Environment
RFID Tracks Reusable Isolation Gowns for Hospitals, Care Facilities
Welspring and RFiD Discovery have released a solution to manage reusable PPEs provided to healthcare providers and laundries, enabling them to forgo disposable gown use and instead track the laundering, sanitizing and history of each garment via UHF RFID.
Four IoT Use Cases that Can Improve Our Environment
The Internet of Things facilitates advances in smart farming, environmental monitoring, gas detection and air quality monitoring.
IoT Tracks Indoor Waste for Factories, Warehouses
Industrial sites have begun leveraging an Internet of Things-based waste-management solution from Sensoneo, using a wireless network and gateways from Sigfox Germany, to monitor indoor trash bins and optimize garbage collection.
RFID Serves Up Sustainability with Cuploop’s Reusable Cup Solution
The Estonian technology startup has commercially released a solution by which Confidex RFID tags are applied to reusable drink containers and are then read so the cups can be returned, along with users' deposits.
Amazon Web Services Partners with LoRa Companies for IoT
AWS's IoT Core for LoRaWAN includes sensors, gateways and analytics software so companies can launch their own IoT solutions for social distancing, safety monitoring, meter reading, cow herd management and more.
IoT Boosts Railcar Utilization for European Freight Forwarder
Lineas is capturing location and maintenance data about its thousands of freight cars as they travel around Europe and across national borders, allowing the Belgian freight company to not only improve its own railcar usage but share accurate ETA data with its customers.
Scientists Eradicate Invasive Hornet Nest After Tracking It via RF Transmission
A single Asian giant hornet led Washington State Department of Agriculture scientists to its nest via a VHF RF tag strapped to its body, which transmitted a unique signal to a handheld reader with a half-mile range.
Stirring Up a (Murder) Hornets’ Nest
Recent news accounts regarding the successful eradication of a nest of Asian giant hornets in Washington has spotlighted a highly innovative use of RFID technology.
Solar-Powered RFID Brings Insight to California Woodpeckers
UC Berkeley researchers are using active RFID tags powered by the Sun to capture the social behavior of acorn woodpeckers cohabitating or fighting, and to track efforts to rebuild after wildfire destruction.
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