RFID in Tyres has taken 10 years, but is now the time it breaks through?
A TikTok of a Michelin Pilot Sport 4S sidewall passed 17,600 views in January 2026 and the first assumption was surveillance. Michelin has been tagging tyres for a decade, roughly…
Audi tags paint atomisers with RFID on 28 Ingolstadt robots for demand-driven maintenance
Twenty-eight painting robots in Audi's new topcoat line at Ingolstadt now carry RFID on every atomiser component. Dürr and Kathrein Solutions developed transponders with bespoke antenna geometry that read reliably…
RFID in Manufacturing: Tracking Work-in-Progress Across the Line
Fixed readers at cell entry and exit points give manufacturing execution systems live work-in-progress visibility without a single operator scan. On mixed-model lines, tags carry routing data that steers conveyors…
RAIN Alliance Launches Working Group for RAIN RFID Sensors
The RAIN Alliance has launched a working group for sensor-enabled RAIN RFID, chaired by Sara Amendola of Radio6ense, covering temperature, humidity, moisture, pressure, strain and freshness sensing. Battery-free tags put…
NXP Trimension UWB powers BMW Group Digital Key Plus
NXP Semiconductors has confirmed that its Trimension NCJ29D6 ultra-wideband family will be deployed across the BMW Group fleet, starting with selected 2026 vehicle programmes. The same UWB silicon handles two…
What is LF RFID? Understanding 125 kHz Technology
Low-frequency (LF) RFID is one of the oldest and most reliable forms of radio-frequency identification. Operating at 125 kHz, LF RFID has been a cornerstone of automatic identification for decades.…
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