Networked RFID: Systems, Software and Services
Book Description RFID technology has been available for decades, ... for discussion • Highlights the basics of RFID, including wireless energy transfer and communication ... as students, this comprehensive and reader-friendly text discusses the current state-of-the-art in RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 06:46:46
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Would you like to see an example of America's infrastructure?
"....Address the Lauinger Problem", as The Hoya (student newspaper at Georgetown University) put it in an editorial (issue of Friday, Dec. 5, 2008) ... of what a library should be. In the 21st century, a library must be more than a warehouse for storing books ... : RFID chips to make everybody able to check out books individually instead of waiting in line [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 06:37:00
Everything except books is miscellaneous
Over at Just Another Classes.TameTheWeb.com Blogs Weblog, Nick has a great review of Weinberger's Everything is Miscellaneous ... for and select books by arbitrary tags and labels from whatever source. If books had RFID, librarians ... . The problem for libraries is that some organization is evidently useful. For librarians, you can put [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 19:46:43
RFID for the Optimization of Business Processes
Author(s) : Wolf-Ruediger Hansen, Frank Gillert Publisher : Wiley Date : 2008 Pages : 298 Format : PDF ISBN : 0470724226 RFID, complemented by other Auto-ID technologies such as Barcode, NFC ... book contains a comprehensive overview of RFID, explaining which elements can be applied with respect [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 22:07:00
Kinship on the Shelves
Have you noticed the machines in the aisles of the library emitting high-pitched beeps? ... with a book or dvd. This has all been in the name of RFID - Radio Frequency Identification. The use ... while engaged in this workout of putting the RFID metallic stickers on the backs of books, I let my mind [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 18:39:00
Privacy Panel ALA 2008
Privacy Panel ALA 2008 Posted by: kate in search, social networking, tech, tags: , ala2008, beth givens, cory doctorow, dan roth, ... . books on privacy and identity theft. Chapter in RFID book. Frequently on the news as an expert [more...]
Date: 2008-06-29 22:07:34
Two new toys: Nabaztag and Chumby
As you may know, I’m a bit of a gadget freak. I haven’t gotten around to blogging about my Nokia 770 internet tablet ( ... , new mail), and it has an RFID reader in its ears which can enable the detection of different objects (e.g. it could read an RFID-enabled book to you if you wave it by the ears of the rabbit). While [more...]
Date: 2008-07-15 14:02:49
RFID mashups in the library - Thinkering Spaces (via Shifted Librarian)
Jenny Levine has a good story about innovative uses of RFID in libraries from the Thinkering Spaces project: RFID is a big component of the system, as it identifies content and allows it to travel with an object. To start, the TS folks put a book with an RFID chip on the reader, which triggers a process [more...]
Date: 2008-06-20 13:12:40
» Daily Design Snacks
» Daily Design Snacks Latest Posts: » Birds, Bats and Bees at Phillips » Creating the garden of globalisation » Seven cities that influenced design » Design flops » The art of the RFID transponder Categories: Book Reviews Broadcasts [more...]
Date: 2008-06-23 13:51:04
Local Library uses RFID to Manage Materials, but Privacy Concerns Abound
Continuing the theme of privacy issues related to my new home library system ( ... Public Library is using RFID chips to help manage their collection. By including bibliographic data in the microchip, the library can automate circulation functions: books can simply be passed by an RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-07-20 19:46:34
Why I Google instead of using the library…
... ) and RFID technology for real-time book location. Gezzz… UPDATE: Singapore librarian blogger ... as strengths of our UB library. Similar Posts:Pseudo Haiku for Celebrating Libraries 2006 The Digital Future [more...]
Date: 2008-08-26 15:43:18
Cory Doctorow on the Bureacrash Podcrash
None other than Sci-Fi author, civil libertarian, blogger, activist, and TLF commenter Cory Doctorow drops in at the Bureaucrash Podcrash ( ... . Marcus’s guided tour through RFID cloners, cryptography and Bayesian math is one of the book’s principal ... on a number of policy issues, but I must admit that he’s a talented writer. I bought Cory’s Overclocked [more...]
Date: 2008-09-16 21:56:07
Accounting Best Practices: Steven M. Bragg
Editorial Reviews Review “Bragg, ... to common implementation pitfalls . . . I would recommend this invaluable book to anyone who is looking ... department. The use of RFID technology to track documents is one of many valuable tools in this latest [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 01:50:51
Cory Doctorow on the Bureacrash Podcrash
None other than Sci-Fi author, civil libertarian, blogger, activist, and TLF commenter Cory Doctorow drops in at the Bureaucrash Podcrash ( ... on Internet-era civil rights, “Little Brother” is also a practical handbook of digital self-defense. Marcus’s guided tour through RFID cloners, cryptography and Bayesian math is one of the book’s principal [more...]
Date: 2008-09-16 21:58:56
The Ticker - Graphic Arts Online (press release)
The Ticker Graphic Arts Online (press release), IL - 22 minutes ago Separately, RFID technology will help stop library copies of Harry Potter books from vanishing in the UK, reports GAM sister title Packaging Digest. ... [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 21:47:13
W.Boudville read fourteen books today, 5,606 pages
Today (June 28, 2008) W.Boudville read at least eight (8) fourteen (14) books:- Credit Risk: Models, Derivatives, and Management, 600 pages- Handbook of Agricultural Geophysics, 432 pages- RFID Technology and Applications, 242 pages- Silicon Photonics: The State [more...]
Date: 2008-06-28 19:36:00
Media Week 48
The sale of Reed Business Information is rumored to be close to resolution with Bain Capital as the buyer ... Bemelmans (Madeline) in the NYTimes TMagazine.Fortunately for readers, he wrote some 40 books, of which ... about living in a hotel they could never be as interesting as Bemelmans' material.An RFID experiment in Japan [more...]
Date: 2008-12-07 21:33:00
Miles Per Gallon Top Draw for Over 50s Car Buyers
Read More... | 6568 bytes more | Score: 0) Page 1 of 104 (1033 total stories) ... ; Leicester Increases Interest Rate · Long-range UHF RFID Reader DL910 · ASUS Launches P552w - Glide ... ! · Buy the Latest Products for Pennies · Joy Travels Launches New Booking Engine · Automotives [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 18:05:34
List of mobile services and limitations
I believe that mobile is one of the most revolutionary thing happened in our lifetime ... - paper/photo, OCR - Barcode Reader Object Location Identification - RFID Dictionary/Encyclopedia ... /smart card) for uses such as parking lot fee, AVM, Pay any merchant such as autowala E-Books Teaching [more...]
Date: 2008-06-18 07:03:39
More CE6 books than you can shake a stick at!
Another CE6 book is getting ready to be released - the book is called Professional Microsoft Windows Embedded ... the UI. 16. Thin-Client Applications. 17. Home Automation Applications. 18. RFID Security Access [more...]
Date: 2008-09-08 16:38:12
Little Brother
Stanza e-book reader I just finished reading Cory Doctorow’s book Little Brother the second time, this time on my iPhone using the plugin Stanza, ... about encryption, hacking the Xbox, gentrification, RFID, TOR, or setting up your own underground movement [more...]
Date: 2008-11-01 16:40:57
Going Green Means Going R
By Robert Atkinson President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Cross-posted as part of our Breakthrough Special Innovation Issue Global warming may finally get the political attention and action it deserves. Indeed, it’s hard to go a single day without reading something about the crisis and what we should do about it [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 23:52:16
First Links for 2009
I ignored my reading backlog last week and glommed down Tom Piazza’s Katrina novel, City of Refuge. It was nothing short of amazing ... a fabulous “year in publishing” post series. Hey you Southern localvore writer types: Michael ... director harassed for planning to implement RFID) but I’m thawing out. This post on Twitter types [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 00:31:26
Society's Secrecy Fetish
A hot topic of conversation at last week's CRN/IEET seminar on Global Catastrophic Risks was the whole issue of privacy, ... , you're already using RFID. Your Speedpass contains a microchip and a small antenna that allows ... . The title was Privacy and Accountability: "You need not be paranoid to fear RFID," says an op-ed piece [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 17:57:10
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
Meet My New Pet: Nabaztag/tag
Now, who wouldn't adore a 9-inches tall, white plastic rabbit with perky ears and an abundance of personality! ... -owned Nabaztag/tag at ONLY SGD$50!!! The ad read like this: "The second first wireless Rabbit ... it up with your wireless. Instructions can be found online. Decent condition, a bit dusty but no scratches [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 08:19:50
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Sunday, January 4, 2009
Disturbing story on GoErie.com about Kevin J Feyas, a teacher that resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct with students. Feyas will not be prosecuted as the statute of limitations has expired. Good teams always come through in the clutch, in times of adversity, and when its top players are not at the top of their games [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 13:27:06
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Friday, January 2, 2009
A man was beat to death near East 38th and Ash on New Year's morning. Jermaine Vaughn was arrested for the murder. The name of the victim was not released. Both men were at a Mercyhurst College party and apparently argued over a woman. Mia and Adrian Spracklen of Erie PA are on their way to Ethiopia to bring home the 6 month baby boy they adopted [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 12:33:21
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
Passports....
Mom and I have to renew our US Passports soon, before the expire. Since we are both such intrepid world travelers, of course ... in a remarkly efficient online form that creates a .pdf file for you to print out and sign. Get your 4 passport ... . But it really does include an RFID chip in the card, so they can "scan" you and look you up even before [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 03:24:00
Speaking in Croatia (Part 5) - Pictures of the Pula City Library
Here's City Library of Pula, where the Librarian's Weekend session was held. Quite modern looking, since it was a fairly new building ... libraries choose to charge a fee while some -- like Zagreb -- opted not to). I saw some teens ... check-in/ out system. Didn't see any self-check machines, and they are not into RFID yet. Next, Part [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 12:58:00
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
not ready for spime-time pedagogy
I'm teaching Bruce Sterling's Shaping Things right now and thus thinking of his neologism, the spime ... with linking those two. In addition, the spime also tracks its own singular history. That is, this particular ... became a smart object. Rafael Macedo de la Concha had an RFID chip implanted in his arm that can track [more...]
Date: 2008-11-23 12:41:42
meet the new schtick
I did a presentation for a group of Guardian folk a couple of years ago. I wrote it up here. It was fun. And more importantly for me, it was useful, because I've been doing some variant of that presentation ever since. To the point I'd been starting to get really bored with hearing the same ad-libs [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 17:09:26
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
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
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
User Data Preservation (UDP)
Ovi Sync and since then I refuse to go back to cables. Nokia Users were Born Free so it suits us to be able to sync, backup, update anything On The Go, Over The Air. This is also quite a unique feature - while Google’s Android is able to receive automatic OTA updates (but a manual update voids your guarantee on the G1) [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 10:46:24
Prophetic Signs that we are in the End Times
You would never find me in a church because I find what most people consider to be religion or christian is truly perverted and corrupt, because they do not know the Bible since they don't read it. I do believe the Bible is God's word. The Bible gives many examples of signs that should warn us of the coming end of the age [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 17:43:27
“And He Causeth All, Both Small and Great, Rich and Poor, Free and Bond, to Receive a Mark”
So says Revelation 13:16. There are many interpretations of the wild events recounted in the Revelation to John ... of the beast. This lawsuit, brought in federal court in Michigan, seeks relief from the federally sponsored program (voluntary for the states, but now adopted in Michigan) that requires the placing of RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 18:14:13
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
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
IF YOU LOVE FREEDOM, PLEASE READ THIS POST
I did not write this. It was posted by a member of Silicon Investor. But, I wish I had. It is one of the best rants I've read and everyone who cares about their country and their freedom should read it. We could lose it all if we don't wake up as a nation. No matter where you live on this planet you should read it [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 14:11:00
Hardware Hack, Mac Book Air Super Drive on any Computer
Tnkgrl has come up with a totally awesome hack that is totally accomplishable by anyone with a bit of patience, ... , Use Your Overheating Gadgets Instead (2) Wi-Fi Predator, a DIY Long-range Wi-Fi Snooper ... (0) Video: How to Remove an RFID Chip From a Card (0) [more...]
Date: 2008-06-25 00:30:01
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
Devoxx Antwerp 2008 - Impressions
University Monday 8th of December 2008 was the start of a week full of information. After attending the complete conference (including the University sessions) last year I felt it would be a good thing to do the same this year. The university sessions give me a change to get more in-depth knowledge on some of the subjects [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 11:11:12
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
Thankful for a Smaller, Flatter, Smarter Planet
Greg over at IBM Eye has a post that points to Gaurav Sabnis' article ... commenting on Mitt Romney's Op-Ed piece in the New York Times "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" . Mitt Romney During the Republican primaries, Mitt Romney promised Michigan he would bring back [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 16:16:05
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
