Headphones Can Interfere with Pacemakers: Study
It should be common sense that electronic devices can cause interference with other electronic devices (remember the old pacemaker / microwave problem?). I wrote earlier about RFID tags interfering ... consultant to the Food and Drug Administration said: "Headphones contain magnets [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 04:44:17
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Microsoft tracks people with RFID tags
Breeze Consulting is creating one of the largest non-traditional RFID networks assembled in Australia to track certain people movements at Microsoft Tech Ed in Sydney. [more...]
Date: 2008-08-19 02:10:06
CHECK IT OUT
elatec Atlas, I am not a millionaire - I came to check out some Touch Screen gadgets and RFID Components with friends ... , consulting with Elatec for your next Industrial Computer system and networking system is the smart [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 13:06:27
Top 10 Technology Enabled Market Trends By CAGR
Jump to Comments Technology is the key to unlocking economic value: ... in coming years. This article wouldn’t be possible with out my consultant. Assuming that the standards ... demand for mobile RFID is expected to grow from $26.9 billion in 2007 to $701 billion by 2010 [more...]
Date: 2008-09-15 13:29:18
Sneak peek: an excerpt from "Human Suffrage"
Regardless of who wins, the 2016 elections will finally bring an end to the so-called "third and fourth Bush terms in office ... an early lunch break and strolls down to City Hall, only a few blocks from his firm's office. The RFID ... , considering the information it has just listed. It consults with the central server in Green, Ohio [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 04:09:21
Top 10 Technology Enabled Market Trends By CAGR
Technology is the key to unlocking economic value: companies create real wealth when they combine technology with new business models ... and the economy in coming years. This article wouldn’t be possible with out my consultant. “Assuming ... firm RoA Group, the global demand for mobile RFID is expected to grow from $26.9 billion [more...]
Date: 2008-07-01 12:40:53
Appliances of science
Appliances of science Tim Hayward / chefs 09:34am Need this kind of hand in the kitchen? ... when you're an HR professional in a major financial services organisation or a Feng Shui consultant ... to go. According to the report, if we stick RFID tags on everything in the kitchen and... wait [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 08:29:59
Europe to lead Web 3.0?
October 7, 2008 Image via Wikipedia This is indeed the aim of the European Commission which has just launched a public consultation on web 3 ... and technological issues related to the move from RFID and sensing technologies to the Internet ... of it? According to Wikipedia, Web 3.0 is “the term used to describe the evolutionary stage that follows Web [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 10:23:06
Changing for the Better
Its been a couple of months since I last updated this blog so I wanted to do a quick post letting folks know what I've been up to and what is ... are positive. About six months ago I changed jobs. I'm now a senior consultant at SecureState where ... researching a number of topics including the security of RFID prox cards used in many access control [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 03:29:00
Open Source Databases Often Adopted For New Apps
By Charles Babcock, InformationWeek URL: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml? ... , RFID applications, and other new workloads in the enterprise. Noel Yuhanna, database analyst ... support, consulting, or a commercial version of the product. Another way to measure annual open source [more...]
Date: 2008-07-22 06:00:14
I Read the News Today
A number of readers have asked me to highlight interesting articles that I come across but don’t have time to comment on ... update on mass serialization efforts in Europe as a follow-up to Tuesday’s post. Sorry, RFID-lovers ... to fill the Albert Hall (pictured above). Oh boy. Copyright © 2008 Pembroke Consulting, Inc [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 10:05:00
Design Remixed: Ted Booth
Wednesday, 12 November 2008 Apple Store, Soho 103 Prince Street New York, NY 10012 map 6:30-8: ... Symbol Technologies) working on a wide range of mobile computers, RFID devices, and remote management tools. Before that, he led interaction design at Method, a consulting firm specializing in brand [more...]
Date: 2008-08-20 15:51:12
My volunteer work helps me be a better consultant", says Lucy Vento
... for CSC Consulting in the Supply Chain Management practice where she specializes in global logistics ... of the Colorado RFID Alliance and was the 2001 President of the Denver Telecom Professionals (renamed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 06:14:54
EETimes focuses on patent buying activities of RPX Corp.
Shortly after the Wall Street Journal did a story on Intellectual Ventures and Nathan Myhrvold, ... communications and Internet search and another on RFID and distribution of goods."They have important ... , president of IPotential (San Mateo, Calif.), a patent consulting and brokering firm said RPX could [more...]
Date: 2008-09-18 07:39:00
December 19 SOA News
Give It Time: An SOA Lesson from My Great-GrandmotherIT Business Edge - Louisville,KY,USA It wasn't well-received on the SOA Yahoo Group, ... , and other consulting solutions have already helped a wide range of government agencies ...SOA World ... , including the introduction of RFID tags for tracking toy production, and sophisticated ... Harvard [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 16:58:00
Teen Drivers’ Cell Phones Jammed By Car Key
University of Utah researchers have developed an automobile ignition key that prevents teenagers from talking on cell phones or sending text ... stage business consulting and “seed funding.” It has licensed the Key2SafeDriving technology ... user’s cell phone via either Bluetooth or RFID (radio-frequency identification) technologies [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 14:31:05
ECR is worth the effort
THE WEEKLY Link ECR is worth the effort BARRY ELLIOTT The 11th ECR Asia Pacific Conference in Bangkok last week was a great success ... returnable packaging, RFID, EDI, and influencing shopper behaviour. The afternoon afforded ... to SCM challenges. This could have been an opportunity for the consulting firms to contribute [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 09:07:30
SkyeTek SkyeModule M9
SkyeTek SkyeModule M9 The SkyeModule M9 is a tiny, embedded UHF RFID reader module for OEMs. Manufacturers add RFID as a feature to a broad range of products with this high performance ... : WIP/Supply Chain Inventory EMI and RFI Design Consulting MIKOH SecureContainer more... [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 17:48:43
Glossary of Terms Used on the Site
Search this page for definitions of terms and jargon used on A Management Consultant @ Large:Business Model - a conceptual description of a company's purpose, offerings, strategies, infrastructure, organizational structures, trading practices and operational processes and policiesCAD - Computer-Aided Design, usually referring to graphical design, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 13:22:06
Buyer Beware: Clothing You Buy May Inform On You
technology to shadow customers and record their every move Management strategists are touting a miraculous new computer system that promises to ... radio frequency identification, or RFID, a 21st-century digital marvel that involves a grain-sized ... , packaged, sold or shipped. A new believer in RFID technology is Italian clothier Benetton Group [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 13:10:26
Warehouse Technology - from the old to the new
by Graham Mawdsley, Senior Consultant I first set foot in a retail distribution centre 30 years ago as a management trainee, ... flexibility, but even a small-to-medium size (and cost) example will often offer considerable ... of setbacks and ‘false dawns’, RFID still promises opportunities and benefits for introduction [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 11:08:23
More Shoddy RFID in US Driver’s Licenses
If you live in one of the border states to Canada or Mexico and think it would be great to get a new, high-tech driver’s license, ... (RFID) tags that can be read right through a wallet, pocket or purse from as far away as 30 feet. Each ... , clothing, phones and even groceries. Despite assurances that RFID tagged licenses and passports [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 12:18:58
The Next Generation of Digital Media in Retail
Customers are now able to engage with Digital Media in a way that was never possible with passive aisle mounted large screens running TV style content. Using the latest RFID technology shoppers can now interact at the Point of Decision ... . The solution comprises of LCD screens and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tagged products [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 12:56:27
Interact With Your Merchandise
No doubt about it but 2008 has certainly been the year of ‘interactivity in retail’ - whether it be huge window displays ( ... which allowed a fair bit of interactivity with objects (and they didn’t use RFID). In order ... picked up on this Estee Lauder story and focused on the RFID aspect of it - it’s a great example [more...]
Date: 2008-10-25 08:05:53
News 10/29/08
From Houndoggie: “Re: UCI. The Eclipsys install got pushed again at UC-Irvine Med Center and the first casualty was Joy Grosser, long-time CIO. No word yet on what is going to happen. Jim Murry was brought back in the interim spot.” Unverified. I’m happy to run either confirmation or correction, whichever is appropriate [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 01:06:43
IT Support with 9 Years Experience
RESUME Name : Mohammed Ismail S No.5, Kumaraswamy Naidu Road, Frazer Town, Bangalore-560 005. E-mail: sayedmohammedismail@yahoo ... Integrated like BARCODE, RFID & SMARTCARDS.Verifying the code done by developers and updated to Visual Source Safe.Responsible to deliver software on time & managing customer [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 17:25:49
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
Can RFID get it together to jump the chasm?
After what seems an age of working from home and in the office over the summer, I’m out on the road again ... of Glasgow. I’m on my way back from speaking at a one day conference – Introducing RFID – ... . RFID that wonderful technology that makes self-service so much more an engaging and simple process [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 20:32:04
Investor Profile: HO2 Partners
Charles Humphreyson, General Partner, HO2 Partners In 1985 Charlie and two associates founded Contact Software, the developer of the ACT! ... firms, helping to build strong syndicates and cohesive portfolio company boards. HO2's first fund ... platform for RFID applications. The company offers a suite of software solutions that track products [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 01:40:24
Links for 25-06-2008
Nokia to make Symbian open-source; planet accretion; Cascio on the future of griefing; independent Shetland Island nation; Oyster cards thoroughly compromised … 1 - Nokia Buys Symbian Takes the Mobile OS Open “Nokia announced Monday night that it is acquiring software maker Symbian — the company was already a minority stock holder — and [more...]
Date: 2008-06-25 03:27:57
Arphid Watch: Hackers Crack London Tube's Ticketing System | Autopia from Wired.com
(((These are Chaos Computer Club guys and Dutch guys ganging up on the hapless British, ... , spychip leeches that cling to you and can be used to track you anywhere and (b) now any ID thief ... a serious security flaw because similar cards provide access to thousands of government offices [more...]
Date: 2008-06-26 12:15:48
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
Software Developer with 10 years of Experience
Mohammed Ismail S No.5, Kumaraswamy Naidu Road, Frazer Town, Bangalore-560 005. E-mail: sayedmohammedismail@yahoo.com / mohdismails@gmail ... requirement Data porting * Devices Integrated like BARCODE, RFID & SMARTCARDS. * Verifying the code done by developers and updated to Visual Source Safe. * Responsible to deliver software on time &amp [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 18:02:43
News 2008.07.10
Cambridge Consultants XAP5 Core Sets New Standard for 16-Bit Processors Cambridge Consultants has launched its next generation XAP processor core - ... with a 24-bit address space for large programs up to 16 Mbytes. Intel Sells UHF RFID Reader Chip Operation ... Business Initiatives (NBI) incubator and which developed the award-winning R1000 RFID reader [more...]
Date: 2008-07-10 17:13:44
An Overview of the Battlespace
UPDATED 1354 est 1 Dec 2008: Link and site disappeared overnight after creation of this post; just found this cached version. Read this essay slowly, click on the embedded links, especially this one, and make sure to read the comments as well. Use your bravo-sierra detector to sort the wheat from the chaff, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 21:47:29
News 6/27/08
From Home Alone: "Re: Misys Homecare. What can anyone tell me about it? Will they run this into the ground much like the old Sunquest?" From Jerry Rivers: "Re: job helper. I saw your ad that says 75% of HIStalk readers say it helps their job. I don’t believe it." The ad banner you mentioned is running on HealthcareITJobs [more...]
Date: 2008-06-27 01:51:37
Budget 2009: what's happening with a new library building?
We had a facility study earlier this year, which concluded we ought to have a new library building. But a consultant and the Library Board agreeing about what we ought to do is only a beginning, and not even close to resolving the political decisions that will be needed.Some people [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 23:33:00
RMS Adds a Little Oyster Sauce
A few weeks back, there was much rejoicing in the open source world over the following story: ... consultant with Deloitte, at the Open Source Forum event in London. "The hosting was on a proprietary ... government of the UK, this is like a dream come true. Since the card contains an RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-06-09 14:22:31
Galway Digital Island Meetup (Wrap-up)
Despite the rain and the low numbers I really have to say it was a superb meetup on Wednesday in Galway ... effort we had a blast talking about a few of his projects using RFID and also in the web advertising ... afterglow.ie to see some of his work. Also in the mix Gerry Cahill and and David Kelly. Gerry is a consultant [more...]
Date: 2008-08-08 05:30:00
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
War on Iran: THE PERFECT STORM FROM HELL
War on Iran: The Perfect Storm from Hell As the global bankers’ plan to bring down the American and world’s economy continues (so that they can acquire as much of our wealth as possible at ‘fire sale’ prices ~ an old strategy), the world is facing another much worse danger [more...]
Date: 2008-07-07 04:32:56
RFID industry tries to spin toll findings
I was interviewed today regarding my findings regarding the Fastrak electronic toll collection system ... questions my credibility and claims that the Fastrak transponder is read-only. ‘If Lawson ... of the article has not even opened the cover on a Fastrak transponder. They use an MSP430F1111A [more...]
Date: 2008-07-14 22:10:18
BOCC meeting Monday - 2 zoning items
The County Commissioners are meeting Monday (the agenda is originally posted at www.co.durham.nc.us). There are two zoning items, one north of RTP and the other is probably in north Durham. If the consent item about lighting at Hillside and Northern highs is outdoors, I hope they are taking light pollution into consideration, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 07:06:00
A Brief Tour of the IT Innovation Space - Part I
1.- IntroductionThis Blog is focussed on how Innovation works in the Information Technology (IT) space. As the first entry in this Blog, it is natural to simply try to survey the field. This way we'll be able to map the field's structure, the issues and goals faced by the practitioners of this discipline [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 17:27:00
Holidays Gadget Deals
This holiday season, it seems highbrow concepts are better off making their commercial debut in low-tech gadgets. Nabaztag, an electronic device shaped like a rabbit, can read you weather forecasts from the Internet [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 18:25:29
Happy Halloween!!!
Tips to Keep Your Pet Safe This HalloweenBy: Lisa Chelenza - CapitalNews9Here are some tips to keep your pets safe this Halloween:Don't leave your pets out in the yard on Halloween or the night before. There are plenty of stories of vicious pranksters who have teased, injured, stolen, even killed pets [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 16:34:00
Researchers publish how-to guide on cloning RFID-based public transit cards
rfid.jpg RFID (short for "radio frequency identification"), a short-range wireless communication technology, has been criticized for years by many hackers ... the point, university experts have just released a pair of reports that show exactly how RFID subway cards [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 14:46:27
Retail Marketing News Article - Digital Media in Retail 2.0
The following article was published in the recent Retail Marketing News email newsletter from bezier group: Digital Media in Retail – The Next Generation Digital Media in Retail (DMiR) is finally coming of age and the transition from Generation 1.0 to 2.0 as the media like to call it is upon us. But what does this mean? What was Generation 1 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 15:31:32
Security researchers hack the London underground train for free ride
Security researchers hack the London underground train for free ride Posted by Nathan McFeters @ 7:22 pm Categories: Hackers, Zero-day attacks, ... Vulnerability research, Wireless, Governments, United Kingdom, Complex Attacks, RFID, Dutch Tags: Card, Smart Card, Researcher, Smart Cards, Security, Nathan McFeters Oyster Card A group [more...]
Date: 2008-06-27 02:22:45
Roland’s Sunday Smart Trends #229
Note: I was unable to publish this weekly column last Sunday because of a software problem -- which is now solved. Roland. ... , The Washington Post, August 20, 2008 How RFID Tags Could Be Used to Track Unsuspecting People [more...]
Date: 2008-08-31 16:37:29
