RFID Tutorial - Everything You Need

RFID Tutorial - Everything You Need Radio Frequency Identification tags are everywhere.  Inside these tiny tags is a predetermined code which can be read by an RFID reader.  These are used in credit cards, badges, pet tracking just to name a few.  Some people feel they create too muc… [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 02:23:22

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Video: an everywhere world (RFIDs, tracking, the Internet of Things)

Some good snippets here - and some of some quite scary, too: "An "Everyware" world, as Adam Greenfield calls it, is a world in which computers are embedded and merged seamlessly everywhere in the environment. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags communicate their position and other information constantly in a vast network [more...]

Date: 2008-09-28 11:27:15

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

More ways for you Identity to be Stolen

From NewsMax… The devices, called Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) machines, allow officials to read remotely any passports, pass cards, and driver’s licenses that contain special chips with personal information. The RFIDs are so sensitive that, even before [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 16:52:04

You Scratch Our Back, We’ll Break Yours

Maybe Wal-Mart doesn’t understand how products are made ... is now demanding that suppliers implement radio frequency identification (RFID) to replace bar codes. According to reports, implementing RFID will increase the cost burden on suppliers by 20 times the cost [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 19:51:41

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

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

Busy Bees Get Workshy When Times are Good

The stereotypical image of the hard-working bumblebee has been shattered by new research published in the journal Behavioural Ecology and Social ... transmitters (Radio Frequency Identification or RFIDs) to the bees, to determine the frequency [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 11:02:00

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

Some Worrying News for Clinical RFID Industry

A Dutch study published in the June 25 issue of JAMA assessed the effects of electromagnetic interference (EMI) from RFID ( ... radio frequency identification) devices on hospital equipment. The authors report ... setting to assess and classify incidents of electromagnetic interference by RFID on critical care [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 07:25:50

"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

Wireless Growth Prompts New Cashless Payment Trial

by Laurie Sullivan Wireless subscribers racked up more than 1 ... trials with credit card companies like MasterCard and Visa. Rather than carry around a plastic card ... ,” says Julie England, VP/GM for TI’s radio frequency identification (RFID) business. “ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 11:31:43

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

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

Key2SafeDriving Blocks Cell Phone

We’ve all ranted at the driver who just pulled out in front of us only to notice that he didn’t even see us because he was preoccupied with his ... , it communicates, by either Bluetooth or RFID (radio frequency identification) that the user’s cell [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 20:27:21

The Big Hog Daddy Tri-Glide Hauler

2009 Ford F-450 Released just in time to haul your new Harley-Davidson Tri-Glide Classic to motorcycle events, ... features embedded in the truck.  Most notable is the “Tool Link”, a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) asset tracking system developed with DEWALT, the power tool dudes, and ThingMagic, experts [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 18:23:47

RFID tinkering kit

Radio frequency identification tags are not the most secure things in the world ... in concealed locations. Hide readers in an equal number of places around my house. Then, when you put ... lair… For added security, one might put the last reader in the bookshelf itself, and the last tag [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 22:44:17

Bicycle Blog Roundup, 11/11/08

Yes, by the way, starting with last week, I’ve dropped the “news media” part of the roundup, and just focused on blogs. Yay! Tech-Enabled Bike Sharing Rolls Into North America, The Huffington Post Now RFID (radio frequency identification) tags and Smart Card payment systems have created a third generation of bike share [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 20:24:41

RFID Tutorial - Everything You Need

RFID Tutorial - Everything You Need Radio Frequency Identification tags are everywhere. Inside these tiny tags is a predetermined code which can be read by an RFID reader. These are used in credit cards, badges, pet tracking just to name a few. Some people feel they create too muc… [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 02:23:22

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

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

Farmers Fight RFID Mark of the Beast In Their Livestock

Why should an animal be legally required to wear an electronic identifier, anyway? ... of livestock with RFID chips, saying the devices are a “mark of the beast.” Michigan and federal authorities say the radio frequency identification devices (RFID) will help monitor the travels of bovine [more...]

Date: 2008-09-13 01:11:55

Nats to Expand WiFi Offerings at the Ballpark

From PC World (and also a ton of other places via press release): "After a first successful season running 802 ... RFID (radio frequency identification) tags to track cash bags over the Wi-Fi network as they are carried from a concession stand to the safe, Zachariah added. The tags could also be distributed [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 15:36:24

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

Arphid Watch: RFID tags, the Amish weigh in

(((Hey, good one, Threat Level.))) (((Congrats for the "award for innovation in journalism," too.))) http://blog.wired ... the tagging of livestock with RFID chips, saying the devices are a "mark of the beast." Michigan and federal authorities say the radio frequency identification devices (RFID) will help monitor the travels [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 06:58:15

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

VeriChip Corp. (CHIP): Locating and Tracking Potential for Investors

VeriChip (CHIP) is a maker of radio frequency identification systems (RFID) ... . VeriChip’s main competitors are Axcess International Inc. and closely-held Precision Dynamics Corporation ... , which carries the implantable chips used in the RFID devices. About twice the length of a grain [more...]

Date: 2008-08-30 14:28:16

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

VeriChip Corp. (CHIP) & RECEPTORS LLC Announce Successful Phase 1 Completion of Implantable Glucose Sensing RFID Microchip

VeriChip Corporation and its partner in product development, RECEPTORS LLC, ... develops, markets, and sells radio frequency identification systems (RFID). These systems are used ... said today that they have made an important advancement in the design of a radio frequency [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 13:42:24

ID Scanners....at Borders...PRIVACY ALARM? TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK....

New ID Scanners at Borders Raise Privacy Alarm Monday, December 1, 2008 6:19 PMBy: ... Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) machines, allow officials to read remotely any passports, pass ... . Tien and other critics warn that people up to no good can use their own RFID machines in a process [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 00:21:00

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

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

Microchipping Dogs

We've decided to microchip every pup that leaves here from now on. Why? First, it's an added benefit to our clients ... about, all microchips are basically the same. A little radio frequency identification (RFID) chip [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 20:25:09

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

Concept: Motorola Sparrow

  Motorola, world’s leading cell phone manufacturer, has come up with a new concept of Motorola Sparrow, ... -functional handset: mobile point-of-service device, credit card reader, scanner, RFID (Radio-frequency identification) reader and, of course, a mobile phone. Similar Posts:Motorola Releases Q9e Motorola [more...]

Date: 2008-08-09 17:28:11

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

RFID Verichip may contain lethal virus.

Aaron Russo reveals the truth about the RFID chip and the Elites agenda for the American people ... . Are we the next guinea pigs? Learn more at : http://www.conspiracycards.com/ Author: Bendover Keywords: RFID radio-frequency identification Aaron Russo CBS news human implants Verichip corporation [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 16:42:51

Trends: 'WiTricity' -:- Breakthrough in wireless power pulls plug on cables!?

Small, battery-powered gadgets make powerful computing portable ... some types of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags. The phenomenon behind this sort of wireless ... wires in, for instance, an RFID rea... .. . Read more: Wireless Power The Next Big Thing - full [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 08:31:44

St. Louis Beacon: Public Libraries

Free for all: Public libraries are a treasure trove, especially during economic tough times Written by Kathie Sutin, ... branches use RFID, a radio frequency identification system. “That’s the higher tech means of counting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 21:17:37

ITAA Cautions Against Over-Regulation of the 'Internet of Things'

On December 2, 2008, ITAA issued a press release (see below) on regulation and the "Internet of Things" ... in the RFID sector. EU regulatory decisions will impact US policy and vice-versa. Companies ... of Things” assumes an unlikely deployment scenario for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 17:08:53

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

The Coming Computational Environment

just by walking down the street you could be subject to a personal biometric system, ... are embedded and merged seamlessly everywhere in the environment. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-06-07 19:08:58

Hack your local subway

Hack your local subway by Grant Martin Aug 13th 2008 @ 1: ... tracking and billing are via magnetic strip and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). And every nerd ... to network hardware and find and copy employee identification. On looking into the security [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 18:07:22

What? BioChips for Everyone!

This article is came from the TIME MAGAZINE.I received a text message from a friend stating these things:"Pres ... microchip." A radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponder the size of a grain of rice [more...]

Date: 2008-03-01 20:52:00

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

Virage Logic Acquires Logic Non-Volatile Memory IP Unit from Impinj

Virage Logic Corporation (NASDAQ:VIRL), the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner and pioneer in Silicon Aware IP, and Impinj, Inc., the world's leading provider of UHF Gen 2 radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions ... Ltd : : EDA Geek is a trademark of Online Destiny Ltd [more...]

Date: 2008-06-30 15:57:06

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

Infinite Brings Thin-Film Batteries Closer to Mass Market

Venture capitalists seemed to be taking a break from battery funding last month, ... it is targeting makers of wireless sensors, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, smart cards, medical [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 05:00:05

Secured Digital wins $1.76 million contract from New Alliance China - Computer Business Review

The contract is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2009. According to Secured Digital, its EyStar Warehouse Management System (EWMS) integrates bar code, radio frequency identification (RFID) and WiFi data collection to track inventory ... [more...]

Date: 2008-08-22 05:33:42

Weekly Newswire October 3rd, 2008

Access this week's industry, legal, and policy news... California Makes It a Crime to 'skim' RFID Tags PC World This week, California became the second state to pass a law making it illegal to steal data from RFID (radio frequency identification [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 18:11:20

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