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

Blog posts (125) | Videos (34)
 

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

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

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

UTSA CAMLS Holds Radio Frequency Identification Workshop

The University of Texas at San Antonio's Center for Advanced Manufacturing & Lean Systems (CAMLS) ... or transponders. RFID tags are objects that can be applied to or incorporated into a product, animal ... Association and held a one-day Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Workshop. RFID is an automatic [more...]

Date: 2008-06-13 19:03:36

New RFID Chips Could Pose Threat To Data Protection

(Crealis) -- A research article published in the current issue of the International Journal of Intellectual Property Management suggests that Big ... regarding data protection are not addressed in the design of new RFID applications. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips can be found tagging everything from groceries and clothing [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 17:27:11

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

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

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

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

RFID 'Smart Cards' in a surveillance society

"If incorporating personal details into an RFID (radio-frequency identification) ... of everyday life. "RFID tags are small computer chips connected to miniature antennae that can be fixed to or implanted within physical objects, including human beings. The RFID chip itself contains [more...]

Date: 2008-09-21 03:36:13

Indonesian AIDS Patients Face Microchip Monitoring

AP JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Lawmakers in Indonesia's remote province of Papua have thrown their support behind a controversial bill requiring some ... lawmaker, Weynand Watari, who envisions radio frequency identification tags like those used to track [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 01:05:53

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

RFID, Privacy and the Surveillance Society

If incorporating personal details into an RFID (radio-frequency identification) ... of everyday life. RFID tags are small computer chips connected to miniature antennae that can be fixed ... and civil liberties: * Hidden placement of tags. RFID tags can be embedded into/onto objects [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 13:40:25

Ambient intelligence

The Internet of Things :: Institute of Network Cultures: "Cities across the world are about to enter the next phase of their development ... network of RFID (.pdf). ... . A near invisible network of radio frequency identification tags (RFID) is being deployed [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 09:14:53

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 [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 22:37:04

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

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

The Perfect Airline

I'd have the airline replace the conventional baggage claim tags that they now use with RFID (radio frequency identification) tags that could be easily (and frequently) scanned, as your baggage [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 01:22:38

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

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

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

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

Grocery Store Mind Games

I have a great guest post for you today from Saver in the City.  She’s got a great blog ... video cameras or radio frequency identification tags located on shopping carts (talk about Big [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:00:21

Indonesian province to microchip AIDS patients + Notes on the AIDS conspiracy

Posted by Xeno on November 25, 2008 Lawmakers in Indonesia’s remote province of Papua have thrown their support behind a controversial bill ... another lawmaker, Weynand Watari, who envisions radio frequency identification tags like those used [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 06:16:39

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

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

GE develops battery-free RFID tags

GE Global Research has announced a new type of radio-frequency identification (RFID) ... smaller sensors at low cost, opening up a new range of potential applications from measuring ... Related Articles: Cell Phones to monitor the air and alert users to harmful chemicals and gases RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 06:01:29

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

Boston Tea Party 2008

The Boston Tea Party 2008 is happening this weekend in Boston.Tickets prices are $17.76 (what else?) ... and last year’s key note speakerDr. Katherine Albrecht who is leading the fight to stop RFID tagging and chipping. A new consumer goods tracking system called Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is poised [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 15:31:00

Endtimes Alert: Indonesian AIDS patients face microchip monitoring

Posted by Job on November 24, 2008 Indonesian AIDS patients face microchip monitoring By NINIEK KARMINI JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ... said another lawmaker, Weynand Watari, who envisions radio frequency identification tags like those [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 19:14:00

Indonesian AIDS patients Face Microchip Monitoring

By NINIEK KARMINI JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ... action," said another lawmaker, Weynand Watari, who envisions radio frequency identification tags [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 20:17:42

Researchers Reveal Security, Privacy Vulnerabilities in ‘Enhanced’ Driver’s Licenses

Researchers Reveal Security, Privacy Vulnerabilities in ‘Enhanced’ Driver’s Licenses November 4th, ... , it is a technically straightforward matter to copy the data from a Passport Card’s RFID tag into another, off ... an individual’s citizenship status. They are also equipped with radio frequency identification (RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 09:12:38

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

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

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

‘Chipping’ of Humans No Longer the Stuff of Novels; Use of RFIDs Becoming Commonplace in America

View the article here Like I've said before, you can stick this chip where the sun doesn't shine ... , but it lays the groundwork for later RFID tagging on children and elderly for “safety reasons.” ... the movements of students using Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID). Microchips [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 10:00:00

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

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

Beacon Equity Research Featured Client: Advanced ID Corporation (AIDO.OB)

Advanced ID Corporation is a solutions provider to the radio frequency identification (RFID) market with a focus on the tire management industry ... Canada subsidiary in Calgary, Alberta. They are reintroducing their livestock tagging product line in many countries. They have also developed a UHF RFID reader product line for all market [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 19:38:44

‘Chipping’ of Humans No Longer the Stuff of Novels; Use of RFIDs Becoming Commonplace in America

View the article here Like I've said before, you can stick this chip where the sun doesn't shine ... be a good idea, but it lays the groundwork for later RFID tagging on children and elderly for “safety ... to electronically track the movements of students using Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 10:17:00

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

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

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

Study: RFID Tags May Scramble Hospital Equipment

A new study is raising questions over how radio frequency identification chips could be interacting with hospital equipment ... . They also power many cities' transit payment systems and are used for animal identification and store theft [more...]

Date: 2008-06-25 18:49:31

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

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

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

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

The way the brain buys

Retailers are making breakthroughs in understanding their customers’ minds. Here is what they know about youIT MAY have occurred to you, during the course of a dismal trawl round a supermarket indistinguishable from every other supermarket you have ever been into, to wonder why they are all the same. The answer is more sinister than depressing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 13:14:00

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