RAIN Alliance Workgroup Launches Tag Numbering Standard

RAIN Alliance Workgroup Launches Tag Numbering Standard

With a customer identification numbering service and family identifier service, the new standard will help address tag clutter, the workgroup says. As billions of RFID tags are being applied to products yearly to track inventory and gain supply chain visibility, a...
Companies Track Guns, Art with RFID Sensor Technology

Companies Track Guns, Art with RFID Sensor Technology

Anantics is providing solutions using passive UHF RFID sensor technology from Asygn to track location, as well as temperature and other conditions for high value assets. The best way to store guns is in a temperature- and humidity-controlled environment – the...
IoT Boosts Productivity for Avocado Farms

IoT Boosts Productivity for Avocado Farms

Dimitra teamed with One Million Avocados to provide sensor-based intelligence for avocado farmers across Kenya and East Africa. Farming technology company Dimitra is working with One Million Avocados (Saving the world, one avocado at a time) to target avocado farmers...
RFID News Roundup

RFID News Roundup

Seoul Metro tests BLE transit payments; CPG brands embed RFID in their packaging labels; Panasonic Industry and Symbiotech to offer Wirepas Mesh Demo Kit for BLE module; Simbe raises $28 million to enhance robotics-based inventory management solutions for retailers....
McDonald’s France Manages Reusable Containers with RFID

McDonald’s France Manages Reusable Containers with RFID

The technology from Checkpoint Systems is used by more than 1,500 restaurants to provide visibility into reusable, dine-in cups, bowls, lids, and French fry containers. With the goal of reducing waste at its fast-serve restaurants across the country, McDonald’s...
Partnership Delivers Long- and Short-Range RF Charging

Partnership Delivers Long- and Short-Range RF Charging

Powermat offers short range, high power charging of devices wirelessly; while Powercast’s solution leverages UHF RFID for long range, low power charging. Two wireless charging companies have joined forces to offer a broad portfolio of RF wireless charging options,...
Optical AI Solution Identifies and Authenticates Goods

Optical AI Solution Identifies and Authenticates Goods

Alitheon has partnered with Peer Ledger to offer a system in which luxury goods, critical parts, or precious metals can be uniquely identified without requiring a tag or printed barcode. Optical Intelligence AI Technology company Alitheon has teamed up with supply...
RFID News Roundup

RFID News Roundup

RFID boosts security guest experience at Celtic Collection; L-com releases stamped metal antennas for IoT applications; Treon IoT sensor with accelerometer gains patent; Renesas has acquired Sequans Communications. RFID Boosts Security, Guest Experience at Celtic...