Connecting online and off with rfid for the masses
The online and offline worlds are becoming increasingly interconnected, as our sister site trendwatching.com recently noted ... tikitag and Amazon.com for USD 49.95, contains one USB-enabled RFID reader and 10 RFID tag smart ... . Now, a new venture from Alcatel-Lucent is using a version of RFID to give consumers the ability [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 16:25:01
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We arrived at JFK a little less than an hour ago. Seven hour flight from London Hethrow Airport this morning to JFK ... . Around 4 hours from now we get to board a flight to Ohio, and then a flight after that to Vegas ... to use. It has a RFID chip in it and you just scan as you go in and out and it dings your balance [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 16:47:49
Violet Mir:ror Bridges Real and Virtual Worlds
After the hugely successful Nabaztag, our friends at Violet have introduced Mir:ror. Simply stated, Mir:ror is an RFID reader ... with the supplier, the goods or the services. For example, imagine you bought tickets for an event such as a hockey game or a concert. The tickets could include a unique signature, using an RFID tag [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 13:45:42
French Train System Using RFID-enabled USB Drives
If any of our francophone readers happen to be in France soon, be sure to let us know how your trip was. More specifically, we want to know if French transit company SNCF has expanded it’s trial RFID program. Passengers will receive a USB drive with an RFID chip inside it. You can add money [more...]
Date: 2008-08-29 14:50:08
360 Spin Launches All Virtual Tours in Flash!
Read More... | 3571 bytes more | Score: 0) Page 1 of 141 (1406 total stories) ... for Quality Used Cars Online · GAO Recommends its 433MHz Active RFID Reader · Latest RFID Wrsitbands ... Long Range RFID Reader · Modern Bathrooms and Showers are Greatly Related · Informative Graphics [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 00:50:09
Afternoon Linkage for September 9th, 2008
There’s only two things you need to know about today (save for the links): Apple and our contest. Iron Man gets shrunken down A little physics won’t kill you Schools are using RFID for security now. Irony? Apple brings out the big guns and Microsoft debuts a clock More Android/HTC spy shots [more...]
Date: 2008-09-09 17:02:24
Its time to drive your way to peace!
In our last article we spoke about fuel efficiency system attained through Fuel Zone ... further helps you to deliver all the advantages of the Fleet Zone platform, giving you the best value ... and any identification technology you may be already using (RFID, iButton, etc.) Another system [more...]
Date: 2008-07-25 13:20:51
Scientific American special issue: will technology kill privacy?
... policy, insurance or self-presentation. It is useful to clarify those issues before focusing on privacy ... of the government’s surveillance powers. How RFID Tags Could Be Used to Track Unsuspecting People [more...]
Date: 2008-08-30 13:42:04
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
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
65Bits Episode 86 : Podcasting Unleashed
Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: ... Tech65 conducted a Podcasting workshop at Science Center, 2 Geek Terminal launches new membership scheme “Geek Pass” using RFID and eGrips, 3 A New ‘park and ride and shop’ smartcard to replace [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 06:02:01
Alcatel-Lucent’s Tikitag anticipates NFC phone growth
Alcatel-Lucent has introduced a new consumer-oriented RFID product, the Tikitag, at this week’s DemoFall 2008 conference ... uses tikitags, mailing-label sized RFID-enabled tags which can be stuck to objects or papers. The tags contain data that, when scanned by the tikitag reader, leads the user to additional product [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 19:23:00
MBTA drops lawsuit against MIT subway hackers
The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) has dropped its federal case against three MIT researchers, “the subway hackers” ... at Defcon. It’s a shame no one ever saw it because it covers a lot of interesting ground. A PDF ... and physical security. Our favorites by far were using GNU Radio to sniff the RFID card’ [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 16:00:24
US Rolls Out 'Vicinity RFID' to Check IDs in Moving Vehicles
Via The Register UK -RFID technology that allows the remote identification of travellers in moving vehicles is being rolled out at US land border ... . Using "Vicinity RFID" it can read the cards from a healthy skimming distance of 20-30 feet, but according to the Department of Homeland Security this isn't a problem. The RFID chip on the card [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 12:13:00
Interview with Jason Howe, CEO of Awarepoint
San Diego-based Awarepoint (www.awarepoint.com) is a developer of systems for tracking hospital assets, patients, and doctors, using RFID tags ... barcoding and interrogators. We are really focused on the active RFID tagging area. Who are the typical [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 14:00:00
VeriChip Corp. (CHIP): Locating and Tracking Potential for Investors
VeriChip (CHIP) is a maker of radio frequency identification systems (RFID) ... . VeriChip’s main competitors are Axcess International Inc. and closely-held Precision Dynamics Corporation ... , which carries the implantable chips used in the RFID devices. About twice the length of a grain [more...]
Date: 2008-08-30 14:28:16
Tag your its
The world of RFID gets more interesting and useful with a starter kit from Tikitag. You get 10 adhesive-backed RFID tags and a USB reader, plus kewl applications. For instance, put a tag on a person’s photo, then swipe it over the reader to place a phone call, or visit [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 14:42:05
WE WERE BOTH IMPRESSED
WE WERE BOTH IMPRESSED Electronics No Comments » I happened upon this web site with one of my clients visiting from Utah ... ! They RFID Components, even transmitters that can be used for any simulation. Love ... professional and capable. The components also are of the highest quality and everything comes with an easy [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 12:14:10
Loc8tor ‘Lite’ makes losing your keys a thing of the past
“Loc8tor Ltd has released a new addition to its personal homing device range ... to find any lost or mislaid possessions and fits easily into a wallet or purse. Dubbed the Loc8tor Lite, the 6mm thick device, uses active RFID technology to guide users to within an inch of any [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 00:10:26
"Long-Range" RFID readers being used at border crossings
Agents along the Canada and Mexico borders are using a controversial new machine that can "read" the personal information contained in some government-issued ID cards — such as passports ... the personal information off the ID cards remotely. "There's this strange rush to a fancy or shiny new [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 02:10:28
SilverStone Raven RVM01B Mouse
SilverStone Raven RVM01B Mouse September 29, 2008 -- While SilverStone Technology has long been known for their high-end (and very expensive) ... computer peripherals while driving new and interesting innovations into these conventional products ... the drive and secure it using two RFID keys. If these small keys were not exposed to the TS01 [more...]
Date: 2008-09-29 15:02:20
Texas Hold’em
While I enjoy playing Texas Hold’em, which I haven’t played in a while, Andrew Milner of Perth, ... built poker table & then modded by him is pretty expensive. His poker table uses RFID technology ... all the action in glorious high definition video on the big screen. You can read the rest [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 21:34:14
Taspo rules bring retail back to tobacco
Last summer, the Japanese tobacco industry imposed a rather large burden on itself by requiring the use of Taspo (tobacco passport), an RFID identification and payment card, for adults to purchase tobacco from vending machines ... campaigns, free gifts, and other benefits are simple with small retail spaces. Of course [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 04:54:35
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
ID Scanners....at Borders...PRIVACY ALARM? TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK....
New ID Scanners at Borders Raise Privacy Alarm Monday, December 1, 2008 6:19 PMBy: ... Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) machines, allow officials to read remotely any passports, pass ... . Tien and other critics warn that people up to no good can use their own RFID machines in a process [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 00:21:00
RF Code Announces Wireless Environmental Monitoring Solution
AUSTIN, Texas & DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RF Code, Inc ... the Active RFID in Asset Tracking track, along with IBM. For more information click here ... . , a leader in automating physical asset management using RFID enabled solutions, today announced [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 20:03:41
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
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
Smartcard Hack Can Be Published
A Dutch court ruled today that a group of researchers who figured out how to break into RFID tags used in smartcards around the world can publish ... programmers make such mistakes and to provide information to consumers about the security [more...]
Date: 2008-07-21 17:59:41
Digital Angel Sells VeriChip Stake
Digital Angel Sells VeriChip Stake Posted by Sam Churchill on November 13th, 2008 Digital Angel, a leader in animal RFID and emergency identification solutions, announced today ... (wikipedia) makes pet RFID products using its patented, FDA-approved implantable microchip [more...]
Date: 2008-11-16 23:11:31
NCR Demos New Express Entertainment DVD Kiosk
Jola Moss, marketing director of NCR, did a demo of NCR’s new kiosk at a recent trade show ... it at actual retail locations. The card reader also looks quite susceptible to phishing attacks like we saw early this year at Redbox. The system uses RFID to track the discs, which means no barcode [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 14:44:20
Lowry Computer Products Selected to Deliver Passive RFID Solutions for Government
Agreement Allows Lowry to Support Warfighter by Providing the Government with Focused Logistics,Total Asset Visibility (TAV) and Integration of Global Supply Chains Using Passive RFID BRIGHTON, MI, October 9, 2008 – Lowry Computer Products, one of the nation’s leading RFID solution providers, today announced [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 20:12:10
X10 Home Automation with Arduino
Who knew controlling X10 via an Arduino was so easy? If you are interested in home automation and want to add some unique, or custom, sensors check ... protocol and hardware. The gist of what I am doing with this project is using the Parallax RFID tag [more...]
Date: 2008-09-08 19:01:12
St. Louis Beacon: Public Libraries
Free for all: Public libraries are a treasure trove, especially during economic tough times Written by Kathie Sutin, ... branches use RFID, a radio frequency identification system. “That’s the higher tech means of counting [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 21:17:37
WARNING BILL 85: The Ontario Government is secretly pushing through “big brother” legislation - using RFID tags in Drivers Licenses to track your movements unencrypted
“The introduction of enhanced driver’s licenses, which appears to be a central focus of Bill 85, ... by the Government, Businesses and other organizations. RFID tags So what is Bill 85? Yes ... or information to the public, however soon ALL drivers licenses will have a new RFID tag embedded within [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 10:58:07
RFIDs Fighting Bike Thefts
University of Portsmouth in the UK has started tracking student's bikes using RFID tags. Students park their bikes in designated areas and then register the bike's location using a mobile phone. Before retrieving the bike, riders must call and enter a pin number [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 07:37:24
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
Japan's face-authorizing cigarette machines no match for Bruce Willis photo
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Remember those Japanese vending machines that use face recognition to scan for wrinkles and saggy skin before ... and these are due for a software update in response to the flaw -- the rest use RFID readers to check the smoker's [more...]
Date: 2008-07-01 08:25:16
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
Where to hide a spare key
Hiding a spare key outside is a bit of dilemma, these days because crooks seem to know where all the good hiding places are and besides its not ... s First Attachable/Detachable Bluetooth Headset! Finger Hack - A Young Man Implants RFID to use [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 15:00:35
25C3: Many RFID Cards Poorly Encrypted
Via Heise Security -Karsten Nohl, the security investigator who had a big hand in cracking NXP's Mifare Classic chips, says many RFID smartcards from other manufacturers are also vulnerable to a simple hacker attack. He told the 25th Chaos Communication Congress (25C3) in Berlin that "Almost all RFID cards use [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 15:28:00
How WE Learn
HeyJude writes: So from the history of the internet to this refocussing on learning - a great interview from Michael Wesch about harnessing ... ! more commitment! more active involvement in collaborative learning. He also raises the use of RFID on a campus [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 19:55:07
Judy's del.icio.us Bookmarks
So from the history of the internet to this refocussing on learning - a great interview from Michael Wesch about harnessing collective intelligence ... involvement in collaborative learning. He also raises the use of RFID on a campus, for creating learning [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 22:30:26
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 ... Mayo Clinic researchers are recommending a new technologically-advanced labeling system aimed [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 23:11:01
What supermarkets know about how we buy
This week's Economist has a great article looking at the work supermarkets have done to understand the buying, thinking, ... them around a retail centre (without consent) and the growth of the use of RFIDs to track people [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 18:27:45
Projects: You have nowhere to hide from OpenBeacon with OpenAMD (or do you?)
Do you really have nothing to hide? Prove it. CCC Sputnik, SocioPatterns.org, and the OpenAMD project from 2600’s The Last Hope are teaming up to provide a real mass ... dreams of certain politicians? For only 10 EUR you can find out! Using RFID technology, congress [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 20:47:28
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
AIDC Centre Becomes Knowledge Transfer Centre
The Automatic Identification & Data Capture Centre for Wales, ... , and radio frequency identification (RFID). The technologies are used from everything from animal ... with an exceptional opportunity to rationalise and improve the support for collaboration between academia [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 09:48:38
SNIF Tag: pet tracking meets four-legged Facebook
Using RFID technology to track the whereabouts of your pet isn't a new idea, but the SNIF Tag takes the process a step further by incorporating an accelerometer and motion analysis software, meaning that not only can you locate your canine companion, but you can also [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 03:02:58
A Rabbit can do anything the Web can, it's true
CNN is running a feature story on the "Internet of Things," the near-future when the physical world will be networked in much the same way as text, ... in the 1980s and an active sci-fi guru, neologized the term 'spime' in 2004 to refer to any object that can define itself in terms of both space and time, i.e. using GPS to locate itself and RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 14:22:08
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