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U.K. Hotel Transitions to BLE Mobile Room Access
Stock Exchange Hotel is leveraging ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions' RFID technology to let guests check in and access their rooms via smartphones, in order to increase convenience and minimize disease transmission risks caused by in-person interactions.
Ambiq Markets Low-Power MCU, SoC for Commercial, Industrial Markets
The company's BLE-enabled microcontroller and system-on-chip are being built into millions of wireless sensor devices to capture, manage and transmit data from sensors at low power, enabling greater functionality in healthcare wearables, industrial equipment trackers and other IoT-based solutions.
RFID News Roundup
Tapwow, Avery Dennison intro NFC tag kit; NXP launches secure IoT edge device cloud platform; Senet, New Cosmos USA partner on LoRaWAN natural gas alarm; Avnet Silica, Insight SiP team up for BLE, LPWAN modules; Industrial Internet Consortium offers IIoT test drives; Soracom unveils IoT connectivity pricing.
Wearable Sensor Tracks Horse Health via Wireless Charging, BLE
American Equus will soon release a solution that tracks the health and conditions of racehorses as they compete or train, with an ankle device that measures vital statistics and sends that data via BLE, using wireless charging from Energous.
Wearable Wristband Leverages NFC, BLE for Worker Security and Health
Companies are deploying a Nymi solution with Elatec readers to enable workers to access clean rooms and offices, use secure computers and printers, and monitor social distancing.
Panasonic Serves Changing IoT Demands in Warehouses, Stores
The company's latest Internet of Things offerings are being provided with a layered approach to meet customers' challenges during and after the pandemic, mixing HF, NFC, UHF, BLE and other technologies, depending on individual use cases.
NFC, BLE Track Contacts, Staff Movements for Senior Living
British Columbia's Oxford Senior Care residence has provided hybrid technology fobs to its 50 staff members, as well as to visitors and prospective residents, to ensure each individual who arrives onsite completes a questionnaire about his or her health and can then be tracked while moving around the facility.
RFID News Roundup
U.S. Navy awards contract to VOS Systems for BLE contact tracing; Descartes Systems Group launches open network initiative for BLE air cargo tracking; WISeKey PKI enables IoT manufacturers to embed trusted digital certificates; Onset unveils BLE datalogger for vaccine storage, transportation; Pasternack intros Yagi antennas for RFID inventory tracking.