eProvenance, a Franco-American concern delivering advanced monitoring technologies, has introduced a second generation (2G) NFC-compatible sensor, capable of reading through wooden cases of wine.
With this near-field communication compatibility, the new 2G sensor can easily transfer the temperature data through smartphones for saving an online database. The users can verify the temperature and provenance data of wines using an online database via NFC mobile phones before purchasing it.
The continuous record and prolonged monitoring of the temperature is made possible by installing the eProvenance NFC sensors with a battery having a 15-year lifetime. The customers of eProvenance can provide the importer or customers with either the actual recorded or converted temperature information for helping them to judge precisely.
The eProvenance and its development partner, Near Field Solutions, won the “Audience Award” and “Silver Award” from an international jury of industry specialists and attendees in the superior application contest on 1 December, 2011 at WIMA NFC USA 2011 in San Francisco, for its 2G NFC-compatible sensor.
Eric E. Vogt, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of eProvenance, stated that the employees of eProvenance are working to provide solutions to connect its customers through social media. Vogt said that the company’s technology solutions ensure potentially superior level of brand interaction and consumer connection. Vogt also added that the visibility of provenance information of wine recorded by the company’s 2G sensor to the importers will encourage them to verify the data for quality check and judgment before their purchase.
The eProvenance’s first generation sensor provides cold chain verification to its wine customers, suppliers and shippers through the continuous monitoring of wine’s provenance data at both the case and pallet level. The portable RFID readers with WiFi communication can access data at any distance of the wine case, thereby permitting the retailers and importers to judge the integrity and quality of their shipments, along with storage and transport conditions.
Source: http://www.eprovenance.com