Zebra WhereNet, UWB and Wi-Fi Location Solutions

With most things in life, the more options you have, the more likely you are to find one that’s optimal for your next challenge, and that has never been more true than when designing asset-tracking systems. There are three main location-based technologies – WhereNet, Ultra-Wideband (UWB), and Wi-Fi, and Zebra Technologies is the only location-solutions…

Advantech’s Compact Industrial Mini-ITX Boards

Although the fit-anywhere Mini-ITX motherboard design was originated more than a decade ago, it was only recently that implementation of its 170-mm by 170-mm form factor has hit full consumer-application stride. Even hardcore gamers are now discovering its potential. But the same factors that now make Mini-ITX boards so popular for driving home-theater systems –…

Changing the Game with MotionWorks Sports Solution

We know Zebra Technologies best as the industry leader in barcode-printing and RFID technology, as its identification and tracking solutions have been deployed in a surprising range of applications. Still, some applications are just more exciting than others, especially when they impact enterprises about which we’re as rabidly fanatical as football, basketball, baseball, soccer and…

Global Smartphone Usage – The Google Report (Retail Mobile Marketing Part V)

Honeywell Scanning & Mobility’s white paper, Mobile Marketing: Retail’s Next Frontier, inspired me to dig even further into the mobile marketing phenomena and what I discovered is simply remarkable. Considering that the age of the smartphone did not begin in earnest until mid-2007 when Apple introduced the original iPhone, the current state of that sea-change…

The BarCode News: Devoted Exclusively to Barcode Technology

Given L-Tron’s substantial focus on data-collection and automation solutions, it’s no surprise that the L-Tron team relies partially on online resources such as The BarCode News (www.barcode.com) to stay abreast of ongoing developments in barcode technology. Major industries served by L-Tron – enterprises as disparate as healthcare, public safety, retail, manufacturing and supply chain, governmental,…

Mobile-Coupon Redemption Rates and Other Unique Advantages – Retail Mobile Marketing Part IV

The retail industry is investing significant resources into implementation and optimization of mobile marketing campaigns and for good reason. Juniper Research projects that global mobile-coupon redemption rates will exceed 8% by 2016, driven largely by growth of usage in North America and Western Europe, mirroring earlier trends already well established in China and the Far…

Balancing Privacy Concerns and RFID Technology

Mass data capture, tracking technology and privacy are much in the news these days thanks to recent revelations concerning the National Security Agency’s mass-surveillance programs, prompting, once again, heated debate over where we should draw the line that distinguishes permissible data capture and mining from prohibited snooping.  Similar debates have also arisen with regard to…