Nearly one in three nurses spends an hour per shift searching for equipment. That’s according to a survey by NursingTimes.net that polled 1000 nurses in 2009, and reflects approximately 6000 wasted hours each month for every 1000 nurses.
The unicorn of marketers is getting the right message to the right person, at the right time and place. As we move on into the 21st century, getting the place right can be more challenging than ever.
This week SenionLab CEO Christian Lundquist sat down to speak with Ludovic Privat at GPS Business News. The talk covered many topics but the main focus was on the developments in indoor location/positioning markets.
This week we have been working on putting up reference cases on the web. These are short stories on some of our client projects; the problem background, the proposed solution, and the outcome.
At its core, technology that helps us understand where people and things are located inside buildings boils down to two basic concepts: either knowing when a user is in close proximity to a certain point, or being able to ascertain the user’s position regardless of his or her location within the building. The former relates to Proximity Systems and the latter to Indoor Positioning Systems (IPS).
Today we're adding another whitepaper to the collection; Choosing the Right Beacon. This paper elaborates on the role beacons play in Indoor Positioning Systems, and what to look for in a beacon if you intend to use it for indoor positioning.
Last week we presented an updated version of our more retail-oriented whitepaper Surprising and Delighting Consumers. It’s amazing to see such an interest in IPS, LBS and how these technologies can be used to enhance the customer experience. Really, wow! Today, the time has come to update another whitepaper of ours – Indoor Positioning 101.
We're happy to present an updated version of our white paper Surprising and Delighting Consumers! Here's an excerpt to give you a hint of what's inside. Today’s retailers compete more fiercely than ever in creating a vibrant customer experience. For success, retailers must understand their customers – including predicting their next moves and tailoring the [...]
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons are broadcasting a signal at certain intervalls, so-called advertising packets. However, in order to be used for proximity solutions or indoor positioning, it needs to contain a unique ID to differentiate it from other beacons. iBeacons are already using the same kind of messaging that is now being introduced by Google through [...]
