Pervasive Open Infrastructure

Pervasive computing provides a means of broadening and deepening the reach of information technology (IT) in society ... for pervasive systems. They are collected together into a middleware platform, an intermediary between sensors ... the same information. Location may be sensed directly from RFID (radio frequency identification [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 18:01:00

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Key2SafeDriving: The newest drive-safety gadget

Now, drivers who love the habit of using cell phones, ... Bluetooth or RFID (radio-frequency identification) technologies. To turn on the engine, the driver ... or making text messages. This device relies on Bluetooth technology and it works by wirelessly connecting [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 02:26:31

RFID goes beyond inventory tracking

By: Grant Buckler - Network World Canada  Click here to view original article ... to affix radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to merchandise has been the poster boy for RFID for so long that anyone could be forgiven for thinking RFID is simply an inventory control technology – [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 20:54:11

Big Brother celebs not just being watched, but tracked

Housemates in the latest series of Celebrity Big Brother are already being watched by scores of cameras around the clock ... behind Big Brother, selected Wavetrend -- a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) specialist ... . But now their precise movements are being tracked thanks to RFID technology installed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 17:53:02

Alanco Technologies Inc. (ALAN) Posts 40% Increase in Q4 Revenues, Spurred by “Unique Technical Achievements”

Advances in personal and asset tracking have set a high bar for tracking technology companies looking to stand out in the expanding market ... supply chain. Alanco/TSI PRISM supplies Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) real-time tracking ... product line, capitalizing upon a recently introduced fuel savings module providing immediate [more...]

Date: 2008-07-24 17:58:05

RFID Software Guide 101

RFID is the abbreviated form of Radio Frequency Identification ... manufacturing, into a dog collar etc. An RFID system can range up to 90 feet. Unlike barcode ... software. For instance lately technology company Intermec has created a new kind of intelligent RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-08-08 13:34:45

Enabling Technologies (2)

Unintelligent gadgets. This includes devices such as sensors and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags ... of devices can pack a great of functionality in a small device. A good example of RFID in use is vehicle-tracking tags. The idea here is that a small sticker-like RFID tag is placed on the inside [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 08:43:10

Researchers publish how-to guide on cloning RFID-based public transit cards

rfid.jpg RFID (short for "radio frequency identification"), a short-range wireless communication technology, has been criticized for years by many hackers ... the point, university experts have just released a pair of reports that show exactly how RFID subway cards [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 14:46:27

Soccer Tech

Having recently watched the Euro Cup finals, I began to wonder what kind of technology is employed into the world of soccer ... the world are:RFID embeded ticketsSoccer Ball Curved PanelsRFID (Radio Frequency Identification ... with a spiraling silver thread on the adhesive back. In a nut shell, when a transmitter sends out a radio signal [more...]

Date: 2008-07-02 19:31:20

Hospital hazards, "Holy Crap" Department

We take for it granted that technology can be used to tag objects in various ways, useful and otherwise. The anti-theft devices used on retail clothing stores are a familiar example. Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID) are used for this purpose as well as for security access. I have a device [more...]

Date: 2008-06-29 19:49:32

MetalCraft RFID Access Control

RFID at the gates Radio Frequency Identification technology helps gated communities control access Problem: ... proposition that brought Austin, Texas-based Radiant RFID and GateSource Corporation together [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 19:28:42

Response to JAMA article on RFID

rf-logo-finalwtag.jpg The RFID study mentioned in JAMA does not apply to the RTLS technology deployed by RadarFind ... ), you need a very powerful reader to energize/read the tags. To compare this to the RadarFind system ... the likely scenario of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers causing anomalous behavior in electronic [more...]

Date: 2008-07-03 23:03:58

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