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Ten Ways RFID Improves Quality Control in Harsh Environments
RFID tags can be used for quality control in harsh environments, including those containing extreme temperatures, high impact, wet conditions, hazardous chemicals, radioactivity and more.
IoT Adds Automation to Shopify Companies’ Inventory Data
Apptricity is partnering with Shopify to provide its Internet of Things edge device, an app, and BLE or other tags as part of the Storefront app, enabling users to view the location and status of goods at their own site, in the supply chain or at a customer's store.
RFID News Roundup
Nedap announces cloud-based RFID loss-prevention system; Semtech, SAS Institute collaborate on IoT solutions for North Carolina town; Memfault, Alif Semiconductor partner on processors for IoT developers; CenTrak acquires healthcare RTLS company Infinite Leap; Loftware adds new RFID drivers to labeling software; Cupix updates its 3D digital-twin platform for construction.
Virtual Event Report: RFID in Harsh Environments
View the PDFs and recordings from RFID Journal's recent online event.
RFID News Roundup
Xerafy offers on-metal RFID tags with NXP chips; Axia Institute launches RFID tag validation program, partners with Fresenius Kabi; AsReader unveils lightweight RFID reader-writer; CDO Technologies adds DT Research tablet to DoD auto-ID contract; ScaleOut Software upgrades real-time digital twin streaming service; Trackunit, Silicon Labs partner on BLE asset-tracking solution; GS1 US to host virtual healthcare RFID workshop; STMicroelectronics publishes white paper on NFC for CPG.
General Electric to Pilot Battery-free RFID Sensors in Its Hydro Turbines
Asygn's RFID sensor ICs are being deployed or tested not only for hydropower production, but also agriculture and construction, to capture conditions in the field or at production facilities without requiring a battery or wired energy sources.
BLE Uses Phase Finding for Affordable RTLS Applications
Link Labs' AirFinder Onsite solution provides low-cost indoor location, with BLE tags identifying where they are based on phase ranging, and LoRa connectivity forwarding that data to a server.
Where’s the Toilet? IoT Knows the Answer
U.K. technology company Foresolutions, using Digital Matter sensors, is providing companies with the location and status of remote items like porta potties, construction tools and air-traffic equipment.