
Automotive


Can Autonomous Vehicles Change Short-Term Car Leasing?
Such technology could benefit companies and consumers alike, but what issues would the industry face?
Tubonal Improves Inventory Management via RFID
The company's investment in iTAG's technology has boosted the traceability of its stock, the precision of its product storage and the agility of its inventory counts.
Auto Parts Manufacturing Plant Boosts Efficiency By 2 Percent with UWB
Continental deployed a system that utilizes UWB sensors on automatic guided vehicles to capture data that automates alerts and instructions for workers on smart wristbands based on the movements of tagged vehicles and other assets, while enabling the use of a facility's digital twin.
RFID News Roundup
Confidex intros RFID system for automotive industry; Kerlink, SmartMakers partner on real-time asset-tracking solution; Insight SiP signs distribution agreement with Avnet Japan; Senet, CNIguard, Semtech provide LoRaWAN gas leak detection tech; Cloudleaf expands IoT integration partnerships for supply chain visibility; Frost Control Systems, u-blox team up on road-safety IoT platform.
RFID Detects Drops, Falls and Impacts with Shock-Sensitive Goods
Aerospace and automotive firms are among those tracking potential shock to goods in the supply chain with SpotSee's RFID-enabled ShockWatch, which uses a mechanical switch and RFID interrogation to wirelessly indicate if a potentially damaging impact has occurred.
RFID Journal Virtually LIVE! 2020 Report
RFID Journal recently held its 18th annual conference and exhibition. View the presentations and recordings from this online event.
RFID Journal Announces Winners of Its 14th Annual RFID Journal Awards
This year's winners—Grupo Boticário, Volkswagen do Brasil, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, SportCor, EM Microelectronic and Tali Freed—were announced at the RFID Journal Virtually LIVE! conference.
EM Microelectronic’s Passive Sensor Chip Detects Moisture
The em|aura-sense, with capacitance for moisture or touch detection, can respond to a UHF RFID reader by storing sensor data or transmitting it back to the interrogator, enabling those with existing RFID inventory-counting systems to add the tags and gain additional data.