Converging digital and physical infrastructures: instrumented, interconnected, intelligent
I was listening to Sam Palmisano’s talk on “A Smarter Planet” as part of the Technology and Foreign Policy discussion at the Council for Foreign ... million RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags within 2 years. The world is becoming [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 20:20:42
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Rethinking the Sales Channel: A condition of disruptive technology
It is great to be back on the leader’s blog for the start of 2009 ... and deliver a whole product. In my case, the disruption I was harnessing was an emerging application of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in the supply chain as an alternative solution to bar [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 20:05:30
Better sensors will reduce food wastage
Advances in sensing technology will help reduce food wastage, causing a loss of 10 billion pounds ($20 billion) ... . The new printed sensors are based on radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and will be modified ... annually in Britain alone, according to a report. Sensors can detect early indications of food [more...]
Date: 2008-09-24 07:07:40
Proxense: Proximity Technologies
Launching this month is Bend, Oregon-based Proxense ... that makes Giobbi’s technology different from existing RFID, or radio frequency identification, technology [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 14:24:00
InfoLogix Launches HealthTrax 2.0 to Help Hospitals Automate Time-Consuming Asset and Patient Tracking
#fullpost{display:inline;} InfoLogix, Inc. , a leading technology provider of enterprise mobility and advanced wireless asset tracking solutions for ... network of small RFID transmitter tags, HealthTrax 2.0 pinpoints the location of specific assets ... draws upon sophisticated Real-Time Location System (RTLS) and Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-09-16 01:58:00
Cell Phone Blocker
An interesting article about safety when using a cell phone ... with the user's cell phone via either Bluetooth or RFID (radio-frequency identification) technologies. To turn [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 17:10:00
new testking comptia training dumps
CompTIA Certifications A+ : A+ CDIA+ : Certified Document Imaging Architech CTT+ : Certified Technical Trainer E-biz+ : e-Business HTI+ : ... + : Project+ RFID+ : Radio Frequency Identification Security+ : Security+ Server+ : Server+ CompTIA ... , training, Linux, security, home technology, document imaging and RFID. TestKing offers learning [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 08:29:59
Debenhams sales boosted by online growth
Angelica Mari, Computing, Tuesday 6 January 2009 at 10:41: ... a programme to use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to help measure in-store stock levels [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 10:41:00
Alanco Technologies, Inc. (ALAN) Quarterly Sales Up 32%
Alanco Technologies, Inc.,(NASDAQ:ALAN) announced today that preliminary results for first quarter FY 2009 sales jumped 32%, ... TSI PRISM Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tracking system. Robert R. Kauffman, Alanco ... Alanco acquired Star Trak Systems in 2006, a provider of GPS tracking and wireless asset management [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 19:06:13
Standardization and Technology Optimization Trigger Growth in the Asia Pacific RFID Inlays Market
NewswireToday (newswire) - The market for radio frequency identification (RFID) tags is set to see considerable growth, gaining traction with increasing deployment in various verticals [more...]
Date: 2008-07-23 14:57:44
IT: Internal Transmitters
What to all our internal transmitters? Well, perhaps you have heard of radio frequency identification tags or R. F. I. D. and if so this is the technology that will be implanted subdermal into humans for tracking. At first, RFID Tags will be used to track children in case they are abducted or to track child molesters [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 19:40:23
MTI combats recession with WiMax and RFID products
Taiwan-based communications equipment maker, Microelectronics Technology (MTI), has announced new product lines for the first quarter of 2009, including WiMax CPE (customer premises equipment) and RFID (radio frequency identification) ... [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 15:29:25
links for 2008-10-20
Healthcare I.T. News EU - Council unveils pioneering RFID approach to improving dementia care "Nottingham City Council has launched an innovative service that uses Radio Frequency Identification ... ." (via Peter Jones) (tags: localauthority enabledbydesign technology mentalhealth healthcare [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 13:00:11
Study Tackles Labeling Errors
With a long-held commitment to continuously improving the quality and safety of patient care, ... of specimen-labeling errors.” This study used a technology, radio-frequency identification (RFID), to track ... . An RFID tag can be applied to or incorporated into an object so that it can be identified by using [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 14:15:44
RFID Applications
RFID, Radio Frequency Identification is a technology, which includes wireless data capture and transaction processing. Proximity (short range) and Vicinity (long range) are two major application areas where RFID technology is used. Track ... value RFID solutions assisting companys track assets, people and documents. AgileSense provides robust [more...]
Date: 2008-06-26 20:15:04
Teen Drivers’ Cell Phones Jammed By Car Key
University of Utah researchers have developed an automobile ignition key that prevents teenagers from talking on cell phones or sending text ... stage business consulting and “seed funding.” It has licensed the Key2SafeDriving technology ... user’s cell phone via either Bluetooth or RFID (radio-frequency identification) technologies [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 14:31:05
Modern technology of RFID
Yesterday I have written an article related to online learning. Now I would like to write similar posting regarding online learning. Today I will talk about RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). According to Wikipedia definitions RFID is an automatic identification method, relying on storing and remotely retrieving data using [more...]
Date: 2008-11-02 13:42:16
RFID Privacy and You
RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) is a tiny wireless technology which has the potential to radically transform the commerce world ... with regard to individual privacy and corporate espionage. While barcode-type RFID tags ... with regard to RFID are important not only in the theoretical sphere, but increasingly such discussions [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 04:20:47
RFID - More Interesting Than You Realised
RFID RFID technology is something that most people would claim to know nothing about ... within a few feet of an RFID device right now. RFID, short for Radio Frequency Identification ... system uses RFID as does the similar Japanese Octopus card. The RFID chips embedded in Oyster [more...]
Date: 2008-09-12 19:03:21
Radio-Frequency ID Technology Takes Off
Federal agencies have deployed radio frequency identification technology to manage their assets, ... and transmitted over a distance of about 300 feet. Passive RFID tags have a shorter range, about 30 feet ... fast a letter moves through the international postal system. RFID technology uses readers that beam [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 11:20:19
Study Tackles Labeling Errors
With a long-held commitment to continuously improving the quality and safety of patient care, ... of specimen-labeling errors.” This study used a technology, radio-frequency identification (RFID), to track ... Mayo Clinic researchers are recommending a new technologically-advanced labeling system aimed [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 23:11:01
40% Productivity Gain for GEL-AL of Turkey
June 3, 2008, Morgan Hill, California – Alien Technology, a leader in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Ultra High Frequency (UHF) ... totes travel throughout the various production stations. STS, a leading RFID systems integrator in Turkey, equipped each tote with an Alien® high-performance UHF/EPC compliant M-tag (inlay), which [more...]
Date: 2008-07-08 19:48:08
RFID in Libraries Guide
A technology that was originally developed for the military during World War II, ... , automotives, fast food, travel industry, and so on, is RFID or Radio Frequency Identification. RFID ... machines in identifying objects. It consists of a transponder or a tag which has an embedded [more...]
Date: 2008-08-29 16:59:29
VeriChip Closes Sale of Subsidiary - RFID
It appears having a “chip” implant is perhaps not as popular as one might have thought as least on the consumer medical records side. Stanley, the tools folks, have purchased one portion of the business , Xmark which makes RFID ... Xmark sells radio frequency identification technology to tag and track newborns, adults prone [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 21:56:53
Study Tackles Labeling Errors
Study Tackles Labeling Errors With a long-held commitment to continuously improving the quality and safety of patient care, ... of specimen-labeling errors.” This study used a technology, radio-frequency identification (RFID ... Mayo Clinic researchers are recommending a new technologically-advanced labeling system aimed [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 23:11:01
RF One of Today’s Top Ten Design Skills
So, you want to be an electronics engineer, do you? Well, according to John Edwards ( ... , coupled with Bluetooth, radio-frequency identification (RFID), and other radio-enabled technologies ... of RF circuit design, particularly in cellular technologies, such as GSM and CDMA, and wireless systems [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 00:51:14
RFID Sniffer: Sniffs out tagged objects
I thought only my dog Brownie had great sniffing power but here is RFID Sniffer which doesn't sniff bones ... : Shaw selects ODIN technologies to design and install a radio frequency identification (RFID ... can detect 13.56 MHz RFID tags deployed generally in case of bank cards, loyalty cards etc. The kit [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 03:57:34
Make buses more friendly to the blind with Rfid tags
bus-stop.jpg To use Rfid tags on public vehicles, communicating their identification number to the blind in big cities ... called Radio Frequency Identification (Rfid). This technology allows object to interact with other objects through a tiny microchip (tag) and radio waves. One group of students came [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 14:41:17
What you need to know about protecting your personal information, and how the new enhanced drivers licence can put you at risk
In an age where we are constantly having to adjust to new technologies that are often touted as “time saving” and “convenient”, ... up for the right to try it out. A reader emailed a link to a recent story detailing the risks ... of having a passport. The licences contain an RFID chip- radio frequency identification technology [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 16:27:57
Protecting Privacy of Children, Rights of Parents Unfinished in California
By Zack Kaldveer Consumer Federation of California In 2005 a tiny school district in Northern California inadvertently ignited a statewide debate over the appropriate use of modern technologies in the school system. The technology in question was Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, which the district had embedded in student badges... [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 13:25:39
Tagged and tracked at the toll booth
Are you one of those folks who loves the convenience of zipping through the toll plaza with one of those electronic toll-paying systems like FasTrak ... toll devices use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to broadcast information ... booth can receive it. Strangers with the right transponder reader walking through a parking lot [more...]
Date: 2008-08-07 19:20:38
Line of Sight
Line of sight …. what an interesting visual that provides. It is used in a variety of industries ... . “Line of sight” applies to radio frequency identification tag RFID technology. This means that the reader, the ‘laser eye’ line, has to have an unimpeded path to the code that it is reading [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 02:03:32
Microchip Additions to Clothing Possible
Link to Video Microchip Additions to Clothing Possible CHAN: Ever feel like big brother is watching you sometimes? ... a conference on Wednesday to confer upon the usage of Radio Frequency Identification in garments. This technology otherwise known as RFID employs tiny devices which can respond with identifying information [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 14:00:17
Radiator 09: Exploits in the Wireless City
I’m bound for Nottingham later this week for the Raditor Festival and Symposium, ... will be networked in a complex system of information exchange. Based on technologies such as RFID (radio frequency identification tags), our environment would turn into a space of “ambient intelligence” [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 15:39:09
RFID Technology
RFID technology is used all around us in many different business ... stems with detailed explanations. In addition, the course covers RFID middleware, standards, security & ... . RFID stands for Radio-frequency identification which is an automatic method that uses radio [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 20:18:00
Real Time Location Systems
Posted by: Paul DeBeasi Introduction Real-time location systems (RTLS) have been around for years ... of technology as described below: § RFID: Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems consist of low-cost electronic tags that can be interrogated by electronic readers. In most RFID environments [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 18:37:02
Chip Implants To Avoid Identity Frauds? By Mary Wise
Chip Implants To Avoid Identity Frauds? By Mary Wise Posted by: admin In: ... . However it is said that its pay system, based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology ... of the owner’s interests? Not So New RFID tags are becoming popular, especially with those companies [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 04:55:12
Walgreens' DC Deploys RFID Without a Safety Net
Walgreens has fully integrated radio frequency identification (RFID) technology into its warehouse operations at the company's distribution facility in Anderson, S.C., according to RFID Update. Walgreens has been running the system since last year but only recently [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 15:00:00
Buyer Beware: Clothing You Buy May Inform On You
technology to shadow customers and record their every move Management strategists are touting a miraculous new computer system that promises to ... radio frequency identification, or RFID, a 21st-century digital marvel that involves a grain-sized ... , packaged, sold or shipped. A new believer in RFID technology is Italian clothier Benetton Group [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 13:10:26
"Enhanced" Licence May Enhance Privacy and Security Risks
"Enhanced" Licence May Enhance Privacy and Security Risks: Michael Geist “This week the Ontario legislature will resume debate on Bill 85, ... requirements for entry into the country (passports are now required at most border crossings ... , which will embed new technologies including a radio frequency identification device (RFID) within [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 01:33:48
Ontario's "enhanced driver's licence"
http://www.infowars.com/?p=6018 Michael GeistThe StarNovember 17, 2008 This week, the Ontario legislature will resume debate on Bill 85, ... . As the U.S. increased identity card requirements for entry into the country (passports are now required at most ... technologies including a radio frequency identification device (RFID) within the card, is the [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 02:27:00
RFID - More Interesting Than You Realised
RFID - More Interesting Than You Realised By Samantha Gilmartin on Sep 11, 2008 in Hardware | comments(0) RFID technology is something that most people would claim to know nothing about. The technology ... of an RFID device right now. RFID, short for Radio Frequency Identification, is a umbrella term [more...]
Date: 2008-09-12 06:21:38
Painted on micro sensors
Tiny radios embedded in paint could be used to pick up sound, ... Systems, started exploring this technology based on radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in 2002, and filed patents in 2005. ‘People complain that most of the cost in manufacturing RFID tags [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 08:10:11
Multi-Detection Wireless Sensors from GE
GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company has come up with a battery-free, ... and pollution prevention. GE’s unique RFID sensors are built on traditional RFID ... ... multi-detection radio-frequency identification (RFID) sensing platform that could enable a wide [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 02:47:16
AIDC Centre Becomes Knowledge Transfer Centre
The Automatic Identification & Data Capture Centre for Wales, ... , and radio frequency identification (RFID). The technologies are used from everything from animal ... with an exceptional opportunity to rationalise and improve the support for collaboration between academia [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 09:48:38
Top Picks in Large Cap Value
This week our top picks come from Portfolio managers Carl Lytollis and Andrew Cox of Phillips, Hager & North Investment Managment ... $7 billion in sales in that area this year.” Zebra Technologies (ZBRA)- “We’ve held Zebra Technologies ... growing business in providing software that enables RFID (radio frequency identification) tracking [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 21:01:58
RFID For Dummies
For Dummies | 408 | PDF Somewhere, separated from you by just a few degrees, is not Kevin Bacon, but an 800-pound gorilla demanding that you adopt radio frequency identification, or RFID — a technology you may have never even heard of until just a few months ago. Chances are that gorilla wears [more...]
Date: 2008-06-25 12:40:53
MIT and the City of Copenhagen
I've had a few links about this sent to me, but I haven't figured out how to blog about it. So I'll just chuck up a link and summarise... :-) ... a smart tag that functions a lot like RFID (radio frequency identification) technology. The tag, which [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 08:14:25
Mythbusters Gagged: Credit Card Companies Kill Episode Exposing RFID Security Flaws
This is our 6,000th post on Wilson's Blogmanac. Thanks to Baz le Tuff for tipping me off about this story about RFID, ... before. The IDTechEx report Active RFID predicts that sales of active RFID systems, including tags ... s boom times ahead Sales of technologies based on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification, the automatic [more...]
Date: 2008-09-03 21:45:34
The Next Generation of Digital Media in Retail
Customers are now able to engage with Digital Media in a way that was never possible with passive aisle mounted large screens running TV style content. Using the latest RFID technology shoppers can now interact at the Point of Decision ... . The solution comprises of LCD screens and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tagged products [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 12:56:27
