New GE RFID Sensor Platform

Have seen presentations by GE on their tagging applications, primarily in the area of active and powered RFID for use with expensive assets ... has developed a low-cost, RFID-based sensor platform that is capable of detecting multiple chemical or biological agents -- all without a battery. The passive RFID tags could potentially be used in health [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 14:43:00

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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

Multi-Detection Wireless Sensors from GE

GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company has come up with a battery-free, ... and pollution prevention. GE’s unique RFID sensors are built on traditional RFID ... ... multi-detection radio-frequency identification (RFID) sensing platform that could enable a wide [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 02:47:16

Conference to explore international growth of RFID

The upcoming Active RFID, RTLS & Sensor Networks Conference, to be hosted by IDTechEx in Dallas November 5-6, ... decade. To date, the U.S. market has been dominated by active RFID applications, such as asset ... will focus on growing use of active RFID technology around the world, with a special focus [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 20:37:00

About

Pat Rapp’s bio: My interests are in Technology, Science and Trends–particularly human-computer interaction, web technology, sensors, RFID, ... . Specialties: RFID patent application. Presentations and training on Web 2.0. Web design [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 06:18:27

RFID News Roundup

GlobeRanger announces RFID appliance; Axcess International unveils RFID-enabled stickers with temperature sensors; ... Product (SNAP) is a reader networking and data processing device designed to control RFID ... Rush Tracking Systems intros RFID system for lift trucks; Australian prison to implement RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-04-10 08:45:55

Mapreduce Leads The Way For Parallel Programming

We’re now entering what I call the “Industrial Revolution of Data,” where the majority of data will be stamped out by machines: software logs, cameras, microphones, RFID readers, wireless sensor networks and so on. These machines generate data a lot faster than people can, and their production rates will grow exponentially with Moore’s Law [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 17:00:54

Mini sensor to improve detection of greenhouse gases

Governments could be able to more easily and cheaply monitor greenhouse gas emissions thanks to a miniature gas sensor being developed by a new ... , Security Related Articles: GE develops battery-free RFID tags Autonomous unmanned helicopters ... sensor technology into their products Security Phone [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 01:27:22

PAUL FOWLER: Sensors increase value of RFID in pharma supply chain

Nov. 13, 2008 – Paul Fowler of Axway discusses how sensors add to the integrity of pharmaceutical distribution, adding benefits way beyond ePedigree. Does that mean they are working with sensors, certainly in the case of temperature? FOWLER: Absolutely. Our products can track and analyze data from sensors for temperature, shock and location [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 23:19:05

Fleury’s Open Remote is all about the software

It has been over five years since I started writing about wireless applications which live in the air, for home automation, ... , one-off solutions? There are some killer apps out there, applications which can use sensors, motes, and RFID connected by wireless networks to simple, Linux-based base stations. Linux because that’ [more...]

Date: 2008-07-28 13:02:45

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

The Data-Centric Gambit

Things always change fast in computing. But the rate of change seems to be on a major uptick recently ... out by machines: software logs, cameras, microphones, GPS transceivers, sensor networks, RFID readers ... and data analytics companies. The Crisis of the Three C’s: Coders, Clouds and Cores. Meanwhile, it’ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 01:07:45

The Energy to Rebuild

... The development of a "smart grid" for the US would provide thousands of jobs, and would position us to meet demand ... , sensors and RFID (radio frequency ID) tags providing real-time input to computers which can monitor [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 07:58:26

NXT nibblets

I keep ending up with a list of things to mention, but not enough time to do it (or not enough material for a full post) ... involved. Take a look, and enjoy the music & presentation. HALE YouTube Mission Steve Hassenplug ... robots that casual observers can "program" by using RFID cards swiped by a sensor on the robot [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 12:54:04

Smart Bottles Reduce Glass Breakage

Smart Bottles Reduce Glass Breakage Glass container maker Ardagh Glass, as well as Coca-Cola, Coors and other beverage companies, are using facsimile bottles with built-in active RFID tags and sensors to identify sites ... Mechanical Thinks This Might Be The Big One! Integration Story: Laredo's Water Department Uses RFID To... more... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 19:53:40

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

Automate this!

I recently heard Dennis Wixon of Microsoft Surface speak at UX Week about the future of interface design ... will soon anticipate and deliver what we want without us having to ask. The idea of wearing an RFID tag ... all be handled with motion sensors. I don’t know how high-tech heat sensors are, but that’s an option too [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 18:37:59

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

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

Geekdad invents the best Lego Sumobots ever

This is what the ill-fated Lego Spybotics should have been. Master Lego Mindstorms builder (and geek dad) ... RFID sensor, he's created cards with pre-programmed attack and defense moves on them. The kids just decide which cards they want to use, pass them over the RFID reader on each bot, and they're ready [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 19:50:03

[Dbworld] Last CFP - International Workshop on Mobile Business Collaboration(in conjunction with DASFAA’09)

From: “Yi Zhuang” <zhuang at zjgsu.edu.cn> Apologies for multiple postings The 1st International Workshop on Mobile Business Collaboration( ... multiple platforms anytime and anywhere. Examples include supply-chain logistics, group calendars ... and knowledge discovery for MBC * Context and location sensitive applications * RFID and sensor data [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 13:58:27

[Dbworld] [CFP] UC-Sec 09 Call for Paper

From: “Deok Gyu Lee” <deokgyulee at sersc.org> ... in the use of smart cards and RFID systems - Role of RFID, sensors and biometrics to enable security [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 07:53:45

[Mycolleagues] CFP: PoCa 2009 : Deadline extended : International Conference on Positioning and Context-awareness (PoCa 2009)

*** Our apologies if you receive multiple copies ******* Submission deadline is extended to January 9, ... and people monitoring* Supply Chain Management* Smart Home Automation* Elderly ... to)* Wireless standards (WiFi, Zigbee, UWB, etc)* RFID* NFC* Sensor fusion [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 14:55:00

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

Digital Graffiti - A Subculture Conquers Interactive Worlds

Finally I delivered my thesis project I did in cooperation with Less Rain ... colors wireless The spray can is built upon the Arduino platform and uses different sensors and electronic modules like a RFID reader, a super bright RGB LED, a Rotary Encoder, a Bluetooth module [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 09:28:04

Adding Sensors to RFID Can Still Reduce Power Needs

Issue #170 | Nov. 14, 2008 | by Cees Links In general, ... Smarter RFID Tags” which can sense, act and display. More precisely, RFID tags will not create ... . However, because of this extended functionality and connectivity, these connected RFID tags [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 16:44:42

Apple patent would lock Nike+iPod, add GPS

Apple is investigating putting more stringent controls on the Nike+iPod system used for the iPod nano and now the iPod touch, ... but use it with non-Nike shoes or in different locations, the patent describes using RFID tags and similar sensors built into shoes or other clothing to pair the transmitter ... [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 07:56:38

RFID System At UCSD Medical Center Is Its Major Asset :: Symblogogy

"The Awarepoint Real-time Awareness Solution utilizes a patented asset and location tracking technology developed exclusively for healthcare. The RFID “plug and track” network signal sensor pick-ups that plug into any standard wall outlet (bottom right in photo above) are... read more [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 15:27:41

Digital Spraycan - Demo

Finally I delivered my thesis project I did in cooperation with Less Rain ... colors wireless The spray can is built upon the Arduino platform and uses different sensors and electronic modules like a RFID reader, a super bright RGB LED, a Rotary Encoder, a Bluetooth module [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 09:56:33

Texas A&M researchers advance self powered (piezeoelectric) devices

What if you could charge your portable device simply by having it move around in your pocket while you walk? ... are in high demand for portable gadgets and sensors like RFID tags used on products in 'smart supply chain [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 17:54:20

Omnitrol - M2M integrator

Omnitrol provides end to end control and automates the exchange of information on the edge of the network making applications smarter and more ... enabled PDA’s, RFID, barcode readers, mobile handhelds, sensors, automation machinery, robotics, PLC ... (EAI). Smarter edge appliances with integrated application ready middleware support have become [more...]

Date: 2008-09-28 06:39:41

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

The shopper marketing revolution

70% of all purchase decisions are made in store. 68% of in-store purchases are impulse buys 68% of consumers are brand-switchers ... levels Product sales velocity Sales goals vs. actuals Proximity sensors RFID readers User inputs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:39:04

Windows Sensor and Location Platform

Windows Sensor and Location Platform is a new development platform from Microsoft that facilitates the use of sensors, ... , Light, RFID, Compass, Camera, Microphone, Temperature, Moisture, Motion detector, Traffic, Weather [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 06:24:44

Audi and Germany’s Travolution System lets you Predict when the Light will turn Green!

Presumably using RFID, sensors, and other neat things, these test Audi cars in Germany will be able to count down every stoplight they encounter. I think this is a really great idea so people [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 19:15:30

IDENTEC SOLUTIONS Technology Utilized At The Polar Circle

IDENTEC SOLUTIONS Technology Utilized At The Polar Circle The Swedish government owned corporation Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag (LKAB) ... ... Identify Animals And Small Items With GAO Tek's LF Glass RFID... ThingMagic USB RFID Reader Provides Low Cost Platform For... Wireless Sensor Networks 2009-2019 William G.T. Tuttle, Jr. General [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 06:49:36

Digital Art Illuminates Minitek Festival

They're trying out some wild and crazy interactive stuff at the Minitek Festival this weekend ... by the mythological snake Ouroborous as a symbol of self-perpetuating loops. Then there's Tokyo-based RFID artist ... to translate numerical values relayed by sensors into sounds, images and color. Percussa300 [more...]

Date: 2008-09-13 05:57:13

[Dbworld] Second call for Paper: The 3rd International Workshop on Privacy-Aware Location-based Mobile Service

From: “Xiaochun Yang” <yangxc at mail.neu.edu.cn> ... on Mobile Data Management: Systems, Services and Middleware Taipei, Taiwan, May 18-21, 2009 see: http ... also to discuss location privacy in various environments that include using GPS, RFID, or sensor [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 03:18:33

RFID: An Internet of Things

Image via WikipediaCurrent rollouts of RFID tagging will be dwarfed by the future development of sensor networks, according to Robin Mannings, ... of Sun's integrated system includes RFID devices.Texas Instruments (TI) set up an automated demonstration ... BT futurologist and research foresight manager. "RFID is just the tip of the iceberg [more...]

Date: 2008-04-25 08:00:00

Orthopedic Technology Expands With RFID Implants

I manage to hurt myself multiple times throughout each given month, usually in places which are easy to fracture, such as the ankles or the wrists ... news is orthopedic firms are planning on using RFID implants to monitor a transplant’s performance ... a procedure.  Sensors embedded in an implant could transmit that information to a computer allowing [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 15:30:42

Signposts for the Week Ending Oct. 17, 2008

UX designers aren’t the only one who look to Starbucks for inspiration in their work ... s just pretty! RFID might finally get the kick in the pants it needs to start living up to it’s potential with GE’s battery-free sensor breakthrough. The new platform uses a conventional RFID tag coated [more...]

Date: 2008-10-18 04:20:43

RFID Pill Monitors Body Temperature at Walking Race

Researchers at Radboud University used RFID-based sensors to monitor the core body temperatures of volunteers at the annual Four Days Marches of Nijmegen in The Netherlands. [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 18:48:56

Current Technology's Celevoke to Exhibit at CTIA Wireless 2008 in Las Vegas

VANCOUVER, British Columbia and NEW YORK, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Current Technology Corporation (OTCBB: CRTCF) ... for enterprise and consumer markets, in addition to sensors and RFID technologies. New services [more...]

Date: 2008-07-12 18:28:24

I was a government guinea pig, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt

by Mark Baard What will the US government owe the hundreds of thousands of Americans it will swab, prick, track and trace over the next 21 years, ... the use of RFID and GPS transponders, wireless motes and sensors implanted under the skin [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 01:27:35

Honda's walking assist device

Honda is adapting some of its robotics technology for human use ... based on the information obtained from hip angle sensors, the motors provide optimal assistance based ... as needed. RFID navigation nodes would move workers through facilities hastily while providing them [more...]

Date: 2008-04-23 14:31:00

IPS unveils Thinergy ADP for micro-batteries - Small Times

IPS unveils Thinergy ADP for micro-batteries Small Times - 1 hour ago Now companies in active markets including RFID, powered smart card, wireless sensor, medical device, consumer electronics, automotive, ... [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 12:47:01

[Dbworld] New Journal (JAL) Announcement and Call for Paper

From: “Zongwei Luo ” <zwluo at eti.hku.hk> International Journal of Applied Logistics (IJAL) ... and Web technologies Knowledge discovery and data mining Mobile and ubiquitous computing RFID and automation Security, vulnerability, and risk management Sensors and measurement technologies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:25:48

Pervasive Open Infrastructure

Pervasive computing provides a means of broadening and deepening the reach of information technology (IT) in society ... for pervasive systems. They are collected together into a middleware platform, an intermediary between sensors ... the same information. Location may be sensed directly from RFID (radio frequency identification [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 18:01:00

SDRNews SDR2008-11-25 Network of Everything

BLOCKBUSTER Total Access click to activate coupon for $10 off your first month. Layoffs at Google ? ... and while other nodes on the network link to RFID chips in prescription drug pillbottles in the medicine ... of sensors surrounding an individual in daily roles as father, husband, home owner, patient, employee [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 04:43:34

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