
Industrial Internet


Virtual Factories: Lighthouses of Manufacturing’s Future
As the world becomes more digitally connected, manufacturing companies are making the shift beneficial to economies, communities and consumers.
RFID News Roundup
Intent Technologies, Nexity Group integrate Semtech LoRaWAN tech; ScaleOut Software upgrades digital twin service; Seagull Scientific app receives Zebra validation; Beontag acquires adhesive company Technicote; Belden funds Litmus Industrial IoT edge platform; RAIN Alliance names new leadership.
How to Launch a Smart Metering System
Utilities are on a journey toward a fully automated metering system for electricity, with water and gas following behind, as systems evolve from manual meter checking to automated, two-way networks.
Companies Testing New Passive RFID Sensing Tags
Omni-ID's five new products are battery-free labels with sensors and UHF functionality to transmit data, such as temperature or moisture presence, to an RFID reader for use in the cold supply chain, at data centers or during construction.
Enhancing Factory Performance via IoT-Enabled Machine-Monitoring Solutions
Smart factories are switching their traditional processes to more advanced technology-based systems.
Industry IoT Consortium Intros New Test Drives for Healthcare
The organization has unveiled a pair of short-term pilots for gait analysis in geriatric patients, as well as for asset-tracking within healthcare facilities.
RFID News Roundup
HID Global acquires Omni-ID; Terso Solutions deploys RFID at a thousand healthcare facilities; Semtech, IQnexus collaborate on LoRaWAN IoT air-quality sensors; AT&T, Kigen add SIM flexibility to cellular IoT devices; Industrial Internet Consortium changes name, focus; Link Labs boosts battery life, location accuracy for BLE IoT tags.
Low-Cost UWB Tag Brings Real-Time Location to Low-Value Objects
Kinexon's X-Tag is designed to cost about one-fifth the price of existing UWB tags for Industrial IoT applications tracking items moving around a facility to gain a real-time view into operations and analyze business processes.