Innovation
NFC’s Addition Accessorizes Apple Phones
The company is including Near Field Communication functionality in a line of products for new iPhone models under its MagSafe brand name.
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.
Six Ways the IoT Will Change Commercial Cleaning
The Internet of Things has disrupted the cleaning sector and is here to stay.
RFID Journal Announces Winners of Its 14th Annual RFID Journal Awards
This year's winners—Grupo Boticário, Volkswagen do Brasil, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, SportCor, EM Microelectronic and Tali Freed—were announced at the RFID Journal Virtually LIVE! conference.
Teen Launches RFID Music Player for Elderly, Children
The Juuke Box, using RFID cards to select and play music, was designed to amuse the grandmother of the inventor's girlfriend, and has led to pre-orders, a second version's development and a search for investors.
Amazon Brings IoT Home with Sidewalk
Amazon's latest product is intended to expand wireless transmission for Internet of Things solutions beyond the front door of homes or businesses, leveraging BLE and LoRa technologies.
RFID, IR Provide Temperature Screening and Location System
Powercast is employing its new solution at its own offices to enable individuals to scan and automatically report their temperature before gaining access, while the system tracks their location in key public areas of the building for contact-tracing purposes.
Making the World Greener, One Label at a Time
Avery Dennison has launched a pilot program with RoadRunner Recycling to accelerate matrix-recycling processes and thereby reduce the amount of waste going to landfills.
Smart Bottle Employs RFID to Track Flavor Pod Use
With a transceiver, an ultrasonic sensor, Bluetooth connectivity and tagged pods, the LifeFuels bottle lets users view on an app what they've consumed and thus manage fluid intake and reordering; the company tracks inventory in-house via the pods.
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