InfoChip adds Sniper device for NFC smartphones

A simple add-on adapter for NFC phones cuts the cost of equipping staff with a reader for InfoChip’s 8mm industrial tags by more than half, the company says, and will “bring profound revolution in safety compliance, inspection management and industrial asset management”.

The patent-pending Sniper device is placed on the back of a phone to “convert wide signals to focused signals” and allow users to read the contents of the tags, which are designed to be embedded in metal objects, with InfoChip’s free Android app. Read more…