BOPIS May Drive RFID Adoption in Retail
“Buy online, pick up in store” is becoming increasingly popular around the world, but it’s placing greater demands on retailers to have accurate, near-real-time data.
IoT-Based Drone Seeks Treasure for History Channel
PrecisionHawk brought a LIDAR-based drone with wireless connectivity to map out the terrain in the Philippine jungles, in order to search for the hiding places that Japanese soldiers might have used for the treasure they captured while occupying the island during World War II.
RFID News Roundup
RFID Journal webinar helps retailers, suppliers improve revenues ••• Nedap, MishiPay partner on RFID mobile self-checkout system ••• BluEpyc intros BLE beacon with optional accelerometer, temperature-humidity sensor ••• Hazelcast unveils streaming engine for IoT, edge, cloud environments ••• Dodge Data & Analytics, Triax Technologies study IoT tech for construction risk management ••• New Boundary Technologies, Radio Bridge add IoT applications to long-range wireless sensors.
New Zebra Reader Promises Real-Time RFID Data Capture
The company’s ATR7000 overhead reader provides real-time location data for retailers and warehouses using UHF RFID tags on assets, inventory and personnel, while a hybrid solution with an optical camera and an RFID reader tracks space usage as trailers or containers are packed.
UHF Reading Drone Tracks Vehicles, Assets
FEIG Electronics has teamed up with Tiger Labs and Congruex to develop a drone that can capture passive UHF RFID tag reads from a height of 25 feet, then forward that data, along with GPS-based location information, via Wi-Fi, LoRa or Zigbee.