Retail
MIT Researchers Commercializing RFID and Computer Vision Robotics
The MIT Media Lab system employs computer vision, focused by RFID technology, to enable a robot to find a specific item in a complex environment, then pick it up and place it according to instructions for shipping, sorting or manufacturing.
Becoming More Sustainable via RFID
ITL Group has posted a webinar in partnership with Tageos which explores the importance of RFID in helping retail businesses achieve their sustainability goals.
Havan RFID-enables 100 Percent of Its Operations
Radio frequency identification technology has helped the retail company to reduce its product inventory by 30 percent at 155 stores throughout Brazil.
Strawberries Managed from Grower to Store via RFID, QR Codes
Belgium's Coöperatie Hoogstraten, which has transitioned to sustainable cardboard containers for its berries, utilizes printed QR codes on containers, with RFID tags on each pallet to automatically capture product data in the supply chain.
Hogs for the Cause Adds RFID for Social Distancing, Contact Tracing
The New Orleans music and barbeque event will resume this summer with an RFID-enabled bracelet solution from Wrstbnd that will provide touchless entry and payment, as well as collect data regarding traffic movement and crowd behavior.
How Technology Fuels Customer Experience and Brand Value
Retailers must invest in new technologies to make their supply chains agile, deliver seamless omnichannel customer experiences, build customer loyalty and stay ahead of the competition.
RFID News Roundup
HID adds multi-factor authentication to trusted-identity platform; Checkpoint expands IoT RFID software for omnichannel retail; STMicroelectronics joins Mioty Alliance to foster IoT applications; SATO America adds RFID to thermal printers; Luner launches IoT developer marketplace, partners with Sierra Wireless; Link Labs receives six IoT asset-tracking software patents; STAR Systems unveils smart windshield and headlamp transponder; Argonne National Laboratory to host printed electronics webinar.
How Verizon Deployed a Touchless Retail Experience
Retail shopping in today's world is enabled greatly by technology, and the physical and digital experiences are of equal importance to customers.
Sustainable RFID Tag Designed for Safe Use in Microwave Ovens
Stora Enso's ECO Meal UHF RFID tag for the food and beverage industry has a printed paper antenna and can be applied to or built into microwaveable packaged foods without posing a fire or arcing hazard.
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Direct-Mail Company Tracks Shipments Globally in Real Time
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