
Energy Harvesting


Passive BLE Brings Real-Time Data to Apparel Retailers
Nexite's Connected Merchandise solution enables stores to view the movements of products and thereby better understand shopper behavior.
RFID News Roundup
STMicroelectronics, Thales partner on NFC security; Snipes selects Nedap for footwear RFID project; iDTronic intros new NFC RFID reader; Semtech, Exeger team up on IoT solar harvesting; Blueiot Technology joins Industry IoT Consortium; Soracom connects five million IoT devices; Mouser Electronics, Menlo Micro sign distribution agreement.
RFID News Roundup
Tageos intros RFID inlays for tire inventory; STMicroelectronics offers wireless module with BLE; OpenSynergy unveils BLE stack for audio streaming; Everactive releases batteryless IoT development kit; Resource Label Group acquires MedLit Solutions; Industry IoT Consortium publishes new white paper.
Australian Retailers Test BLE with Wireless Charging for Inventory Management
Venroy is among the fashion companies testing a solution from Flagship that leverages Energous wireless charging devices and Wiliot's battery-free Bluetooth tags attached to merchandise for real-time in-store visibility.
RFID News Roundup
Confidex releases label with shared RFID and NFC memory; Powercast, InPlay offer battery-free BLE sensor beacon; Study shows strong RFID tag market growth; AI company Altair launches data-analytics appliance for IoT.
SATO Proof-of-Concept Brings BLE Visibility into Home Refrigerators
A Japanese Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry project, using Wiliot battery-free BLE sensors, is testing the viability of letting consumers track food freshness and volume in fridges via an app.
RFID Journal Workshop Shows How to Perform Bluetooth Tagging
At next week's conference in Las Vegas, Wiliot will help technologists and businesspeople put their hands on BLE sensor technology so they can start building systems to solve problems.
Evaluation Kit Targets Developers for Power-Harvesting IoT
Energous is selling its kit with Atmosic's BLE system-on-chip, enabling users to build solutions that leverage wireless charging at up to a 13-meter distance for IoT solutions ranging from factory condition monitoring to in-store electronic shelf labeling.