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RFID News Roundup
Nedap creates secure RFID checkout tech for retailers; Ecom Instruments offers smart devices for oil and gas workers; Wonder Robotics launches smart autonomous drone solution; Samsung Electronics IoT platform helps users find lost devices.
AR and VR Create Remote Intelligence for Industrial Workers
Global businesses are using Librestream's augmented and virtual reality-based platform to provide operators with access to data on a factory floor or maintenance site, using smartphones or wearable devices and the company's Onsight app.
Virtual Event Report: RFID in Harsh Environments
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Aramco Pursues Worker Safety, Flare, BOP Prevention via IoT
At its gas plants and drilling rigs in Saudi Arabia, the company has deployed an Internet of Things solution from FogHorn that leverages computer vision and other sensor data to track onsite conditions.
Petrochemical Company Employs RFID for Safety, Productivity
Invista and other companies are tracking when workers fall or require assistance, where individuals are located for safety and productivity management, and the zones in which they have been, for the purposes of contact tracing in the event of a positive COVID-19 test, using Triax's Spot-r wearable technology provided by United Rentals.NFC May Bring Efficiency, Accountability to Laboratories
Test and research labs are tracking the chemicals and other samples used for their scientific work, by tagging products with open-detection labels and capturing data about the use and storage of each item via a solution from MilliporeSigma.
Omni-ID Offers New Product Family With BLE, LoRaWAN
The first two Sense active IoT products to be launched help users locate assets and inventory in large industrial settings—across wide areas such as an outdoor yard, an oil and gas site or a factory—while active sensor tags will be released later this year.
RFID Has Good Chemistry for Polymer Management
Polish chemical company Grupa Azoty is planning its deployment options after piloting UHF RFID technology from ProxiGroup to manage the status and locations of its bagged products as they are packaged and then transported into zones.
Undeniable Benefits of Level Monitoring in the Oil and Gas Sector
The Internet of Things can add automation, analytics and cognition capabilities to a connected industrial infrastructure, helping companies enhance their revenue streams.