Industrial
IoT Enables Pump Health Monitoring
Wilden's Safeguard system was released this past spring, using sub-GHz RF transmissions and cellular connectivity to capture cycle counts and leak events on air-operated diaphragm pumps, managed by cloud-based software, to prevent or detect failures.
RFID News Roundup
EM Microelectronic announces RFID solution for wireless sensing; Confidex offers on-metal RFID labels; Vizinex RFID intros flexible asset-tracking tags; Pod Group launches self-service IoT connectivity platform; STMicroelectronics adds software pack for industrial condition monitoring; the Industrial Internet Consortium publishes IIoT white paper on distributed ledgers.
Beacons, LoRa Capture Contact and Location Data for Safe Workplaces
Microshare has partnered with Kerlink to use its Wanesy Wave anchors with Microshare's own software so that employees wearing beaconing bracelets can collect data about their contacts and locations while they work, providing contract tracing if an infection is detected.
Webinar Report: PervasID Flow Ranger, Printronix Auto ID T6000e Printer
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The Smart Factory Is Now
By deploying IoT-enabling technologies, companies can use digitalization and analytics to provide 360-degree visibility over their entire operations.
STMicroelectronics Releases BLE Platform for Industry, Smart Buildings
The evaluation platform, designed for application development, features modules utilizing the company's second-generation Bluetooth Low Energy system-on-chip.
FogHorn IoT Solution Monitors Worker Health and Safety
The system enables businesses to enforce workplace standards by using edge computing and artificial intelligence to monitor compliance.
IoT Offers Flexible Solutions for Post-Quarantine Worksites
GuardHat offers a mix-and-match solution for companies seeking social-distance-based proximity alerting, contact tracing and collision prevention, with mustering and access control among its Internet of Things features.
Green RFID Antenna Company Brings Capacity to One Billion
4e Antenna's Finnish production site will be able to produce a billion paper antennas for RFID tag companies, using a laser-cutting method and pure aluminum, thus eliminating chemical etching processes and waste, while the antenna makes tags recyclable.
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