Chip company u-blox has released an RTLS system for integrators that leverages Bluetooth Low Energy with Angle of Arrival location tracking. The technology, including anchors, tags and middleware, is being built into RTLS solutions by companies specializing in...
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Crime Evidence Leverages RFID for Loss Prevention
Sensormatic Solution’s Shrink Analyzer solution is being adopted by retailers to identify and even build evidence around theft with RFID. The technology can be used to identify and track the dollar value of goods being removed from a store, providing...
PacSun to Expand RFID Pilot This Summer
Executive extolls success of program in more accurate inventory count More efficient antennae have turned the used of RFID turning it into a “game changer” PacSun intends to build upon a current pilot of RFID technology in its stores. For the past six months,...
CCC Companies Building Standardized NFC Car Access
The Digital Key standard includes near-field communications (NFC) that allows car companies to offer a short-range solution for phone-to-car communication NFC is among technologies that can be detected wirelessly, by a car’s locking system when an authorized...
Resource Label Group Acquires Beyer Graphics
Beyer Graphics will become part of RLG Healthcare, a specialty pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging business This is the 32nd acquisition for RLG and the third to its RLG Healthcare segment Resource Label Group (RLG) has acquired U.S.-based packaging design company...
Avery Dennison, Myriota, Qualcomm, Technologies AG: RFID News Roundup
Avery Dennison Expands M800 Avery Dennison recently announced the expansion of its Impinj M800 series IC product family to include a broader range of next generation RFID inlays and tags. The AD Stealth and AD Sonic inlays and tags can be used in apparel, general...
Royal Antwerp FC Scores Reusable Cup Solution with RFID
The Belgian-based football team needed to meet a sustainability directive from the European Union related to eliminating single-use plastic cups. The solution known as STAR, from Aucxis, has reduced queueing time for football fans, reduced labor at the bar and...
Using RFID, JSW Steel Cuts Truck Dwell Times at Factories
The RFID and AI solution from Kemar Automation enables JSW Steel to track the status of the trucks that enter and leave its facility at each step in the loading, unloading and weighing process. The company can use the system to better plan its dispatching and...
OpenAI, xAI Push to Improve their Artificial Intelligence Capabilities
Open AI training new AI model that would succeed the GPT-4 technology Elon Musk’s AI company raises $6 billion in funding Two of the leading artificial intelligence company’s announced updates to the lead in the AI arms race. OpenAI has begun training a new...
Labs Collaborate on RFID for Nuclear Weapons Management at Los Alamos
Los Alamos National Laboratory is teaming with Auburn University’s RFID Lab with joint research in RFID deployment to track nuclear weapon components in glove box storage. The technology could help Los Alamos officials identify weapon parts more efficiently,...
Editor’s View: Why the RFID Community Should Care About the Scarlett Johansson, OpenAI Dispute
The dispute between Johansson and OpenAI brings to focus broader questions of artificial intelligence development The issue has ramifications for RFID and IoT companies when it comes to proprietary data, patents As the use of artificial intelligence (AI)...
South Dakota Senator Seeks to Block RFID Tagging Rule
USDA announced new regulations for cattle tagging that requires an electronic (EID) ear tag. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) calls proposed RFID mandate a “federal government overreach” U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) recently introduced legislation to prevent the federal...