Smart Products Archives

Infrared Wireless Charging Offers Long-Range Power

by Claire Swedberg | Jul 19, 2023 | News

A solution from Wi-Charge includes an AirCord transmitter, along with receivers that capture targeted beams of energy for powering everything from phones to electronic shelf labels and displays.

Multi-Zone ToF Sensor Offers Camera-like Field of View

by Rich Handley | Jul 13, 2023 | News

STMicroelectronics' latest FlightSense sensor provides situational awareness for numerous types of smart equipment.

Semtech LoRa ICs Support Amazon Sidewalk Development

by Claire Swedberg | Jun 26, 2023 | News

With long-range connectivity for trackers and sensors, new products are expected to enable new applications outdoors, beyond the four walls of a home or business.

He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand

by Rich Handley | Jun 20, 2023 | Editor's Notes

A technology entrepreneur has had an AI-based RFID chip embedded in one hand, allowing him to store data, pay for goods and share content.

Samsung’s New UWB Chip Designed for Cars, Phones

by Claire Swedberg | May 8, 2023 | News

The Exynos Connect U100 is being built into products to connect them with objects or people in their environment, and to identify location and direction of movement.

Small, Low-Energy SoC Released for IoT Devices

by Claire Swedberg | May 1, 2023 | News

A wearable in-mouth sensor is among the early products being built to leverage Silicon Labs' new system-on-chip family, which can capture and transmit data via Bluetooth and Zigbee.

MIT Team Brings RFID Reading to AR Headsets

by Claire Swedberg | Mar 21, 2023 | News

The X-AR project finds that those wearing the glasses could locate RFID-tagged goods within centimeters and be alerted if an item they pick up is the wrong one.

RFID News Roundup

by Rich Handley | Mar 16, 2023 | News

Congresswoman intros IoT legislation for smart device use; NXP toolset enables software development for embedded apps; STMicroelectronics unveils BLE microcontrollers for IoT; SimplyRFiD launches RFID tag for metal, liquid products; FineLine receives patent for RFID mold-management solution; Ericsson IoT accelerator provides connectivity for Lyft e-bikes; OE-A publishes roadmap for flexible and printed electronics; MarketsandMarkets releases market research for RFID, RTLS.

UWB People Positioning Offers Targeted Home Audio

by Claire Swedberg | Jan 30, 2023 | News

Sagemcon has demonstrated technology developed by Novelda to identify individuals' locations in a room, and to adjust the sound experience as they move.

RFID News Roundup

by Rich Handley | Jan 12, 2023 | News

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.