Hack the Planet

You a fan of ’95 Angelina Jolie movies? Oh well.An 18-year-old college student in Canada – majoring in Chemistry, mind – built a small lab in his garage. Of course, the police decided he was making meth and arrested him. Then, after admitting several days later that the lab was not, in fact, used for making drugs, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 02:49:00

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Date: 2009-01-09 10:54:00

Two Historic RFID Regulation Bills—Important to Our Privacy and Safety--Await Governor Schwarzenegger’s Decision

Zack-Kaldveer.gif By Zack Kaldveer Consumer Federation of California Tiny computer chips called Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) ... and other government issued cards without our knowledge. These “human identification systems” pose clear information security risks that can threaten individual privacy and public safety. RFID chips allow [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 12:06:05

"Enhanced" Licence May Enhance Privacy and Security Risks

This week the Ontario legislature will resume debate on Bill 85, proposed legislation that could lead to the creation of an "enhanced drivers licence" ... (RFID) within the card, is the outcome of that work. While the enhanced card will be optional ... as a photo card for non-drivers - has received little public attention despite the urgent concerns [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 09:25:14

Lawmaker wants to study implanting tracking devices on sex offenders

Rep. Al O'Brien, D-Mountlake Terrace, a retired Seattle police sergeant, ... . The group would report back to the Legislature in December. That RFID technology is what the state ... their ankle bracelets, so too would some of them scratch the RFID tag out from under their skin. Here's [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:12:01

SecureRF receives SBIR grant to develop a secure, satellite-enabled, RFID system

Contributed by Joanne C. Kelleher SecureRF Corporation has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) ... identification (RFID) system. The secure global RFID system is intended to verify the actual location ... protocol within an active RFID tag with GPS functions. For more information, see the press release [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 22:08:19

RFID and Digital Signage Integration

RFID tag integration for digital signage targeting and information display If we were to throw privacy out the window and just talk about the “far-out” technological possibilities of RFID and digital signage, we may well see how both ... ll certainly see more integration with other devices like mobile phones. In fact, RFID chips [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 19:29:14

The World's Most Promising Tech Startups

Every year, the Geneva-based World Economic Forum honors as "Tech Pioneers" anywhere from 30 to 50 companies offering new technologies or business models that could advance the global economy and have a positive impact on people's lives. More than half of this year's 34 honorees hail from outside the U.S [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 10:40:00

Mesa library hours, positions cut; Sundays closed

Mesa residents will no longer be able to visit the Main Library on Sundays, if the City Council accepts the proposed $4 ... . The libraries are moving toward use of technology such as Radio Frequency Identification or RFID, a microchip ... year, 1.1 million people visited the libraries and visits are up this year already, compared [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 22:10:10

HIV/AIDS Patients to Be Tagged with RFID Chips

Wrong Use Of Technology: HIV/AIDS Patients to Be Tagged with RFID Chips In the ultimate Nazi-inspired exercise of destruction of the most basic human rights, Indonesian politicians are planning to tag all HIV/AIDS patients with radio frequency identification chips. Their objective is to monitor people who had shown “actively sexual [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 13:38:31

Lost

One of the most exciting innovations coming the way of frequent flyers is Motorola’s RFID technology ... up radio waves emitted by the RFID at different points on the belt, sending a message saying “Here I Am.” The read rate is currently 99.5% vs. 80% for optical scanners. This is where the problem starts [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 22:55:00

Series of firms win Defense contracts to provide new RFID technology

A group of firms has won contracts worth a total of $428 million to provide active radio frequency identification technology tags, readers, ... division of Lockheed Martin in providing the technology. The RFID III contracts awarded on Dec. 19 ... of RFID tags than Savi supplied under previous contracts. And the tags will operate under International [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 17:31:56

2008 Terrorism

As 2008 comes to a close we must look back at America's security and terrorism in general around the world ... , gaping holes in our security. Dave Gaubatz* comments on the recent Department of Homeland Security's ... the report itself to be a national security threat for America ??? more importantly for the children [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 01:13:07

GE Scientists Develop Battery-Free, Multi-Detection Wireless Sensors

GE Scientists Develop Battery-Free, Multi-Detection Wireless... GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today announced a battery-free, multi-detection radio-frequency identification (RFID ... Handling Headaches GAO Introduces UHF Long-Range Active RFID Tag Internet-Enable Anything Today [more...]

Date: 2008-10-25 05:01:23

10th standard matriculation model questions paper and blue print

TAMILNADU MATRICULATION BOARD . X TSD Model Question Paper . 2006 Time : 2 . hours ENGLISH PAPER . I Maximum Marks : 100 PART . A I Answer any three of the following questions in about 30 words each. Each question carries two marks 3 x 2 = 6 1. Who had to leave the forest after the tortoises? Why were they asked to go? 2 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 10:50:28

What’s nobody’s business is everybody’s

by Lady Liberty It seems that some people - in fact, most people - will give up all sorts of things if they think they’re getting something desirable in return. Lately, the thing we all seem to be giving up the most of is privacy. We think we’re exchanging it for cost savings or security, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 05:00:23

2008 Innovision Award Winners Announced

2008 Innovision Award Winners Announced Phil Yanov Technology The 2008 Innovision Awards dinner was held at the Palmetto Expo Center last night ... in the area of radio frequency identification, that organization developed an application of a custom-designed radio-frequency identification tag as a means to monitoring temperature in the shipping [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 14:30:04

GAO Offers 134.2 kHz LF Animal Bio-Glass Tube RFID Tag with Injector

Toronto, Canada - GAO RFID Asset Tracking Inc. (www.GAORFIDAssetTracking.com) recommends its 134.2 kHz low frequency (LF) RFID Tag (GAO 112004) ... readers, RFID tags and enabling-RFID software. We have a wide variety of RFID readers, tags ... identification of animals that are registered in a database. Injection shape and size are based [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 09:20:17

Do-It-Yourself RFID Service Tikitag Launches In India; The Market, The Timing?

  tikitag Tikitag, a service that enables the launching of online applications by touching a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) or (NFC) ... to a computer and 10 RFID tags to stick to devices. So you just need to swipe the tag over the reader ... lies if the fact that it is interoperable, and can be used (apparently) with any NFC or RFID reader [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 03:02:16

RFID Jewelry Tag: The world's smallest tag for jewelry

RFID Jewelry Tag: The world Have a look at what is being labeled as the smallest RFID Jewelry Tag which would be implemented for tracking of ... selects ODIN technologies to design and install a radio frequency identification (RFID) system - 02 ... jewelry in wholesale, retail or secured storage applications. The good thing about this tag [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 19:05:38

RFID for Beginners

RFID technology is used frequently today and has been around since the 1920s, but not many people know about, or understand it. RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification and is used to store and retrieve information. This information is stored and retrieved using RFID tags or transponders. RFID tags are small [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 03:22:26

FCW - Agency urges anti-cloning feature for passport cards

Federal Computer Week Agency urges anti-cloning feature for passport cards By Alice Lipowicz Published on November 12, ... . Unique identifier numbers can be put on those RFID tags by the manufacturer. Recent studies have shown that RFID tags put on the passport card and on state-produced enhanced drivers licenses [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 23:37:00

TikiTag brings Web 2.0 Tagging to the Real World with RFID Tagging System!

Tikitag RFID tags Tikitag RFID tags Tikitags are the new revolutionary RFID tags that will change our lives forever through real-life tagging, similar to Web2.0 tagging revolution and blogs. Basically, you will be able to apply these RFID ... is Near Field Communications Technology (NFC) - an evolution of RFID that connects electronic devices [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 16:31:05

Embedded RFID and Power SoCs

Blue and Purple RFID tag.jpg Don't miss two useful In-Depth articles that now feature on the site, regarding RFID tags in embedded designs, ... to the traditional role of the technology in inventory management, recent advances in RFID tags ... and Power SoCs. RFID in embedded designs: Your move "Radio Frequency Identification technology [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 11:50:35

Wild Planet made Charlotte go Wild! (contest)

Every now and then we get the opportunity to test out a product, which is great. Its even better when that product is a TOY ... . The giraffe houses a microchip that uses Radio Frequency Identification to recognize the different animal [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 17:03:30

Another radio-frequency ID tag going to market

Technology behind another radio-frequency identification tag developed at Kansas University is headed to market. KU’s Agility tag, developed through the university’s Information and Telecommunication Technology Center, is being licensed for manufacturing through Starport Technologies LLC, based in Kansas City [more...]

Date: 2008-06-17 05:00:00

Microsoft Continues Innovation

Microsoft Continues Innovation in BizTalk Server Product Family Customers benefit from increased efficiency in extending and connecting enterprise ... of ownership. Customers are already seeing benefits from deploying mobile radio frequency identification [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 06:09:36

Using LiveCycle Designer ES to create and print RFID labels

LiveCycle Designer ES lets you create and print RFID labels to capture data. RFID (radio-frequency identification) is an automatic identification technology whereby digital data that is encoded in an RFID tag ... . Using RFID does not require the tag or label to be seen in order to read its stored data. obtained [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 19:25:33

The future of Painting. Rfid chips in paint.

The future of Painting. Rfid chips in paint. 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: 2008-12-10 08:36:57

Lifestyle - I Crossed Your Path: at the Intersection of Biking and Social Networking for the Greater Green

Bicyclists in Copenhagen will soon be able to take part in a project that will allow them to track the roads they've traveled, ... , which formally gets underway in 2009, will work through a smart tag that functions a lot like RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 12:05:00

How to Use RFID to Protect your Beer, Valuables

How to Use RFID to Protect your Beer, Valuables This fantastic video demonstrates how to use RFID (radio frequency identification) to restrict access to your fridge, or any other location.  Basically, it only allows access to the safe (fridge) if your RFID tag has the proper code.  If you’r… [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 08:26:26

Federal Trade Commission Holds RFID Workshop

Federal Trade Commission Holds RFID Workshop Wal-Mart's Simon Langford and other attendees discussed ways to protect consumer privacy, ... . RFID Journal to Host Webinar on Tagging Sellable Units The free webinar is aimed at Sam's Club suppliers and others interested in learning ways to tag sellable units cost-effectively [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 02:16:24

Election Day politics entries are in our Election 2008 blog

06:32 AM in Election | Comments (1) November 03, 2008 Tagging Taco Trucks What? ... , and no customer gets sick with food poisoning. The new system will use radio frequency identification technology. The tags will be stuck on each mobile food truck, and will register the daily [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 12:32:40

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

Dubai Islamic Bank launched Online Toll Payment: Salik Recharge Facility.

Dubai Islamic Bank launched Online Toll Payment: Salik Recharge Facility. 16. November 2008 | Web 2.0 | Permalink | Comments Off Dubai Islamic Bank ( ... allows traffic to move freely through the tolling point at highway speeds, the system uss Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, where vehicles are identified to the system through [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 14:44:05

ThingMagic USB RFID Reader Provides Low Cost Platform For Developing And Deploying UHF RFID Applications

ThingMagic USB RFID Reader Provides Low Cost Platform For... ThingMagic, Inc. (www.thingmagic.com), a developer of radio frequency identification ( ... RFID) technology, today introduced the USB RFID Reader, a powerful yet small UHF RFID reader that... Wireless Sensor Networks 2009-2019 William G.T. Tuttle, Jr. General, U.S. Army (Ret.) Joins [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 15:51:48

GAO Recommends Its 433MHz Active RFID Reader with USB

Toronto, Canada—-GAO RFID Inc. (www.GAORFID.com) provides its optimized 433MHz Active RFID Reader with USB ... Active RFID Tags. Furthermore, included software, allows the user is able to select between monitoring ... with low cost RFID readers, RFID tags and enabling-RFID software. We have a wide variety of RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 18:51:52

RFID Privacy and You

RFID Privacy and You 21 December 2008 RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) ... with regard to individual privacy and corporate espionage. While barcode-type RFID tags are not likely ... with regard to RFID are important not only in the theoretical sphere, but increasingly such discussions [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 17:35:48

GAO RFID Launches 13.56MHz High Frequency (HF) SD Interface RFID Reader

Toronto, Canada - GAO RFID Inc. (www.GAORFID.com) recommends its high frequency SD Interface RFID Reader. The Plug-n-Play Secure Digital Reader ( ... of breed with low cost RFID readers, RFID tags and enabling-RFID software. We have a wide variety of RFID readers, tags and antennas in all the RFID technologies, Low Frequency (LF), High Frequency (HF [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 18:17:53

The Corporate Security State: RFID Chip in Passport and Driver’s License

The Corporate Security State: RFID Chip in Passport and Driver’s License September 9th, 2008 Source: Anti-fascist Calling If incorporating personal details into an RFID (radio-frequency identification) chip implanted into a passport or driver`s license may sound like a “smart” alternative [more...]

Date: 2008-09-09 10:17:16

New York Offers RFID-embedded Driver's Licenses

By Paul Merrill As a driver approaches the border with an enhanced license, the agent in the booth already knows it’s approaching,” ... donors. Inside the new license is a radio frequency identification (or RFID) chip. On Tuesday, New [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 09:53:19

Tikitag: Real World Object Tagging, RFID based Service in India

Tikitag RFID based service Tikitag.com, which offers real world objects tagging through its RFID based tagging service that based on the concept of linking the online world with the offline ones, has now started its services in India along with its packages that includes RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Readers and Tags that stick [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:38:47

GAO Offers Mini Metal Temperature Resistant RFID Tag

Toronto, Canada – GAO RFID Inc. (www.GAORFID.com) recommends its mini metal RFID tag (GAO116601).The passive RFID is temperature resistant and offers excellent data-transmission on metals, wood and plastic. The optimized mini metal RFID tag can be used for any applications where small form [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 06:43:23

An internet of everything

In the beginning, the internet was built around huge computers and universities around the world. Then came the PC, the laptop, the mobile phone and then? Almost anything you can imagine. Now imagine a world with an internet of everything… Always on. Everything connected [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 13:03:46

FCW.COM - More than 380,000 passport cards issued

FCW.COM More than 380,000 passport cards issued By Alice Lipowicz Published on August 28, 2008 More than 380, ... of the card holder. The RFID technology has been controversial because of the potential loss of privacy from unauthorized reading of the RFID tags. “These insecure chips, containing traveler data [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 22:21:00

WashingtonTechnology.Com - Feds see strong demand for border-crossing cards

From my archive of press clippings: Washington Technology Feds see strong demand for border-crossing cards 04/21/08 -- 04:51 PMFeds see strong demand for border-crossing cards By Alice Lipowicz Hundreds of thousands of Americans have applied voluntarily for new and expanded border-crossing identification cards that will serve as [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 23:10:00

Roundup of California Privacy Legislation, Including REAL ID Bill

Roundup of California Privacy Legislation, Including REAL ID Bill October 8th, 2008 Last week, California Gov ... Schwarzenegger signed was SB 31 and AB 2059.  SB 31 concerns radio frequency identification (RFID ... to remotely read a person’s identification document using radio frequency identification (RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 09:23:10

Talk About Alternative Energy! Why Not Generate Electrical Power From The Impact Of A Golf Club And Golf Ball?

Generally it is easy to dismiss golf ball locating systems as impractical or technically impossible ... in the capacitor circuit is used to power a transmitter to emit energy via an antenna, including [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 15:20:16

The Implanted Radio Frequency Identification Chip

The Implanted Radio Frequency Identification Chip If incorporating personal details into an RFID (radio-frequency identification) ... " and "cheap" way to tag individual commodities, one that would "revolutionize" inventory management [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 03:02:42

RFID Jewelry Tag: The world’s smallest tag for jewelry

RFID Jewelry Tag: The world’s smallest tag for jewelry ... : Shaw selects ODIN technologies to design and install a radio frequency identification (RFID ... Have a look at what is being labeled as the smallest RFID Jewelry Tag which would be implemented [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 18:44:25

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