Emerging Technologies
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.
RFID News Roundup
STMicroelectronics intros M2M embedded SIMs, inertial sensors; Renesas acquires Reality Analytics, offers IoT development platforms; A2B Tracking RFID platform receives Zebra validation; Technology provider Velociti doubles warehouse size; Indoor Robotics raises Series A funding for drone tech.
How Hospitals Can Benefit from RTLS and Wayfinding
Combining the two technologies creates a better system and better healthcare.
RFID News Roundup
SML invests in Rielec for supply chain management; STMicroelectronics unveils NFC payment readers; NFC Forum establishes global wayfinding identifier; Telit offers digital transformation apps, templates; Soracom, Sony partner on IoT microcontrollers; Arm signal processor targets IoT, embedded markets.
How RFID and ToF Technologies Deliver Loss Prevention
ControlTek's InFlight RFID EAS system leverages lidar time-of-flight data to identify products leaving a store, the speed and direction in which they are moving, and how many people might be involved, indicating organized crime.
STMicroelectronics Offers Gesture Recognition for Time of Flight
Companies are piloting or deploying the technology to recognize hand motions and convert them into instructions, such as adjusting temperature or volume levels, turning a page on a screen or selecting a beverage from a vending machine.
Two-Way UWB Communication Allows Picking By Light
SICK is among the first companies to offer a solution leveraging the UWB backchannel feature in Sewio's Studio 2.6 platform, allowing users to communicate with a tag and prompt it to light up so that it can be easily spotted.
RFID News Roundup
Avery Dennison unveils dual-frequency RFID inlays for retail, healthcare; Kathrein Solutions intros RFID test and demo kit; Zebra offers mobile computing solution for front-line workers; NFC Forum launches wireless charging certification program; Semtech, CITiLIGHT collaborate on smart street lighting, LoRaWAN; Litmus, Google Cloud develop AI manufacturing platform.
Three Ways Retailers Can Harness the Post-Purchase Experience
Trends within the industry are ever-changing, and by using an operations experience management platform to harness valuable data points to personalize all aspects of the customer journey, brands can more easily adapt to changes in the future.