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• The technology company has sold its security line to Vitaprotech and will invest proceeds into building the IoT solution.
• With a new CEO at the helm, the company aims to strengthen and expand its solutions for healthcare and other business sectors with specialty and customized technologies.

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• The FCC comments period has closed and responses to those comments are being accepted until Sept. 20
• Companies using and selling RFID, Z-Wave, tolling 6-C systems, and LoRa are among those who have expessed objection to the petition by NextNav for domination of the lower 900 MHz band for its terrestrial navigation purposes

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• Avery Dennison, Wiliot, Urovo, Goodix: RFID News Roundup
• Datascan, Smart Sensor Devices, The Antenna Company: RFID News Roundup

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• Kontakt.io is offering its hand hygiene solution with rewards offered for compliance so that healthcare workers treat handwashing similar to exercising with fitness trackers.
• Several hospitals are testing the system with IR and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to identify whether or not nurses or staff members wash hands when they enter a patient’s room.

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• The Department of Defense is continuing to roll out RFID based systems including an inventory management solution developed by the Marine Corps Logistics Command.
• The department is issuing comments related to the value of the technology to the Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee (IRAC) as the FCC considers a petition that would inhibit the use of RFID in the lower MHz band.

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• One retail customer that experimented with eliminating hard tags from its LP programs saw shrink more than double in test locations within one year.
• Another retailer saw shrink grow 40 percent to 70 percent in test departments in just seven weeks.
• A third retailer saw shrink increase by 40 percent in stores or categories where tags were removed — but not elsewhere in the store.

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• The Seattle-based company’s Just Walk Out system will use AI with input from different sources and considers them simultaneously
• The system’s use of RFID is more geared to bigger crowds, such as those in stadiums and arenas

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• Avery Dennison, Wiliot, Urovo, Goodix: RFID News Roundup
• Datascan, Smart Sensor Devices, The Antenna Company: RFID News Roundup

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• By adopting RFID technology in its facility, Bishop Cabinets can help ensure custom-made, high-end woodworking takes place efficiently and error free.
• Since deploying the system, the company’s customer support team can respond to inquiries from customers with real time status of orders, based on RFID tags reads on the production floor.

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• Trident IoT, founded by IoT product developers, offers Zigbee or Z-Wave chips for manufacturers of connected sensors and electronics, like smart home devices.
• The company is releasing a software development kit (SDK) that will help reduce the time to market, for its customers.

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• Retail: Over 40 billion tagged items are deployed in the U.S. retail sector alone. These deliver unparalleled end-to-end operational efficiencies, helping track deliveries, automate inventory, enable online business models, prevent counterfeiting and improve profitability.
• Healthcare: U.S. hospitals spend an average of $11.9 million on medical and surgical supplies each year. RAIN RFID plays a fundamental role in elevating patient safety by helping track and monitor these materials, as well as supporting staff and patient workflow, automating replenishment and billing, authenticating quality and tracking sterilization processes.
• National Defense: Virtually all military assets can be tracked, managed and monitored seamlessly with RFID. This engenders seamless military supply chains, especially for assets in transit to be deployed, while providing on-demand data on both traceability and inspection requirements.

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• Magni has released its latest telehandler equipment: a rotating crane and lift that identifies attachments with RFID technology
• The system helps operators at mines, construction sites or logging operations to ensure they operate the lift according to the attachment in use and the weight of the object being moved

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• Qurakslab found vulnerability in MIFARE Classic smart cards made by Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group
• The security vulnerability allows “card-only” attacks and not the corresponding card reader

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• The men’s shoe company used a retailer’s RFID mandate as catalyst to deploy an inventory management system identifying each product as it enters and leaves its warehouse
• With the RFID4U technology, Carrucci has achieved the inventory accuracy needed to enable online purchasing from its website.

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• Datascan, Smart Sensor Devices, The Antenna Company: RFID News Roundup
• WISeKey, Avery Dennison, PourMyBeer, GoTab: RFID News Roundup

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• Reach out to your state’s US senators and federal representatives.
• Submit comments directly to the FCC by September 5, 2024.
• Join the RAIN Alliance’s coordinated effort to prevent this change by contacting the RAIN Alliance president, [email protected]

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• Czech Republic-based company Sewio is HID’s latest acquisition as the its grows its portfolio of identification and RTLS technologies.
• Sewio will continue to operate as part of HID’s Internet of Things Services (IOTS) unit, offering work in progress, asset management and warehousing solutions.

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• New capabilities have been added to the certification program to simplify the testing of NFC end-products.
• A streamlining of testing requirements was done to evaluate how the device will behave depending on the intended use of the product

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• SML, Microsoft, Penguin Location Services, ZulaFly, Rehrig Pacific, QTek Design: RFID News Roundup
• Aesculap, Paragon ID, Elatec: RFID News Roundup

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• Details of the agreement were not disclosed
• MasterCard was one of eight companies sued by Payvox

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• NexGen Packaging has opened its African headquarters to provide packaging and labels, including RFID tags to garment and footwear manufacturers.
• The Nairobi facility will serve companies throughout the continent and employ 100 to 125 people.

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• Xerafy has designed custom antenna technology to provide an RFID tag that can be conformed to the tool its being embedded in.
• The antenna technology is part of a Connected Tools solution that can include engagement platform so that users can view details about their tools for efficiency and safety.

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• Healthcare facilities are gaining benefits from AI to manage data and make predictions based on staff member movement as they go about their tasks.
• RFID data related to inventory, with AI and machine learning, ensures better replenishment forecasting, optimizes stock levels and ensures critical supplies and equipment are available when needed.

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• Purdue University researchers have completed early testing of robots using three different “end effectors” that act as hands to uniquely manipulate items (Photo courtesy of Purdue University/Jared Pike)
• With computer vision and onboard machine learning, the system can identify an object and its orientation, select the right grasping tool and then handle it.

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• The solution from A2B Tracking was built to be simple and easy to use, with handheld readers and smartphones with an app.
• Data is managed in the cloud so that the university can track location and maintenance records of thousands of high value assets, from projectors to monitors.

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• The company’s clear, carbon-nanotube based material is being used or tested for NFC, Bluetooth, ZigBee, 5G and other wireless networks for automotive and other markets.
• Antennas will be offered with phased-array functionality by next year.

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• SML, Microsoft, Penguin Location Services, ZulaFly, Rehrig Pacific, QTek Design: RFID News Roundup
• Aesculap, Paragon ID, Elatec: RFID News Roundup

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• The RFID Professional Institute has released an 80-page study guide and updated exam for those seeking RFID certification and training, remotely.
• The institute is releasing a RFID Application Requirements document to help those planning their RFID deployment.

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• The Pallet Loop is providing reusable pallets to the UK’s construction industry for delivery of materials from tools to bricks and cables.
• With RFID on each pallet and RFID readers throughout the supply chain, The Pallet Loop’s solution from MiTeq allows users to access data to improve supply chain sustainability.

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• The partnership announced May 7 is aimed at expanding retail robotics-as-a-service to market on a global scale.
• On average, retailers are losing at least 4.5 percent in revenue to in-store inefficiencies

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A collective launched by five technology companies plan to develop and release store-hailing systems in cities around the world….

The technology company is releasing new products that include customized tags for an expanding set of RFID technology applications…

New rule being published by the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service will require electronic identification ear tags for dairy,…

• Delta Airline’s TechOps In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity team is managing the flow of high value equipment for free Wi-Fi deployments with RFID…

Axzon’s Opus Data Logger is a peel and stick temperature and humidity sensor that is low cost and can track…

Tageos brought a message of sustainability, new engineering and partnerships to RFID Journal LIVE in Las Vegas last week…

ProMach sees the addition of Etiflex continues the expansion of their label-converting capabilities. Etiflex staffers will become part of…

Global service bureau FineLine has expanded its Missouri facility to meet the needs of consumer product manufacturers who are new…

Key Takeaways The LoRa Alliance offers a guide to its future evolution and direction Alliance members noted smart metering is…

• RAIN Alliance report finds that corporations have work to do to leverage their RFID solutions to boost sustainability efforts.
• The alliance plans to offer education and support as key to help companies use their…

TC53 devices have been expanded to enable users to read UHF RFID tags at a range of about four feet.

MachineQ has partnered with Spotta to detect the presence of bedbugs in guest bed mattresses with LoRaWAN connectivity, AI analysis

By Dec. 1, federal agencies will have to detail their uses of AI

PervasID releases new reader; CenTrak launches RTLS scalable platform; Trax and PTC offer aviation maintenance solution

Nuki, U-tec are taking advantage of Silicon Labs’ Matter-over-Thread SoCs to offer smart locking systems for keyless entry

Operators have been using RFID chips to combat cheating, improve inventory management and reduce dealer errors

Retailer mandates, sustainability and AI are among the drivers this year for the RFID industry as it expands across industries and applications.

U.K.’s Delete Cups enables customers to pay for a reusable cup, then receive a refund when they return it, without requiring an app

Startup RFIDKnow’s

The company came to the conference with continued focus on specialty IoT.

Zebra was a double winner, including for best new product 

ASReader and Teijin Frontier released the reading device designed to only read the tag being touched by a worker wearing the glove.

The initiative by the standards organization could bring traditional 1D barcodes into the 2D world of data matrix and QR-codes.

• The HID Global Acuity solution enables Royal Jersey Laundry to better manage the thousands of fine linens that must be segregated, cleaned, pressed and returned to area hotels.
• With RFID readers at the laundry itself and in some hotels; the full supply chain of sheets, towels and other items can be viewed in real time and analyzed historically.

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• The Welcoming Pedestal is aimed at preventing loss prevention in the retail industry
• The system additionally allows retailers to gain real-time visibility into their inventory

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• How real-time WIP visibility optimizes production flow, enhances quality control, and paves the way for Industry 4.0 integration.
• The advantage it provides in a labor-tight workforce
• How it has been used already by leading manufacturers, including a collaboration that won the RFID Journal LIVE! 2024 Award for Best Industrial IoT or Manufacturing Implementation.

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• The new production facility is located in Fletcher, N.C.
• By the end of 2024, the facility will have the capability to produce more than four billion units per year

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• 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 healthcare, industrial and other applications.

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• A group of Minnesota high school students has launched a nonprofit, Vigilance Safety, that offers a UHF RFID based solution to identify when a gun approaches a school.
• The system includes RFID readers at school egresses and tags voluntarily applied to guns by the gun owners, as well as software to manage read data and whitelist permitted guns.

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• 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, with less radiation exposure to workers.

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• Earth Science Foundation turned to technology to advance their fossil recovery operation in South Dakota
• Using RFID tags, data collection time in the field was reduced by 80 percent and artifact data accuracy was recorded at nearly 100 percent

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• Litum not only has expertise in RTLS technology in industrial settings but in healthcare, serving both verticals with a single platform.
• The company’s 6.1 release comes with about 20 new features such as lower power consumption, security and integration of both UWB and BLE.

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• 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”

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• Auto manufacturers are deploying an automated system that tracks supply levels at assembly sites to ensure inventory never runs out.
• The system can include RFID enabled bins, reader pads, reader boxes or gloves that capture tag reads.

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• Biomark has provided RFID tags embedded in Chinook salmon and readers and antennas along dams and the Columbia Riverbed
• The data will help a group of tribes, government agencies and utility companies to track whether the newly introduced fish can survive passing up and down the river, through multiple dams.

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• Microsoft, RFID Discovery, Grydd, SparkFun: RFID News Roundup
• SML, Microsoft, Penguin Location Services, ZulaFly, Rehrig Pacific, QTek Design: RFID News Roundup

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• Apple Intelligence is being promoted as combining “the power of generative models with personal context”
• The I-Phone maker announced a deal with ChatGPT-maker Open AI to use the company’s technology across Apple products

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• How real-time WIP visibility optimizes production flow, enhances quality control, and paves the way for Industry 4.0 integration.
• The advantage it provides in a labor-tight workforce
• How it has been used already by leading manufacturers, including a collaboration that won the RFID Journal LIVE! 2024 Award for Best Industrial IoT or Manufacturing Implementation.

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• Open AI training new AI model that would succeed the GPT-4 technology
• Elon Musk’s AI company raises $6 billion in funding

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• A Georgia State University study, funded by Vizzia Technologies, examined how RTLS technology can benefit hospital workers.
• Findings indicate technology that workers can easily work with, and that offer a phased deployment approach, may be most successful.

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• The report found 78 percent of graphics and labels materials (GLM) sales in 2023 were from sustainable products, up seven percentage points
• The number of women in the Beontag workforce in 2023 continued to increase, reaching 32 percent overall in 2023, with 26 percent of senior leadership positions held by women 

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• 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 smartphone is in the vicinity.

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• North Carolina Department of Adult Correction is tracking thousands of radios for officers across 100 facilities.
• With an RFID tag embedded in the radio, the agency has a digital trail of each device when being used, repaired or discarded.

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• The company’s InvoTech Cloud can track and manage employee uniforms
• The software offers automated reporting capabilities, helping managers identify areas for further optimization

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• 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

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• The agreement will see the integration of RFID tags into automotive tires, helping to advance tire management.
• Murata will mass produce tire tags for other companies starting in January 2025.

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• Tageos, ControlTek, Ellisys, qomodo: RFID News Roundup
• Toppan, ULMA Packaging, Microchip Technology, Blecon: RFID News Roundup

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• Wiliot, Dredger Corporation, Nordic Semiconductor, RF-star: RFID News Roundup
• Microsoft, RFID Discovery, Grydd, SparkFun: RFID News Roundup

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• Tageos, LoRa Alliance, Heico, Aerosens: RFID News Roundup
• Avery Dennison, Myriota, Qualcomm, Technologies AG: RFID News Roundup

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• Research found a cohort of songbirds that display more social behavior are more adventurous in food source choices as well.
• The study used RFID to track which birds accessed unfamiliar foods in feeders and linked that activity with their sociability.

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• 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 eliminating cup waste.

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• How real-time WIP visibility optimizes production flow, enhances quality control, and paves the way for Industry 4.0 integration.
• The advantage it provides in a labor-tight workforce
• How it has been used already by leading manufacturers, including a collaboration that won the RFID Journal LIVE! 2024 Award for Best Industrial IoT or Manufacturing Implementation.

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• How real-time WIP visibility optimizes production flow, enhances quality control, and paves the way for Industry 4.0 integration.
• The advantage it provides in a labor-tight workforce
• How it has been used already by leading manufacturers, including a collaboration that won the RFID Journal LIVE! 2024 Award for Best Industrial IoT or Manufacturing Implementation.

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• 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 other operations.

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• North Carolina Department of Adult Correction is tracking thousands of radios for officers across 100 facilities.
• With an RFID tag embedded in the radio, the agency has a digital trail of each device when being used, repaired or discarded.

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• How real-time WIP visibility optimizes production flow, enhances quality control, and paves the way for Industry 4.0 integration.
• The advantage it provides in a labor-tight workforce
• How it has been used already by leading manufacturers, including a collaboration that won the RFID Journal LIVE! 2024 Award for Best Industrial IoT or Manufacturing Implementation.

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• 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 investigative support of local authorities.

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• Toppan, ULMA Packaging, Microchip Technology, Blecon: RFID News Roundup
• LoRa Alliance, Tageos, Heico, Aerosens: RFID News Roundup

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• RAIN Alliance, Identiv, u-blox, LoRa Alliance: RFID News Roundup
• Tageos, ControlTek, Ellisys, qomodo: RFID News Roundup

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• 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”

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• Playa Luna is preparing a slate of winter destination events in Mexico that will leverage an RFID system to access resort and concert venues
• Intellitix offers its concert and festival ticketing technology for access, payments and experiences for music fans.

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• Hospital leaders recognize the criticality of managing inventory in real time and are turning to RFID, RTLS, and AI analytics solutions to improve inventory tracking, visibility, accuracy, and ultimately, patient care.
• Zebra’s study revealed a link between hospital leaders’ materials management and clinicians’ efficiency, productivity, and ability to provide the best patient care.  

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• According to IATA, 85 percent of airline and airports have complied with electronic baggage tagging requirements
• RFID is implemented in 27% of surveyed airports, with higher adoption rates at mega airports

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• On identified Verity as their preferred partner due to the with in-depth technical expertise with artificial intelligence 
• Verity’s drones are deployed in warehouses to enable full supply chain visibility through real-time location tracking

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• How real-time WIP visibility optimizes production flow, enhances quality control, and paves the way for Industry 4.0 integration.
• The advantage it provides in a labor-tight workforce
• How it has been used already by leading manufacturers, including a collaboration that won the RFID Journal LIVE! 2024 Award for Best Industrial IoT or Manufacturing Implementation.

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• The soon-to-be released reference design from Ambiq includes sensor technology from Bosch Sensortec to track gas, humidity, pressure and temperature.
• With PV energy capture, the devices make wireless sensors easier to deploy and data available via BLE or LoRaWAN.

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• Avery Dennison, Myriota, Qualcomm, Technologies AG: RFID News Roundup
• Wiliot, Dredger Corporation, Nordic Semiconductor, RF-star: RFID News Roundup

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• RFID, RTLS and IoT technology can feed a treasure trove of data to AI systems that manage finished vehicles.
• This is the fourth in an ongoing series exploring how AI is impacting the RFID, IoT and different end uses across a number of industries.

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