Efficiency
Australian Cotton Gin Tracks Product to Boost Efficiency
RFID tags embedded in bundles of unprocessed cotton bolls help Southern Cotton track when it receives, stores and gins those bundles, and the company then shares that data with growers.
Industrial Internet Consortium Launches New Industrial Testbed
Infosys is leading the group's latest testbed project, for which it is creating a repeatable approach to tracking (and improving) asset efficiency in industrial applications.
Industrial Internet Consortium Launches New Industrial Testbed
Infosys is leading the group's latest testbed project, for which it is creating a repeatable approach to tracking (and improving) asset efficiency in industrial applications.
Researchers Tinker With Flying, Rolling RFID-Sensorized Robots
The team of engineers used off-the-shelf hardware and software to create small aerial and ground robots that could automatically read passive UHF sensors and install those sensors on hard-to-reach objects.IoT News Roundup
Deloitte reports on IoT adoption in the oil and gas industry; Redpine Signals launches IoT-enablement platform; Gimbal takes beacons outside through outdoor media company partnerships; Identiv Labs helps startup fight shoe counterfeits.
Energy and Data Converge in Microgrids
Nimble, resilient microgrids will be an important part of creating a smarter energy infrastructure, but machine-to-machine middleware platforms like Real Time Innovations' DDS are important to keep them up and running.
Carrefour Puts Beacons in Its Romanian Hypermarkets
The retailer permanently installed technology from Onyx Beacon to help it better engage with customers, deliver promotional offers and guide them through the stores.IoT News Roundup
AT&T, Samsung and AirWatch sponsor new Georgia Tech lab; JFK airport uses BLIP Systems tech to track wait times; Skypatrol, Vodafone partner on M2M; New Braunfels, Texas, transitions to smart meters.
The IoT Is Getting Industrious
Thus far in 2015, three major research reports that probed the Internet of Things came to similar conclusions: The Industrial IoT is where the rubber meets the road.