Zebra Technologies sought to create a new venture—leveraging their experience in barcodes, receipts, and RFID printers and technologies, yet looking to the future of connected devices through the Internet of Things. Over a series of engagements, IDEO designed and developed a new software platform, an open system that can transmit information on identity, location, status, temperature, and condition of just about everything. Zatar is featured in the CHGO DSGN exhibition, and was named a 2014 IDEA Finalist by the Industrial Design Society of America.