IoT starter kit available to ‘revolutionize’ supply chain
The company provides self-powered, stamp-sized computers and cloud-based privacy and sensing to enable trillions of “things” to communicate with manufacturers. The Starter Kit includes the company’s postage stamp-sized computers – the IoT Pixels – pre-mounted on both cardboard and a coffee cup.
The Starter Kit’s “Open Release” enables any retailer or brand, of any size and with nearly any budget, to begin working with Wiliot. Previously, the company’s controlled-release initiative was only open to a select group of the world’s largest retailers and brands.
The IoT Pixels can sense a range of physical and environment data, such as temperature, fill level, motion, location changes, humidity, and proximity. The kit also includes small Bluetooth bridge devices that energize and read the IoT Pixel tags.
The harvested data is relayed to the Wiliot Cloud using gateways, including smartphones, via the Wiliot mobile app – which is now compatible with iOS and Android devices. Through the Starter Kit, says the company, retailers can explore projects that enable a host of new retail use cases – from enhanced inventory management, to consumption monitoring, anti-counterfeiting, product traceability, and more.
The Starter Kit was unveiled for the North America & Europe markets at NRF 2022 conference.
“This is a milestone in democratizing the Internet of Things,” says Tony Small, Wiliot’s Chief Business Officer. “We chose NRF because it represents a gathering of the entire ecosystem of industry leaders – partners, retailers, brands – who will appreciate the power of the Starter Kit and its ability to scale access to Wiliot’s vision of IoT. That vision – which is now a reality – is to transform the Internet of expensive Things to the Internet of everyday Things by adding intelligence and connectivity to everything from packaging to containers and clothing – for just pennies.”
The company says that it is already working with many of the world’s largest and most innovative retail brands across apparel, food and beverage, and healthcare. The launch of the Wiliot Starter Kit comes on the heels of a $200M venture capital round led by Softbank Vision Fund 2.
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