In-Store Analytics
A big advantage for ecommerce sites is the ability to track minutest details of customer activity ... s consider using RFID technology at the grocery store. Placing RFID tags on carts with receiver tags ... I like best utilizes RFID. RFID technology is getting cheaper by the day and is estimated to cost around [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 11:15:44
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Let The Dog Out Without Ever Getting Up
By Jonathan Kimak I love my dogs, I really do. But sometimes when it’s quite late and I’m tired I would much rather let the dogs go out ... interesting. The flap is made of shatter proof materials and an aluminum frame. You put a RFID tag ... it which means no snagged tails or paws. These go for $6397 and additional RFID tags cost $30 per unit [more...]
Date: 2008-07-28 04:02:05
Painted on micro sensors
Tiny radios embedded in paint could be used to pick up sound, ... Systems, started exploring this technology based on radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in 2002, and filed patents in 2005. ‘People complain that most of the cost in manufacturing RFID tags [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 08:10:11
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
RFID Read Range: Just how far can RFID track something?
Tomorrow, we will be announcing the new AD 224 RFID chip from Avery Dennison will be used in our Pro-Tags DoD product lines and our premier Nox-1 ... . Side Note: Active RFID is different and would cost $20+ per tag and give several-hundred feet ... , this optimization can use RFID as a trip-wire because any disturbance in the force will cause loss of tag [more...]
Date: 2008-07-12 16:03:13
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
Metro-politan
Down at the European Technology Standards Institute (ETSI) ... , he also had a airline baggage tag with an RFID inlay and he said that the cost of the paper was greater than the cost of the RFID inlay, which I found rather surprising. Given the recent demise [more...]
Date: 2008-06-10 08:09:14
Video: Japanese Robot Eats Bikes For Breakfast
Each day in Tokyo, over 700,000 people ride their bikes to catch the morning train and this creates a problem. Where do you store all those bikes? ... ). This implementation in Edogawa, Japan was built at a cost of $67 million and can store up to 9,400 bikes at one time. The method uses an RFID tag to identify your bike and costs only $18 [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 13:45:00
RFID Security and Privacy Cybertrust Grant
UVa Today has an article about our (myself, abhi shelat, John Lach, and Ben Calhoun) recent NSF Cybertrust grant on RFID security and privacy: U.Va ... available on common RFID tags. Providing a solution that adds virtually no cost is crucial, because ... . Team Receives $1 Million Grant To Improve RFID Security, by Brevy Cannon, 9 January 2009 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 04:27:08
Latest RFID Wrsitbands for Hospital Applications
DAILY RFID (www.rfid-in-china.com)has recently launched Silica Gel RFID Wristband Tag with RFID technology. This kind of RFID Wristband is especially designed for integrated the different service providing ... provides a very low cost about 0.9USD. [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 00:50:09
JULIE ENGLAND: Custom designs make LF tags attractive and cost-effective Pt. 2
Part 1 discussed how LF tags are often used in harsh environments such as underwater or in animals ... can get involved with TI. We already talked about how low-frequency tags are used in livestock and other high ... receive a bin fitted with a low frequency passive RFID tag that identifies each household [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 22:04:08
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
Printed Electronics Spawn Emerging Electronic Giants
Issue #167 | Oct. 23, 2008 | by Raghu Das Printed electronics is a term that encompasses thin film transistor circuits (TFTCs) ... have now entered this market. Readers of RFID Street may know printed electronics as the technology that will print RFID tags right on items in the not too distant future, eliminating the cost of applying them [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 14:31:02
Increase Your Sales and Cut Costs by using Barcode Tracking
How do you compete more effectively in global markets? With increased efficiencies and cost savings… By Peter Green - BellHawk Systems Corporation ... money are: By saving them money on the receiving dock. They put a barcode or RFID label on each ... applying all the barcode labels and RFID tags that your customer needs for their internal tracking [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 12:49:46
Insecure by design
Despite the availability of robust and secure solutions, organizations persist in implementing insecure design in a bid to save on cost ... Nate Lawson was concerned about the privacy implications of the popular RFID-based FasTrak toll tags ... of the card is kept in backend servers, this in fact exacerbates the plight of victims. Hackers [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 09:00:36
December 20 SOA News
Five fearless predictions for SOA 2009ZDNet - USASOA seemed to become more and more pervasive across companies, ... to drive down those costs. ... SOA for the greatest logisitical night of allZDNet - USA Dave suggests RFID-tagging all goods, with information flowing real-time across an SOA-enabled system. SOA can also [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 14:21:00
GAO Presents Cost Effective, On Metal, Active RFID
T equipment, vehicles and transport media. This advanced active tag is powered by an internal battery and will transmit a radio frequency signal at pre-set time-intervals for the duration of its life [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 18:03:22
Linkapalooza: Sci/Tech
Good evening Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and All The Ships At Sea…FLASH! At NewTeeVee ... production and low cost. And, yes, the two men who wrote the paper ARE from Mexico. So, fellas ... RFID tags into Alzheimer’s patients in Florida. Well [more...]
Date: 2008-06-18 18:05:15
The Tornado Plus encrypted USB drive: Good idea, bad design
Not all encrypted drives are actually safe repositories for sensitive information — even if a bunch of Internet articles point consumers and businesses in their direction. Here is just one example. ——————————————————————————————————————- Usually, I restrict my product reviews to solutions that I like. Solutions that I’m excited about [more...]
Date: 2008-09-08 11:00:05
Roots
I've been getting some stick from Blair and others over my love-hate relationship with Act. So, by way of partial explanation, let me provide a reference point. Be prepared. This is going to take the scenic route. The short answer is that I am a moderate libertarian, and I have the Facebook application to prove it [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 22:38:00
RFID needs to get real
Blue and Purple RFID Tag (midnightcomm via Flickr) RFID World 2008. Several days of discussion panels, demonstrations and hands-on workshops ... object to place in their vehicle. The system employs RFID readers in toll lanes which read the unique tag ... killer app” for RFID Systems, I am surprised that there seems to be no coherent focus on demand chain [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 21:31:09
RFID needs to get real
Blue and Purple RFID Tag (midnightcomm via Flickr) RFID World 2008. Several days of discussion panels, demonstrations and hands-on workshops ... object to place in their vehicle. The system employs RFID readers in toll lanes which read the unique tag ... killer app” for RFID Systems, I am surprised that there seems to be no coherent focus on demand chain [more...]
Date: 2008-09-12 17:19:15
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
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
News 12/5/08
From Cheryl: "Re: low-cost IT projects. I have been starving to hear stories like these! Leonard and Larry shared common problems, not hospital-specific issues. I am always on the lookout for how others are doing things better, especially solutions that can become best practices [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 02:51:20
Proximity sensing: the next big thing?
January 2, 2009 in digital products, stuff, technology | Tags: applications, consumer, electronics, iPhone, proximity, RFID, tech, ... .. The key to such a technology is a thingy known as a RFID tag. It’s a small transmitter that can be attached to any object, so that its location can be determined by an appropriate detection device. RFID’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 10:28:01
Compliance Remains King Among Consumer Goods Manufacturers, But Other Benefits Begin to Prompt RFID Adoption
Consumer goods manufacturers and retailers continue to adopt RFID largely for the sake of compliance with mandates from the likes of Wal-Mart, ... that RFID can deliver are growing in importance and will eventually overtake compliance as the leading market driver for RFID uptake in this vertical. According to research director Michael Liard, “ [more...]
Date: 2008-10-05 19:46:49
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
IndiaBook Launches SEO Outsourcing Services
Read More... | 2861 bytes more | Score: 0) Page 1 of 151 (1506 total stories) ... at NextGen Home Las Vegas · DAILY RFID Unveils RFID On-Metal Tag · We Have Home leads · Ladies Only Panama ... · Free eReport Strengthens Your Marriage · RFID Development Kit for Jewellery Management · The New [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 16:53:56
#25C3 Security Conference recordings online
'Creating a rogue root CA certificate)! Read on below for details. Presentation 1: I started with Not Soy Fast: Genetically Modified, Resource Greedy, and coming to a Supermarket Near You. Soy has been a healthy source of proteins for some time, but genetically modified soy comes with a price (in more than one way) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 13:42:40
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
Enter the Best Teen Chef Competition 2009
Read More... | 4243 bytes more | Score: 0) Page 1 of 158 (1575 total stories) ... · GAO Offers Portable RFID Reader/Writer · Sell Used Cars Through CarCash.com · Serenity Health ... Today's most read Story is: 2 Port UHF RFID by GAO RFID Login Nickname [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:51:12
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
Technology predictions from 20 years ago
We recently moved from Atlanta, Georgia to Mountain View, California and during the move I had a chance to go through some old boxes I’ve had for years — twenty years to be exact. Tonight, I decided to open up some of the boxes and try and see if I could find some old pictures after seeing some of my high school friend’s pictures on Facebook [more...]
Date: 2008-10-26 07:51:09
TechCrunch Euro Tour 08: Yes, even Belgium has startups
A couple of weeks ago I headed over to Belgium as part of my ongoing TechCrunch Euro Tour, to get a taste of the local web/mobile entrepreneur community (BTW, come to the London and Helsinki events soon). I hooked-up with another TechCrunch writer, Robin Wauters, who had kindly arranged a TechCrunch Belgium meetup in Gent [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 11:13:46
Wee-Fi: News from Meraki, Violet, Qualcomm
Meraki offers wall plug, solar unit, apartment package: Meraki has added two products to its line up. A wall plug ($179) ... reasons to be. Violet prepares to ship an RFID tag reader, Mir:ror: The new device plugs in via USB ... . A number of municipal wireless projects (not all Wi-Fi) are getting rave reviews. We may be over the hump [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 05:13:07
Picnic08: Connected rabbits, running shoes and cable providers…
Kara Swisher of the Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital converses with - grill, perhaps - Mike Fries of Liberty Global, the world’s second largest cable operator. The focus is on the future of television, and Fries feels very, very strongly that the future is professional, random-access content [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 11:32:58
RFID and Digital Signage Integration
RFID tag integration for digital signage targeting and information display If we were to throw privacy out the window and just talk about the “far-out” technological possibilities of RFID and digital signage, we may well see how both ... ll certainly see more integration with other devices like mobile phones. In fact, RFID chips [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 19:29:14
The World's Most Promising Tech Startups
Every year, the Geneva-based World Economic Forum honors as "Tech Pioneers" anywhere from 30 to 50 companies offering new technologies or business models that could advance the global economy and have a positive impact on people's lives. More than half of this year's 34 honorees hail from outside the U.S [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 10:40:00
They weren't all dogs in the TechCrunch50 demo pit
The demo pit at TechCrunch is the territory of the also-rans (I’m intentionally not calling them losers) ... on, but it’s a clever combination of web applications and hardware, in this case an RFID keyfob ... the delivery guy to scan your little RFID keychain. Putting RFID in the loop does make it more secure [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 19:39:33
ROB BALGLEY: Sales chain RFID manages inventory in the field
Dec. 18, 2008 – CEO Rob Balgley discusses how Skyetek is helping companies extend their management of inventory from their own premises to " ... that active RFID often runs on; but you are not talking about using active RFID per ... outside of a premises-based distribution center or warehouse – basically the idea of being able [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 15:57:34
Visa Partners With Nokia to Offer RFID-enabled Services
Visa Partners With Nokia to Offer RFID-enabled Services The credit card company will leverage Nokia's newest Near Field Communications (NFC) ... Printing's Holographic RFID Labels › RFID News Roundup › Google India Uses RFID to Locate Shared Equipment › Schwarzenegger Signs Anti-Skimming RFID Measure But Vetoes Bill [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 23:57:09
Notes from CCC 2008
While attending CCC 2008, I was making notes, as usual (see DIMVA, DeepSec) ... the data Security Failures in Smart Card Payment systems UK process: card reports account #, … ... for a fall-back transaction with a cloned card = PIN entry device should be temper-proof, are certified [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 15:17:17
SY SAJJAD: Tracking prisoners inside correctional facilities, and when they leave
January 13, 2009- Sy Sajjad, CEO of AiRISTA, presents a platform approach to deliver a strategic advantage through integration of passive, active and semi-active RFID technologies. I understand that AiRISTA has experience in asset ... active RFID technology. What frequency does the monitoring use? SAJJAD: In our case [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 16:37:30
Chapter Fifteen Excerpts: Peer Production and the Crisis of Value
Sometime in the next few weeks, I expect to have drafts of the last two chapters of my organization theory manuscript, Fifteen and Sixteen, online. From there, it will simply be a matter of working through the backlog of reading to fill in the gaps in the earlier chapters, polishing them up, [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 22:04:00
RFID, Privacy and the Surveillance Society
If incorporating personal details into an RFID (radio-frequency identification) ... of everyday life. RFID tags are small computer chips connected to miniature antennae that can be fixed ... and civil liberties: * Hidden placement of tags. RFID tags can be embedded into/onto objects [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 13:40:25
The Implanted Radio-Frequency Identification Chip: “Smart Cards” in a Surveillance Society
Dandelion Salad by Tom Burghardt Global Research, September 6, ... when a RFID reader emits a radio signal. The chips are divided into two categories, passive or active. A “ ... 2008Antifascist Calling… RFID tags implanted in physical objects or human beings If incorporating [more...]
Date: 2008-09-07 17:29:50
What’s nobody’s business is everybody’s
by Lady Liberty It seems that some people - in fact, most people - will give up all sorts of things if they think they’re getting something desirable in return. Lately, the thing we all seem to be giving up the most of is privacy. We think we’re exchanging it for cost savings or security, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 05:00:23
GE concocts battery-free RFID sensing platform, possibilities abound
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, WirelessRemember when RFID was the next big thing? ... . Reportedly, the outfit has developed a battery-free RFID sensing platform -- one that can provide a highly ... , etc." Put simply, the tags get their power from the sensor reader, which activates the tag's antenna [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 17:47:41
GAO Offers 134.2 kHz LF Animal Bio-Glass Tube RFID Tag with Injector
Toronto, Canada - GAO RFID Asset Tracking Inc. (www.GAORFIDAssetTracking.com) recommends its 134.2 kHz low frequency (LF) RFID Tag (GAO 112004) ... readers, RFID tags and enabling-RFID software. We have a wide variety of RFID readers, tags ... identification of animals that are registered in a database. Injection shape and size are based [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 09:20:17
