New Uses for 5 Old Pests

Doctors, criminologists and even manicurists have been busy putting smaller, less cuddly members of the animal kingdom to work. From monitoring the water supply to treating callused feet, here are some examples. 1. Bluegill Fish Enlisted in War on Terror During a meeting in 1960, Chicago Mayor Richard J [more...]

Date: 2008-08-26 21:29:09

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Key2SafeDriving is aimed to keep kids from talking/texting while driving

Researchers at the University of Utah have created a device that they see as hopefully saving the lives of some teenage drivers who like to chat or ... within the immediate vicinity. It uses either Bluetooth or RFID to communicate with the paired ... this December Nokia Beta Labs launched early beta version Nokia Music PC application Pink LG Venus [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 09:03:02

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/13/2009

Check out tonight’s “behavioral sink” stories from the UK. Every night there are at least a few, but tonight seems to have more than its share ...  Europe and the EUEurope Develops RFID License Plate TrackingItaly: WWII Supreme Court Explains Why ... : Threatened Algerian Writer One Year in ItalyTunisia: Emigrant Revenue Grows by 10% in 2008 Israel [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 04:58:00

Laminar Batteries Power Next-Generation Products

Issue #175 | Jan. 9, 2009 | by Dr. Peter Harrop Writing about printed electronics often as I do, the dynamics of the marketplace keep coming fast ... every year, the choice is coin cells. Coin cells are the favoured power source not just for active RFID ... based on old advances in color, shape and mechanical function are rapidly being overtaken. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 16:08:43

Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Tuesday, January 6, 2009

A large portion of the westside in Erie PA has been shutdown since 4:30 am this morning when a guy with a rifle went postal. Baur Lane to Brown Ave, 25th to 21st Streets have been barricaded. The suspect fired a number of shots including at police officers. He also has set fire to at least one home and there are reports of up to 3 homes burning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 12:22:49

CES Bound

I’m headed to CES, typing this while flying to San Francisco for some meetings then over to lost wages.  Here are some interesting tidbits on costs ... .  Last year, somebody was showing off the 16gig min-SD card, quoting quantity pricing.  Today ... I go are the theme spots (GPS or RFID or whatever) that the show’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 21:26:18

2008 Medical Sci-Fi Contest: Please Meet the Stories!

We are excited to announce the results of this year's medical sci-fi contest, and to present to all our readers the top three stories, ... that he is a Senior Writer for Exhibitor and Corporate Event magazines, was also Yahoo Internet Life's ... , It's a Bitter Little World, an ode to film noir, was published in 2005 by Writer's Digest Books. Please [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 04:51:14

Drug Vial Program Considerations

Fact: Vial Safety Programs are Essentially Target Marketing of Persons Who Take Prescription Medications ... the symbol being used to denote the purpose of the device?If Same or Larger - It is Advertising ... out. You get billboards, some radio and people to visit the store.Having most of the device consist of advertising [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:35:00

RFID Poker Table

This RFID Poker Table one hell of a cool project. You can now play your Sunday night poker game and invite spectators to watch on a big screen ... with a standard deck of KEM cards that have been tagged with 52 RFID ’smart labels’ - thin and flexible ... next is integration of RFID chips! "The inspiringly-named Video Poker Table makes this possible [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 12:43:48

Compliance Remains King Among Consumer Goods Manufacturers, But Other Benefits Begin to Prompt RFID Adoption

Consumer goods manufacturers and retailers continue to adopt RFID largely for the sake of compliance with mandates from the likes of Wal-Mart, ... that RFID can deliver are growing in importance and will eventually overtake compliance as the leading market driver for RFID uptake in this vertical. According to research director Michael Liard, “ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-05 19:46:49

Baghdad’s Post-Blast Wall Bibliothèque

As I kept flipping through the images in this gallery of Baghdad’s incredible blast wall murals, recalling fairly recent news of how the U.S. military had begun dismantling some of the barricades in Dora (a district in Baghdad), and even more recently how control of the Green Zone was just handed over to the Iraqi government, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 01:01:00

Still Walking Around With Labels?

MOBILITY: Less walking around - more productivity at POA If you find users are walking around your warehouse, manufacturing facility, from department to department, hospital or blood lab with labels in their hands, you may ... to this station, must walk back and forth if label are for items located elsewhere in the operation, labels [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:16:39

ALA2008 Privacy Revolution Panel

does anyone care if their library records are being tracked? should they? ALA OIF has received a grant from the Open Society Institute/Soros Foundation to explore the issue of privacy in the digital age Panelists: Dan Roth (Wired), Cory Doctorow (CrapHound), and Beth Givens (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse) [more...]

Date: 2008-06-30 07:27:11

Scoring my 2008 Tech Predictions

I’m about the least unopinionated guy I know.  362 days ago, I made a whole bunch of predictions.  Let’s see how I scored… TV Technology Every major cable company will increase it’s rates by more than 3%. Nobody will complain, and our government will (again) fail to protect us from them [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 22:57:45

JULIE ENGLAND: Custom designs make LF tags attractive and cost-effective Pt. 2

Part 1 discussed how LF tags are often used in harsh environments such as underwater or in animals ... can get involved with TI. We already talked about how low-frequency tags are used in livestock and other high ... receive a bin fitted with a low frequency passive RFID tag that identifies each household [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 22:04:08

The RFID and the saguaro

As somebody who used to have a front yard with a saguaro cactus, I understand why people pay up to $1,000 for them ... inventory. Photo: backlitcoyote Project Wonderful - Your ad here, right now, for as low as $0.00 Tags: crime • environment • internet of things • plants • RFID Related posts Will cleaner fuels raise [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 19:11:32

NanoNews

David RejeskiDirectorProject on Emerging Nanotechnologies Abstract:The National Research Council (NRC), which carries out studies for the U.S. National Academies, released a report in December that highlights the significant shortfalls of the Bush administration in identifying and addressing the environment, health and safety (EHS) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 11:33:00

Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The PA Department of Environment Protection and US Environmental Protection Agency began a thorough inspection of Erie Coke in Erie, ... Department was cut so there isn't enough people to work security at the 5th Street entrance. They didn't ... with a buzzer for the door used at other times. Erie PA native Charles R Walczak was named the new [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 12:34:30

Enter the Best Teen Chef Competition 2009

Read More... | 4243 bytes more | Score: 0) Page 1 of 158 (1575 total stories) ... · GAO Offers Portable RFID Reader/Writer · Sell Used Cars Through CarCash.com · Serenity Health ... Today's most read Story is: 2 Port UHF RFID by GAO RFID Login Nickname [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:51:12

NanoMas Pulls in Big Name Investor for Nano-ink

NanoMas Technologies, a startup that is developing inks containing silver nanoparticles for solar and other applications, ... could be used for printable solar cells and flexible and flat panel displays, as well as RFID tags ... , the technology is ideal for printing electronics on temperature-sensitive materials, including paper and plastics [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 20:07:06

End The New World Order With Global Non Compliance - Short Documentary Outlines Entire Global Conspiracy

Quotes from this video (Transcript) The German Philosopher Johann Von Goethe once said “there are none more hopelessly enslaved, than those who falsely believe they are free.” But few who hear the words realize that they are the ones to whom Goethe was referring [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 21:55:55

Key2SafeDriving could halt mobile usage while driving

Statistics prove that the use of a mobile phone while driving a vehicle is dangerous unless used with a hands-free kit ... phone while at the wheel as it is a mobile phone jamming device in a key fob which activates when the “key” portion is flicked out, and then connects to a mobile handset via Bluetooth or RFID and forces [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 11:36:06

TechCrunch Euro Tour 08: Yes, even Belgium has startups

A couple of weeks ago I headed over to Belgium as part of my ongoing TechCrunch Euro Tour, to get a taste of the local web/mobile entrepreneur community (BTW, come to the London and Helsinki events soon). I hooked-up with another TechCrunch writer, Robin Wauters, who had kindly arranged a TechCrunch Belgium meetup in Gent [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 11:13:46

2009 Predictions - Consumer Devices

2008 has been a pretty amazing year for consumer electronics, ranging from smarter communicating devices (better sensors, better screens, better connectivity) to amazing sales successes such as the xbox ... standards. RFID too, which was expected to launch e-wallets and many consumer applications failed [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 15:40:41

Picnic08: Connected rabbits, running shoes and cable providers…

Kara Swisher of the Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital converses with - grill, perhaps - Mike Fries of Liberty Global, the world’s second largest cable operator. The focus is on the future of television, and Fries feels very, very strongly that the future is professional, random-access content [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 11:32:58

Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Monday, January 12, 2009

Rehrig Pacific Company closed their manufacturing facility in Raymond, New Hampshire and is moving the operations to their facility in Erie, PA at 1738 West 20th Street. Products made at New Hampshire include plastic milk crates, soda-bottle holders, garbage receptacles and recycling bins. Forty employees were laid-off [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 12:49:02

Car Key Jams Teen Drivers' Cell Phones

Car Key Jams Teen Drivers' Cell Phones ScienceDaily (Jan. 3, 2009) — University of Utah researchers have developed an automobile ignition key that prevents teenagers from talking on cell phones or sending text messages while driving. The university has obtained provisional patents and licensed the invention – Key2SafeDriving – to a private [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 14:24:48

RFID enalbed poker table!

The chairman of an Australian IT company has built an RFID enabled poker table that could bring the same level of detail seen in televised games to ... to televise it either. A cool application of RFID could be that we (in the audience) could know where ... Milner placed wireless RFID chips at the bottom of a table, fit RFID tags on a few deck of cards [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 23:17:16

Media Centers: Alternative, Open-Source, Cross-Platform Solutions - A FLOSS Comparison

Looking for an open-source alternative to proprietary media center solutions from big brand names like Microsoft and Apple? Tired of buying into their own closed and proprietary business strategies? Here is a report showcasing you all of the alternative open-source media centers available out there. [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 09:30:00

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

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

Incubation innovation

The timing of the depressed global economic outlook could not have come at a worse time for Alcatel-Lucent. The situation only confounds further the technology company’s efforts to turn the corner of a post-merger era that has resulted in an underperforming share price and integration challenges [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 05:00:00

SF Bay Area Mayors Announce Coordinated Policies to Accelerate Establishment of EV Infrastructure; Better Place to Enter US Market in California

Better Place introduced a second EV prototype to work with its infrastructure: the Better Place Rogue, based on the Nissan Rogue crossover SUV. Click to enlarge. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums announced a nine-point policy plan to establish a pervasive infrastructure to [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 23:53:32

divide and conquer - absolute power corrupts absolutely - the cashless society

So, they global ruling elite are striving for a single world bank (that's a monopoly), a single world government (that's a dictatorship) ... by implanted RFID chip (a cashless society). No, this is not Mike Philbin (retirw eht) thinking ... -building model that's been proven again and again not to work.One tiny problemette I have with the RFID [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 10:06:00

IDF: We're Live-Blogging the Keynote Tuesday Morning

Intel's Developer Forum is set to kick off this morning with a commencement keynote from Craig Barrett, Chairman of the Board at Intel: He'll reveal what we should expect from the chip giant in the upcoming year. Is Nehalem on pace to succeed Penryn? Will it have more than eight cores? [more...]

Date: 2008-08-19 16:20:04

HSBC: Banking on the Network

HSBC are pretty transparent these days about their strategies, as can be seen from their investor relations webcasts and presentation downloads ... Technology and Services Officer (CTSO) discussing the bank as a network. This is a presentation ... employees, a third of which work in HSBC Tech and Services (HTS) supporting 9,500 offices across 85 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 17:59:49

Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Friday, January 9, 2009

Ian at The People Demand It! reported that Richard Gibbons is out as CEO of EmergyCare and that William Haggerty is the new interim leader. EmergyCare is the non-profit ambulance service provider for the City of Erie. They have expanded their coverage are with operating divisions in Meadville, Titusville, Warren, Kane, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 12:37:06

Liveblogging the Clinton Global Initiative Opening Plenary

Monday’s blogger meeting with Bill Clinton, I was surprised at how relaxed the security was for the meeting. Not so today ... a sensor that detected the RFID inside of my press badge and instantly displayed my name and picture on a connected laptop, a metal detector, a handheld wand that could detect the RFID in my badge [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 14:09:44

Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Sunday, January 11, 2009

The Erie area spent yesterday digging out of the snow. Representative Kathy Dahlkemper, now in Washington DC, hopefully spent the day learning the names of the other members of Congress - story. US Navy Seaman Alex McKelvey of Erie PA is serving as an aviation ordnanceman on the aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 13:04:14

Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Wednesday, January 7, 2009

What a bizarre story. Robert Daniels apparently died in the fire he started at the home he lived in on the 1300 block of West 25th Street. Daniels got into a domestic dispute with the women he lived with. The woman went to the police station after being beaten by Daniels. She warned them that Daniels was armed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 12:50:07

IBM USB ZTIC targets identify thieves

Identity theft is no doubt a problem, but IBM is looking to help prevent some of it ... . It features a processor, a display, software and more in order to make that SSL connection ... in the future. Relevant Entries on SlashGearCar thefts aided by laptopsApple cuts RFID a break [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 21:04:40

Notes from CCC 2008

While attending CCC 2008, I was making notes, as usual (see DIMVA, DeepSec) ... the data Security Failures in Smart Card Payment systems UK process: card reports account #, … ... for a fall-back transaction with a cloned card = PIN entry device should be temper-proof, are certified [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:17:17

RFID Moving Into the Data Center

IT managers are increasingly finding value in using RFID within their own IT operations ... and revenues. RFID vendors and systems integrators are offering a range of products from specialized ... . This is spurring adoption of RFID in data centers and across corporate campuses. IT assets [more...]

Date: 2008-10-05 19:45:30

Chapter XIV: The Cost of Government

So What's Wrong with Big Government?Taxes at all levels currently consume about $5 trillion out of a $14 trillion economy, or more tan a third of the Gross Domestic Product. The federal budget alone consumes about 20% of the GDP. There are of course great debates about the effects of such large expenditures [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 18:01:00

SY SAJJAD: Tracking prisoners inside correctional facilities, and when they leave

January 13, 2009- Sy Sajjad, CEO of AiRISTA, presents a platform approach to deliver a strategic advantage through integration of passive, active and semi-active RFID technologies. I understand that AiRISTA has experience in asset ... active RFID technology. What frequency does the monitoring use? SAJJAD: In our case [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 16:37:30

The Implanted Radio-Frequency Identification Chip: “Smart Cards” in a Surveillance Society

Dandelion Salad by Tom Burghardt Global Research, September 6, ... when a RFID reader emits a radio signal. The chips are divided into two categories, passive or active. A “ ... 2008Antifascist Calling… RFID tags implanted in physical objects or human beings If incorporating [more...]

Date: 2008-09-07 17:29:50

Ticketexecutive.com: Buy Hard-To-Get Tickets

Read More... | 2116 bytes more | Score: 0) USB RFID Reader Boosts Your Convenience Technology - Electronics - Hardware jackpan writes: DAILY RFID( www.rfid-in-china.com ),a leading manufacturer of RFID tags and RFID readers,has unveiled 13.56MHz USB RFID Reader with very small footprint as a pocket device.It enables [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:44:09

GE concocts battery-free RFID sensing platform, possibilities abound

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, WirelessRemember when RFID was the next big thing? ... . Reportedly, the outfit has developed a battery-free RFID sensing platform -- one that can provide a highly ... , etc." Put simply, the tags get their power from the sensor reader, which activates the tag's antenna [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 17:47:41

A Summary of the National Research Council Report on Healthcare IT

The full text of the report is available free here. I’ve gone through the report and will summarize it loosely below (the most interesting parts, anyway). A couple of industry experts have volunteered to provide their interpretation. Bill Stead, chair of the group, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 04:46:31

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

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