Almost all buildings in the UK are connected to the mains water supply, coming directly to each property, which is turned on and off by a stopcock, says Matthew Margetts, director of sales and marketing at Smarter Technologies. (more…)
August 26, 2021
Posted by: Matthew Margetts
Do we need ‘quick wins’ to build public support for smart cities? Or is it the IoT sector’s job (quietly and invisibly) to provide better, safer, greener lives for today’s smart citizens? Should we be winning hearts and minds with dazzling services, or silently enhancing the quality of life? Jeremy Cowan gets some surprising answers from Francesca Serravalle, Colt’s emerging technologies director, and Magnus Melander, founder of Sweden-based IoT Alliance, SMSE and tech hub THINGS. Plus sport takes over from space programmes as a top tech-driver. And <<SHOCK NEWS>> Bill Gates may have backed a winner in electric-powered aviation!
August 12, 2021
Posted by: IoT global network
(Sponsored News) Spanish bookseller Ona Llibres has 50 years of book-selling history. Last year, the company has opened a new bookstore in the center of Barcelona, not only for customers to experience the fun of shopping but also for them to enjoy an immersive reading experience. They decided to use RFID technology to achieve this goal and enhance the customer experience through automatic access to book content & self-purchase service. While managing inventory, they need to ensure that sold books on the shelves can be quickly re-stocked.
The new bookstore deploys an information solution with Chainway C72 UHF rfid reader that realizes catalog management, equipment management, and inventory management. It provides a “differentiated shopping experience” for the customers.
According to this solution, when books enter the bookstore, employees generate & paste an RFID tag with a unique code on each book. Each code associates the title & author of the corresponding book to identify the book in the bookstore.
In daily routine, employees use the built-in Chainway C72 UHF rfid reader to scan the book’s labels to obtain the related information of the corresponding book and perform operation management. For example, employees can use Chainway C72 UHF rfid readers for inventory counting regularly. Based on the excellent read and write performance of Chainway C72, employees can quickly capture the IDs of all tags in the inventory by walking through the bookshelves with the readers, without deliberate alignment, which shortens the inventory update time.
To keep the bookstore tidy and beautiful, the retailer needs to display the book in a limited sales space. Thus, the book inventory in the front & backside of the warehouse must be tracked closely. When a book is sold, the company uses the RFID system to ensure that the missing space is filled immediately, so that new customers can see it in selves.
In addition, the C72 handheld device is not only used to check inventory, but also to find the designated books on the shelf. In the specific operation, the employee enters the given book title or author in the device and walks through the bookstore with a Chainway C72 RFID reader to find the relevant tag ID, which greatly reduces working time and improves work efficiency.
Moreover, all data will be updated in real-time in the background system to ensure that the storefront is consistent with the inventory data. At the same time, these data also provide data support for store inventory replenishment and historical sales pattern analysis.
The new application does not only allows managers to monitor the bookstore’s inventory in real-time but also achieves a better customer experience. Customers can view the information of all books through the interactive screen and estimated waiting time in the queue to buy a book. The improvement in these services has also enabled the bookstore to follow the COVID-19 guideline.
July 22, 2021
Posted by: IoT global network
This article first appeared inside the Tech Trends Report
Mobile network operators (MNOs) are investing billions in 5G infrastructure but are they failing to maximise the monetisation opportunities by applying traditional telecoms business models to this new era, asks TechTrends managing editor George Malim?
July 7, 2021
Posted by: IoT global network
This article first appeared in Transport 360 magazine.
Although the pandemic has meant passengers are staying home, the retail supply chain has massively increased its utilisation of rail cargo.
To handle this growth and deal with the challenges of attracting passengers back to rail transport, train operating companies are increasingly adopting IoT systems and applications. To achieve this, they’ll need to automate and add industrial computers, sensors, monitors and gateways to gain visibility into passenger flows, offer improved experiences and run their trains to ensure passenger safety and minimised environmental impact.
July 5, 2021
Posted by: IoT global network
Sigfox’s CEO, Jeremy Prince says small can be beautiful; you don’t need to build a motorway to ride a bicycle. His company has invested €300 million in a decade rolling out a 72-country network, but in telco network terms that’s loose change. The market has matured since 2010, says Sigfox’s deputy CEO, Franck Siegel. They tell Jeremy Cowan and the Trending Tech podcast they’ve seen a “huge ramp up” in the number of Sigfox connected devices from 2 million in 2017 to 18 million now. Customers no longer ask for proofs of concept, they know it works. The market potential is huge, says Prince. “The analysts will be wrong again, but this time it will be bigger than they predict.”
June 22, 2021
Posted by: IoT global network
President Biden has signed an Executive Order on cybersecurity as the latest US step to improve IoT security by introducing cybersecurity labelling for consumer products. The Trending Tech Podcast hears from Steve Hanna of Infineon that the race to the bottom in cybersecurity is ending as governments worldwide are following new standards. Meanwhile, Gartner says 75% of enterprise data is expected to be created and processed at the Edge. But which Edge? George Malim and Jeremy Cowan wonder if telcos will profit from their Edge advantages. History suggests not. Maybe this time will be different!
June 11, 2021
Posted by: IoT global network
(Sponsored News) The client is a subsidiary of a Fortune 500 company in Brazil, which is the world’s largest and most broadly-based healthcare company. To further improve the efficiency of cycle-counting and optimize the allocation of warehouse resources, the company decided to introduce barcode and UHF RFID technology for warehouse management.
Through a comprehensive comparison of the products of multiple terminal manufacturers, Chainway UHF Sled Reader R6 was chosen for highly efficient warehousing management. Workers used R6 to match iOS-based devices for a complete solution, to expand UHF RFID and barcode scanning for intelligent stock-taking. The solution allows long-range reading and reading a large number of goods at a time, helping users to significantly boost the efficiency of inventory management.
By attaching Chainway R6 UHF RFID Sled Reader to the existing device, workers can use powerful UHF functions without the need to purchase another PDA, which is easily deployed and saves costs. Furthermore, through the UHF function of R6, workers can perform a bulk reading of goods in the warehouse at a long distance, which significantly improves working efficiency.
In addition, the inventory data can be uploaded to the management system in real-time, which provides data support to make proper goods configuration plans and effectively avoids overstock and shortage of goods. And it enhances the efficiency of warehouse management, achieves the maximum use of resources, and reduces operational costs.
Compared with traditional handheld terminals or other forms of readers, Sled Reader is more flexible in practical applications. For example, the CHAINWAY R6 UHF Sled reader, which can support the use of consumer electronic products, and can easily turn mobile phones and tablets into RFID professional data collection equipment. The tag information read by R6 can be transferred to the smartphone via Bluetooth, and the operator can transfer the data to the database via the smartphone, which is more flexible and convenient. Compared with traditional readers, the investment in equipment and staff training can be reduced.
May 25, 2021
Posted by: IoT global network
Whether it’s starlings teaching us about high speed, resilient networks, or training IoT execs by Horsepower, Gilli Coston and Ken Figueredo show that the world of technology has much to learn from Nature. It’s also Human Nature to make fantastically bad decisions – and Trending Tech Podcast hears how technology can bail you out if you decide to post a friend home from Australia. Listen, people do! Plus the SEC says Blockchain is more than a question of trust … it’s also about iced tea. And finally, Jeremy Cowan gets an eyeful of upcoming news in Augmented Reality.
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15th IOTE 2021 International Internet of Things Exhibition was successfully held between 21-23 April 2021 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition Hall. Chainway showcased the latest industrial-grade smart terminals and introduced two new RFID devices URA4 and MR20. These two products also Won awards. During the exhibition, an innovative application forum was held that interact with the industry audience about the development and application trend of the future terminal devices.
This time 15th IOTE 2021 International Internet of Things Exhibition and NEPCON China Electronics Show was jointly launched, with an exhibition area of 50,000+ square meters and 700+ exhibiting brands. The alliances from different sectors like network applications, smart cities, 5G communications, RFID, positioning, cloud platforms, sensors, big data, artificial intelligence, etc displayed their products and services. By hosting the IOTE exhibition, Shenzhen has become the representative of terminal equipment manufacturers that exhibiting the complete intelligent terminal product series and innovative industry application solutions, which became the focus of this exhibition.
Two powerful new RFID products won awards of “2020 IOT Star”
At this exhibition, Chainway exhibited the latest MR20 wearable Bluetooth reader and URA4 fixed UHF reader. These devices have a fully upgraded system configuration, easier-to-operate, and powerful functional configuration that make these devices have significant potential in market applications and can be used in many industry scenarios, attracting many visitors to stop and understand.
During the exhibition, the 18th RFID World Conference and “Star of Things” RFID Special Award Ceremony were organized. Chainway MR20 UHF wearable Bluetooth reader and URA4 fixed Android UHF reader were two new products that stand out and won the “2020 IOT Star Most Influential Innovative Product-Handheld Terminal Award” and “2020 IOT Star Most Influential Innovative Product-Fixed Reader Award”. The ultra-high popularity score ranks first and widely recognized by the industry.
The whole series of intelligent terminals support various applications
In this exhibition, Chainway showcased a whole series of popular terminal products, including C66, C61, C72, C76, C6000, and many other handheld terminal products, R2, R6, R5 UHF Bluetooth readers, multi-functional industrial tablets, UHF fixed Readers, UHF modules, etc., with diverse functions. Applications cover the entire retail supply chain, such as store management, warehousing management, logistics and distribution, product anti-counterfeiting/traceability, product anti-theft, and other fields, helping retail companies to quickly Achieve digital application upgrades, significantly improve operational efficiency and enhance market competitiveness.
Great enthusiasm in industry’s cutting-edge innovation and technology achievement
RFID World Internet of Things Application Innovation Conference held in the exhibition, where General Manager Yang Haibo of Chainway delivered a keynote speech “Smart Terminals for the Consumer Market” focusing on the future trend of RFID smart terminals development and the benefits of existing cutting-edge technology in terminals. It was reported, that more than 300 enterprises, industry experts, RFID end-user representatives, and financial professionals from all links of the RFID industry chain had attended this conference.With successful cases of innovative applications in the RFID industry, Chainway is committed to promoting the market application of RFID multi-channel reader products, allowing companies in multiple fields to enjoy the convenience offered by new technology products of the Internet of Things.
May 5, 2021
Posted by: IoT global network