
Smart Home


RFID-free IC Responds to Phone Interrogations
UC San Diego's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has built a solution by which a passive tag with a low-cost IC could be interrogated via a cell phone's BLE, Wi-Fi and LTE connectivity.
RFID News Roundup
NXP adds NFC to secure element for Matter devices; STAR Systems receives patent for antenna design; TSC Printronix print engine offers RFID encoding; Sierra Wireless unveils IoT module with Sony chipset; Renesas, AMD collaborate on RF front-end solution; ScaleOut Software adds simulation to digital twin service; Industry IoT Consortium publishes new white paper; KnarrTek white papers discuss ERP, RFID data capture.
Smart-Home Stocks Took a Beating in 2022
Company stocks fell an average of 32 percent last year; Vivint and ADT are two of only four businesses that reported stock price gains.
UWB People Positioning Offers Targeted Home Audio
Sagemcon has demonstrated technology developed by Novelda to identify individuals' locations in a room, and to adjust the sound experience as they move.
New Processor Family Targets Edge-based IoT Applications
Companies are developing solutions that could integrate a variety of Internet of Things applications at the edge, using NXP's i.MX 95 to enable intelligent automobiles, healthcare asset management and smart shopping.
RFID News Roundup
Garmin intros UWB in-vehicle entertainment system; Fujitsu, Marubun, Ossia partner on e-paper RFID tags; Renesas offers dev kit, supports Matter protocol for BLE; Unikie expands IoT product line with BLE solutions; ETAG Tech selects Atmosic BLE solutions for ESL portfolio.
RFID News Roundup
HID acquires Janam for event-access readers, pedestals; Powercast, Kyocera offer RFID power-harvesting solutions; MASS Group announces integration with FEIG Electronics; XOTech intros apps featuring ChatGPT, RF tags.
RFID News Roundup
NXP adds secure wireless MCUs to IoT portfolio; XO2Tech unveils new RFID products; Telenor IoT, Omdia issue report on APAC adoption; Itron upgrades Florida infrastructure with IoT tech; Loriot updates network management system for IoT.