Wiliot Partners with Databricks to Power Physical AI at Scale
Wiliot has teamed with Databricks to run its battery‑free Physical AI platform on the Databricks lakehouse, enabling enterprises to ingest and analyze billions of real‑time IoT Pixel data points. The integration gives supply‑chain users instant visibility into inventory, shipments, asset locations and temperature conditions without manual scans. Wiliot’s five core solutions—inventory intelligence, automated receiving, shipment verification, reusable asset tracking and temperature monitoring—now operate within a unified, secure data environment. Executives say the partnership moves retailers from reactive monitoring to proactive, AI‑driven decision making at scale.
Semtech Partners with Digital Barriers to Launch AI-Powered Video Compression
Semtech announced a partnership with Digital Barriers to deliver an AI‑powered video compression solution built into its AirLink XR60 5G router. The EdgeVis encoder reduces cellular bandwidth usage by up to 90% while preserving analytics‑grade video quality. The offering bundles...
How Texas Children’s Saved $14M with Zebra RFID Solutions: RFID Journal Case Study
Texas Children’s Hospital partnered with Zebra Technologies and Tecsys to install an RFID‑powered pharmacy system, replacing manual counts with real‑time tracking. The new workflow slashed medication tagging time from two minutes to seven seconds and lifted cabinet inventory accuracy to...
Protecting Patients From Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals with RAIN RFID
The surge in GLP‑1 medicines such as Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro has attracted a wave of counterfeit products, highlighted by the UK’s 2025 seizure of a factory producing fake injection pens. The World Health Organization estimates the global counterfeit drug...
Checkpoint RFID Innovation Secures Scotch Whisky Traceability
A BBC investigation uncovered widespread fraud in the Scotch whisky cask investment market, prompting calls for tighter regulation and digital oversight. With more than 33 million casks stored in Scotland and limited traceability, Checkpoint Systems and parent CCL Industries introduced SmartCask...
Tönnjes Offers New RFID Security Solutions for Vehicle Identification
Tönnjes, in partnership with Swiss chip maker EM Microelectronic, unveiled a next‑generation hybrid RFID/NFC chip for vehicle identification at Intertraffic in Amsterdam. The dual‑frequency tag combines long‑range RAIN RFID with smartphone‑compatible NFC, featuring AES‑128 encryption and expanded memory for secure,...
How BIG W Boosted Sales with Rapid RFID Tagging: RFID Journal Case Study
After COVID, BIG W tackled size‑level inventory gaps by launching a rapid RFID tagging program across 180 Australian stores. Partnering with Checkpoint, Sensormatic, Zebra and others, the retailer applied tags to every non‑seasonal item, achieving 100% tag saturation in months. Full...
Flexible Chips – the Missing Link for Mass-Market Consumer IoT
Consumer IoT is expanding beyond niche gadgets, demanding billions of low‑cost, connected components. Traditional silicon chips rely on legacy nodes that are expensive, slow to scale, and increasingly unsustainable. Flexible semiconductors—thin‑film transistors printed on polyimide—offer a dramatically simpler, low‑temperature manufacturing...
Avery Dennison Combats Food Waste with RFID Innovation
Avery Dennison’s new report shows that roughly two‑thirds of retailers still rely on manual inventory counts, driving record meat waste. The study estimates meat waste will cost retailers $94 billion this year and rise to $103 billion by 2030. In response, Avery...
Getting Granular: Incorporating RFID Technology to Improve Medication Management
Hospitals face tighter budgets, staffing shortages, and rising drug costs, prompting a search for more efficient medication management. RFID technology, once limited to retail, now offers real‑time, item‑level tracking that reduces manual errors and streamlines documentation. Advances in ultra‑high‑frequency tags...
SUSE Acquires Losant; KORE Acquired in $726 Million Deal
SUSE announced the acquisition of Losant, a leading Industrial IoT platform, to evolve from an edge‑infrastructure provider into a full‑stack IIoT leader. The deal expands SUSE's Edge portfolio with Losant's visual workflow engine, device orchestration and real‑time analytics, promising faster...
Revolutionizing Omnichannel Fulfillment with Always-On RFID: RFID Journal Case Study
International fashion retailers struggling with manual stock counts adopted PervasID's TrackMaster 3X always‑on RFID platform. The system provides continuous, item‑level visibility across store floors and stockrooms, delivering near‑100% read accuracy and one‑meter location precision. After deployment, retailers reported up to 50%...
RFID and PLM: The Missing Link Between Physical Assets and the Digital Thread
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems excel at tracking design, manufacturing and service data, yet they often lack a reliable link to the physical product. Embedding RFID tags on components provides a permanent, unique identifier that can be read without line‑of‑sight....
Two NFC Forum Specifications Adopted as IEC Standards
The NFC Forum announced that its NFC Wireless Charging (WLC) Specification and NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF) Technical Specification have been formally adopted as IEC global standards. The IEC’s multi‑stage voting process yielded unanimous consensus, confirming the specs meet rigorous...
Clustag Launches Integrated RFID Reader Tag Inspector
Clustag has unveiled Tag Inspector, the first open‑source application for smartphones equipped with integrated RFID readers, aimed at technical validation, R&D, and test‑lab environments. The tool runs on Zebra’s EM45‑RFID and TC53e‑RFID handsets and can read tags from multiple manufacturers,...
