TechEd Australia RFID badge Surface application
preview image If the standard Microsoft Surface demo applications doesn’t cut it for you anymore then check out this custom application built by an Aussie Readify consultant Tatham Oddie in just two days who hadn’t seen a Surface until a day ago (sponsored by Amnesia actually). Since all TechEd badges are RFID-enabled A special sticker [more...]
Date: 2008-09-02 13:09:29
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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
'Xmas futures, crystal balls?' - Festive Chinwag Live
I had a hectic day on Tuesday, as after speaking at the FreePint stand at Online Information I then headed into central London for the last Chinwag ... . He suggested that people worry about ID cards, but that nobody loses sleep over the data Tesco holds ... with an anecdote about attending a conference with 'active' delegate badges. Using RFID technology [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 08:55:12
links for 2008-12-07
World's Fastest Robot — Computational Neuroscientists And Engineers Build Robot That Teaches Itself To Walk Up And Down Hills ( ... mainframe desktop) Berlin hacker con will use RFID badges to simulate life in a totalitarian panopticon - Boing Boing Ten years time we could all be wearing those!!! (tags: RFID ITGS privacy security [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 04:02:46
links for 2008-12-07
World's Fastest Robot — Computational Neuroscientists And Engineers Build Robot That Teaches Itself To Walk Up And Down Hills ( ... mainframe desktop) Berlin hacker con will use RFID badges to simulate life in a totalitarian panopticon - Boing Boing Ten years time we could all be wearing those!!! (tags: RFID ITGS privacy security [more...]
Date: 2008-12-07 21:02:03
Microsoft taps RFID for Tech.Ed delegates
Microsoft taps RFID for Tech.Ed delegates RFID tags will be embedded into badges at the annual conference in Sydney as part of a tracking experiment. Those who opt out will have less access to conference info. Tuesday, August 26 2008 10:42 AM Find more stories in: RFID, Networking [more...]
Date: 2008-08-26 16:17:17
First week in the Philippines
We arrived exactly one week ago and now we are renting a condominium somewhere between Ortigas and Makati ... using RFID badges in elevators, security camera and 24 hour security guards. Also, no one can access our floor without proper badges. The apartment is fully furnished. Fortunately we only a few minor [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 01:27:53
Microsoft taps RFID for Tech.Ed delegates
Microsoft taps RFID for Tech.Ed delegates Posted by Gladys Erhardt at August 25, 2008 Cool or not? ... in Sydney next week using RFID tags embedded in conference badges. The move comes months after 50 academics ... in all my activities. Not unless these badges can be taken off during personal moments (like going to the bathroom [more...]
Date: 2008-08-26 01:38:59
Hackers Unite in NYC at Last HOPE Conference
CNET Tonight, the Hotel Pennsylvania welcomes the Hackers of Planet Earth (HOPE) for the first night of their seventh and last conference ... and other prominent hackers attending. As an ultra high-tech touch, attendees will be wearing badges with radio frequency identification devices (RFID) that will follow their every move during [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 16:19:58
First day at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting
This morning I woke up far earlier than usual (6AM!) to get up to the 8am press meeting at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting ... bag search, walking through 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 [more...]
Date: 2008-09-24 21:01:15
First day at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting
This morning I woke up far earlier than usual (6AM!) to get up to the 8am press meeting at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting ... bag search, walking through 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 [more...]
Date: 2008-09-24 21:02:40
Putting Visual Intelligence on the Map
thincVIew™: Putting Visual Intelligence on the Map Stephen G ... , the positions of emergency personnel with active RFID badges in a hospital, customer purchases through time ... -based mapping applications, these platforms do not permit rich analysis. The problem is that these web [more...]
Date: 2008-11-01 20:30:21
Microsoft taps RFID for Tech.Ed delegates
RFID tags will be embedded into badges at the annual conference in Sydney as part of a tracking experiment. Those who opt out will have less access to conference info. [more...]
Date: 2008-08-25 05:49:45
Mapping social interaction using RFID tags
I think this is pretty damn cool.In this paper we present an experimental framework to gather data on face-to-face social interactions between ... Identification (RFID) devices that assess contacts with one another by exchanging low-power radio packets. When individuals wear the beacons as a badge, a persistent radio contact between the RFID devices [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 23:53:00
Embedded SD standard announced
Removable storage isn’t the only thing on the SD Card Association’s mind these days ... Relevant Entries on SlashGearCES badges to have embedded RFID tagDatasound LX800-LCD: Geode PC ... brought into the Bluetooth foldIntel Pentium M based EP80579 System-on-Chip announced [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 19:42:01
Sunday, 11/30/08 11:00 PM
Five-O T minus 3... today was not a good day... happens every four day weekend, I luxuriate in having all that "free" time, and then Sunday comes, ... to Chicago to attend the RSNA conference; interesting, it turns out that the RSNA attendee badges have RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 07:00:39
Reality Mining a ‘thick web’: collective intelligence
Data once was a signature, a number on a driver’s license or even a newspaper subscription ... reality is data ‘Reality Mining’. From phones, GPS units, RFID tags in office ID badges, texting [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 15:46:34
Protecting Privacy of Children, Rights of Parents Unfinished in California
By Zack Kaldveer Consumer Federation of California In 2005 a tiny school district in Northern California inadvertently ignited a statewide debate over the appropriate use of modern technologies in the school system. The technology in question was Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, which the district had embedded in student badges... [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 13:25:39
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
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
Microsoft tags Tech.Ed delegates
Microsoft today announced plans to track Australian delegates attending its annual Tech.Ed conference in Sydney next week using RFID tags embedded in conference badges. [more...]
Date: 2008-08-26 01:58:45
Microsoft tags Tech.Ed delegates
Microsoft today announced plans to track Australian delegates attending its annual Tech.Ed conference in Sydney next week using RFID tags embedded in conference badges. [more...]
Date: 2008-08-25 07:29:00
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
A new obsession?
At DefCon 16, I finally got to see some of the other things going on other than CTF ... on the previous badges, I think. The thing I really want to build is a RFID cloner. The simplest, but most ... with info on building it was squashed. :-( Oh well, I'll keep searching for something that will work [more...]
Date: 2008-08-19 06:07:22
Canada Border Assaults Remind Indigenous Women of Old Indian Story
MNN. Oct. 17, 2008 – The hundreds of Mohawk women who have been harassed, assaulted, threatened, abused, raped, ... radio frequency ID RFID . The goons uniform consists of steel toed shoes, flak jackets with badges [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 23:35:00
Intel Cash Register Knows Who You Are, What You Want (Wired)
(Wired.com) Asking the question: “Do you know who I am? ... you with ads and promotions. Flash an RFID store loyalty card, and your purchase history pops up — ... the counter screen to life with their badge; images of your items materialize. So do related products [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 16:14:34
Snap! Setback for makers of RFID shield
RFID privacy sleeve-maker Identity Stronghold this week learned from NASA that the metal claps holding workers’ IDs in place can pop-out, ... .) The space agency, Augustinowicz says, has only barred the shield on badges worn in a flight area clean ... has no moving parts. NASA Security Badges are a Health and Safety Risk | Universe Today Use [more...]
Date: 2008-08-28 12:58:04
The trackable Last HOPE conference badge
Filed under: cons While defcon badges have taken on the habit of being hackable electronics, the Last Hope badge is taking a new shape this year. It's dubbed the Attendee Meta-Data project (AMD for short). Aside from the tombstonian dimensions, it features a trackable RFID tag that's going to be used to create a different sort of conference [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 17:48:00
RFID tags and medical equipment
There’s been a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association that’s made the news in the last couple of days, showing that RFID tags (those little devices — or sometimes not so little ones — that are used for inventory control ... connected to patients. The researchers tested devices within meters of an RFID reader broadcasting [more...]
Date: 2008-06-26 11:29:01
The sad future of learning?
A rather gloomy vision of the technology-enhanced future is already emerging. School children in Japan are apparently being tagged with RFID devices to prevent them ... such developments to detect snipers in urban warfare. And why, a hygiene company has created an RFID soap [more...]
Date: 2008-11-02 09:01:55
Monday, 8 December, 2008
I have gotten the new screen layouts working in the main window of the program I am writing at home ... Stupid Patent Tricks, Copyright and Other IP Nonsense Joe Satriani Sues Coldplay For Copyright Infringement “Patent Hawk” lawsuit was an inside job, says Microsoft Patent pools pushed in new [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 14:05:25
IBM IOD/Gold - Sensors Galore
The next Gold session is Real World Visibility and Process Innovation by Scott Burroughs, Product Mgr of Sensors & Actuators, and Daniel Hernandez, Mgt of RFID Information Center. Scott painted the overview of sensor ... applying RFID to transport and warehouse logistics for asset tracking and supply chain optimization [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 18:09:58
California RFID Law = FAIL
I've been looking for something good to give the "FAIL" to and here it is:From Wired Threat Level:" ... from non-encrypted RFID tags that are growing commonplace. California's bill was adopted and signed ... of government offices.Still, California's measure (.pdf) and the one Washington State adopted in March, don't [more...]
Date: 2008-10-04 02:30:00
Harnessing Dynamic Personal Social Network Applications
>Introduction In the past years, the capabilities of our mobiles phones have improved significantly. Modern, top end phones contain a host of sensing cabalities: accelerometer, proximity sensor, GPS, camera, microphone, etc. (Miluzzo, 2008) By using some of the technological features inherent in mobile phones, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 12:27:55
Blog
Hi all, A question regarding video content on website: I use today in my websitea a video streamer in order to play video files ... (TVs) as mobile becomes more familiar in the coming years. Track behavior/ROI via mobile coupons and redemption codes Tracking via 2D and RFID is popular in mobile-friendly Japan and is likely [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 10:00:42
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
MAX 2008 - Pre-event Summary
MAX 2008 - Pre-event Summary Written on 16 November 2008 by Joshua Okay, the first day of Adobe MAX 2008 is winding down ... . Badges The badges got a technology upgrade this year, no bar codes this year, rather an RFID name ... be a fun project to grab an RFID reader and write up a quick AIR app (this *is* an Adobe conference after [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 04:04:41
RFID Anti-Skimming Laws Approved
RFID Anti-Skimming Laws Approved October 4, 2008 - 2:29pm — MacRonin RFID Anti-Skimming Laws Approved - Via Threat Level: ... information from non-encrypted RFID tags that are growing commonplace. California's bill was adopted ... of government offices. The legislation came a year after the hacking of the RFID-enabled Dutch passport [more...]
Date: 2008-10-04 18:29:45
Fear of Antichrist marks West Virginia drivers
No, this isn’t some obscure cult in the coal mines of West Virginia ... school teacher for refusing to require his students to wear bar-coded identification badges. That’s it, brother. Badges! We don’t need no stinkin’ badges! MEMO to the Pied Piper of Deliverance [more...]
Date: 2008-08-11 13:52:55
RSNA RFIDdles with RFID's Again
I seem to have been the first to discover the use of RFID's at last year's RSNA, as published in my blog ( ... is literally around my neck; the badges now have RFID tags, which lets the powers that be do some sort ... posting on AuntMinnie: As I wandered about RSNA I recall seeing signs that mentioned that RFID badge [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 18:17:00
ORG 3rd Birthday
The UK Open Rights Group has now been around for 3 years, and they have released their 2008 Review of Activities ... . Surveillance, ID cards, RFID passports, all are being touted as necessary to keep us secure. But when it’ [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 19:09:44
The Last HOPE: The AMD Project
Check out the AMD Project going down at The Last HOPE this weekend ... , the Attendee Meta-Data (AMD) project will introduce a new location-aware social networking system to track ... in attending, see what’s happening and where in real time, and experience and talk about the way RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 12:39:59
The TV Generation
About 45 years ago, give or take a day, is when my memory begins. I remember the black & white TV, on the wire rack stand with the plastic clear wheels, bringing the images of Walter Cronkite, a caisson, a horse with the boots backward in the stirrups [more...]
Date: 2008-11-23 21:10:00
RFID sniffer
RFID sniffer Posted on 09 Nov 2008 RFID sniffer Here is the RFID sniffer.It is used to find out if objects are tagged ... RFID tags. These tags are commonly used in all kinds of plastic cards like access badges, bank cards, library cards, loyalty cards and so on. Also many other objects may carry RFID tags without [more...]
Date: 2008-11-09 03:33:28
Sorry Charlie...The Cat's Outta the Bag
Last week I wrote in a post entitled "Sorry Charlie.. ... the students were going to discuss generating fare cards, reverse-engineering magnetic stripes, and hacking the RFID technology in the cards.Ironically,the very same presentation, including the sordid [more...]
Date: 2008-08-18 16:14:00
Trick or Jay Treaty? Canada Border Assaults Remind Indigenous Women of Old Indian Story - Mohawk Nation News
The hundreds of Mohawk women who have been harassed, assaulted, threatened, abused, raped, almost killed and "disappeared" ... -functional. They are in the process of forcing everyone to carry biometric radio frequency ID (RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 22:21:00
Irongeek Security Hacking Illustrated Videos InfoSec Articles Zaurus Security Tools Apps/Scripts Reviews RSS Your IP Hoosier Hackers Newscat Links Contact Forums Workout Nutrition Supplements Humor Advertise Hire Me Irongeek Campuses Books [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 00:58:53
SUJATHA BODAPATI: Tracking water supply chain with active RFID
Nov. 4, 2008 – We asked Sujatha Bodapati, founder of Asset Pulse, if what we heard was true: that her company is involved with an RFID water tracking project. We were close. I hear that you have been using RFID with water facilities. It sounds so incongruous, could you tell [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 16:27:18
Tracking Hackers at The Last HOPE Conference
Attendees at this weekend’s hacker-event-of-the-year in New York, The Last HOPE will receive RFID badges to improve physical networking at the conference. …the Attendee Meta-Data (AMD) project will introduce a new location-aware social networking system to track [more...]
Date: 2008-07-19 15:26:43
The EclipseCon 2009 Emerging Technology track
Bjorn and I represented the Emerging Technology track on the EclipseCon 2009 Programme Committee ... Technology track have some connection to one Technology project or another. While some of these talks are focused very specifically on an individual project, I think that some of the more interesting talks [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 17:09:56
