America, Europe, Asia and South America to detect smoke before...
RFID Helps Laundry Serve London’s Five Star Hotels
The HID Global Acuity solution enables Royal Jersey Laundry to better manage the thousands of fine linens that must be segregated, cleaned, pressed and returned to area hotels. With RFID readers at the laundry itself and in some hotels; the full supply chain of...
Fast Growing Tageos Opens U.S. RFID Production
The new production facility is located in Fletcher, N.C. By the end of 2024, the facility will have the capability to produce more than four billion units per year Set in an industrial park in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Tageos’ newly opened RFID plant...
Auto-Checkout: Reacting to Amazon’s Retreat from Just Walk Out
Amazon recently announced that they were scaling back their camera based checkout-free system in their Amazon Fresh and Go stores. The media had a field day with this news after discovering that Amazon were employing thousands of people in India to manually verify...