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 ... . An RFID tag can be applied to or incorporated into an object so that it can be identified by using [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 14:15:44
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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
Keeping tabs on schoolkids
Keeping tabs on schoolkids by Roger Sinasohn Jun 25th 2008 4:03PM Kids 5-7, Kids 8-11, EducationRadio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has been used for years to track inventory; now, one school district in Rhode Island is planning to use the technology to track students. RFID chips will be put into the kids' schoolbags [more...]
Date: 2008-06-25 20:15:35
A 3D Spime Gateway in Every Home
We noticed an interesting article on the Cisco blog, where author Dennis Mancini postulates the future of Spime technology. Spime? ... pervasive RFID and GPS tracking, can track its history of use and interact with the world," according ... : "Spimes are the logical output of a logistics infrastructure based on now affordable fabbers [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 07:06:00
RFID healthcare system, used for error prevention with RFID wrist band
RFID systems can be used in a wide range of application since it provides an efficient and reliable means for identification. RFID technology, which is remarkably versatile enabling in many uses level, will be rapidly ... ? Do you need to use great effort to identify and keep track of the newborn babies ? RFID technology [more...]
Date: 2008-09-16 08:18:46
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
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
New United States Passport Laws
WHY ARE THERE NEW US PASSPORT LAWS? In order to make our U.S. borders safer, the U.S. Government through it’s Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative ( ... and tracked with RFID technology. They are cheaper than the standard passport. There is a higher charge ... /passport/ppt_card/ppt_card_3926.html. Nov. 2, 2007 - A Congressional investigation indicates [more...]
Date: 2008-11-15 16:58:21
Big Brother celebs not just being watched, but tracked
Housemates in the latest series of Celebrity Big Brother are already being watched by scores of cameras around the clock ... behind Big Brother, selected Wavetrend -- a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) specialist ... . But now their precise movements are being tracked thanks to RFID technology installed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 17:53:02
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
The Future Has Arrived: Notable Technological Achievements in 2008 and What They Mean for the Future
The Future Has Arrived: Notable… Articles Listed by Industry Health Care Manufacturing Computer/Semiconductor Telecommunications Energy ... Nanotechnology Retail/Marketing Automobile/Aerospace Defense Aging Services Other Articles ... , 2007 Tracking Future Technology: nanotechnology, robotics, biotechnology, rfid [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 16:31:15
North America Integration Stepping Up
Canadian 'enhanced driver's licence' thestar/canadaAs part of the Bush administration's war on terror, Canadians entering the U.S ... that the U.S. government's requirements for vicinity RFID technology "permits surreptitious location tracking ... . will soon need to show a passport or equivalent document in compliance with the Western [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 01:07:00
Video: RFID Enabled Poker Table
So you’ve probably seen Poker events on television where there are cameras on the table to see what each person player is holding and at the same ... at your own home? Recently, an IT exec designed a table which utilizes Radio Frequency ID (RFID) technology whereby a computer can track what cards are in each players hands, calculate the probability [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 18:00:45
IT: Internal Transmitters
What to all our internal transmitters? Well, perhaps you have heard of radio frequency identification tags or R. F. I. D. and if so this is the technology that will be implanted subdermal into humans for tracking. At first, RFID Tags will be used to track children in case they are abducted or to track child molesters [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 19:40:23
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
Alanco Technologies Inc. (ALAN) Posts 40% Increase in Q4 Revenues, Spurred by “Unique Technical Achievements”
Advances in personal and asset tracking have set a high bar for tracking technology companies looking to stand out in the expanding market ... supply chain. Alanco/TSI PRISM supplies Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) real-time tracking ... product line, capitalizing upon a recently introduced fuel savings module providing immediate [more...]
Date: 2008-07-24 17:58:05
RFID and GPS tracking to revolutionise waste recycling across US
An innovative waste-tracking technology employing radio frequency ID (RFID) and global positioning system (GPS) technology developed by a Limerick firm is set to double community recycling rates [more...]
Date: 2008-09-29 05:00:00
VeriChip Closes Sale of Subsidiary - RFID
It appears having a “chip” implant is perhaps not as popular as one might have thought as least on the consumer medical records side. Stanley, the tools folks, have purchased one portion of the business , Xmark which makes RFID ... Xmark sells radio frequency identification technology to tag and track newborns, adults prone [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 21:56:53
“Celebrity Big Brother Is Watching You (More Closely)”
-Endemol signs Wavetrend to track celebrity housemates’ movements- Endemol, one of the largest independent production companies in Britain, has selected Wavetrend, the world leader in active RFID, to install technology to track housemates in the 2009 C... [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 14:21:18
Ashok Jhunjhunwala - ‘I expect 4G launch in 3 years’
Comments%22World%27s+Smallest%22+Active+Asset+RFID+Tag2008-11-25+09%3A15%3A20Rohit Orizin Technologies Pvt Ltd of Bangalore has launched what it claims is the world’s smallest active RFID tag — used to track assets over long-range. Active RFID tags have their own internal power source and are more effective in RF challenged environments [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 02:28:53
Wavemark-Lumedx RFID technology helps Florida Hospital reduce costs
HealthCare Management was recently informed of a product launch that could potentially, help hospitals lower their inventory costs, improve tracking of medical devices, and positively impact patient care. The new RFID technology enabled system is being launched jointly by Wavemark: a market leader in real-time inventory [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 07:12:05
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
Celebrity Big Brother Is Watching You (More Closely)
Endemol, one of the largest independent production companies in Britain, has selected Wavetrend, the world leader in active RFID, to install technology to track housemates in the 2009 Celebrity Big Brother series (which started on 2nd January). [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 12:00:00
Top Picks in Large Cap Value
This week our top picks come from Portfolio managers Carl Lytollis and Andrew Cox of Phillips, Hager & North Investment Managment ... $7 billion in sales in that area this year.” Zebra Technologies (ZBRA)- “We’ve held Zebra Technologies ... growing business in providing software that enables RFID (radio frequency identification) tracking [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 21:01:58
InfoLogix Launches HealthTrax 2.0 to Help Hospitals Automate Time-Consuming Asset and Patient Tracking
#fullpost{display:inline;} InfoLogix, Inc. , a leading technology provider of enterprise mobility and advanced wireless asset tracking solutions for ... network of small RFID transmitter tags, HealthTrax 2.0 pinpoints the location of specific assets ... draws upon sophisticated Real-Time Location System (RTLS) and Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-09-16 01:58:00
RFID goes beyond inventory tracking
By: Grant Buckler - Network World Canada Click here to view original article ... to affix radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to merchandise has been the poster boy for RFID for so long that anyone could be forgiven for thinking RFID is simply an inventory control technology – [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 20:54:11
Discovery Channel Pushing NWO Human RFID Chip Implant
Related conspiracies: civil rights, fascism, global surveillance, human databasing, human microchip, Intelligent Technology, population control, RFID Related posts Suspect Nation - High Tech Surveillance Conspiracy Tracking The Troops ... of Suppressed History Martial Law 9/11: Rise of the Police State [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 00:54:01
Permalink to As Gas Prices Soar, So Does Zipcar
As Gas Prices Soar, So Does Zipcar Posted by Alex Harris If you haven’t yet heard of Zipcar, you soon will ... Zipcar utilizes RFID, gas card, and tracking technology to allow their vehicles to be maintained [more...]
Date: 2008-06-18 13:29:02
RFID News Roundup
RFID News Roundup Turkey's GarantiBank issues contactless credit card; Idesco unveils EPC Gen 2 reader with long read range; ... Effectiveness for Tracking IT Assets The company scientifically tested seven EPC Gen 2 RFID tags suitable for IT asset tracking, and analyzed five use cases, including employing the technology to manage [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 19:04:26
links for 2008-12-05
Archives & Museum Informatics: Museums and the Web 2009 (MW2009): Abstract: Cheap, Accurate RFID Tracking of Museum Visitors for Personalised Content Delivery In this project, we explore the deployment of RFID based technologies as a cheap and unobtrusive means [more...]
Date: 2008-12-06 02:02:05
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
Tagged and tracked at the toll booth
Are you one of those folks who loves the convenience of zipping through the toll plaza with one of those electronic toll-paying systems like FasTrak ... toll devices use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to broadcast information ... booth can receive it. Strangers with the right transponder reader walking through a parking lot [more...]
Date: 2008-08-07 19:20:38
Lawmaker wants to study implanting tracking devices on sex offenders
Rep. Al O'Brien, D-Mountlake Terrace, a retired Seattle police sergeant, ... . The group would report back to the Legislature in December. That RFID technology is what the state ... their ankle bracelets, so too would some of them scratch the RFID tag out from under their skin. Here's [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:12:01
Technology, Privacy, and Sousveillance
I posted earlier about a panel I went to yesterday at the ACLU membership conference ... of potential new threats, including thermal imaging in the dead of night, see-though airport scanners, border-patrol drones, and RFID tracking devices. But the panelists spent the greatest amount of time [more...]
Date: 2008-06-10 19:45:21
Facebook App Keeps Danish Cyclists Green and In Touch
Just in time for next year's U.N ... Blog, Smart Biking relies on "smart tags" which work similarly to RFID technology. In bike-friendly ... agreement in exchange for monies for sustainable city services. Tracking could also benefit riders [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 13:30:14
Convergence of Technologies Is the Dominant Trend at the National Retail Federation’s 98th Annual Convention and EXPO
At this week’s National Retail Federation (NRF) convention and EXPO held at New York’s Jacob K ... . RFID is everywhere. RFID-enabled systems can now help retailers track inventory as well as develop shopper profiles to study the buying habits of consumers. RFID is also being used for contactless [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:35:05
PAUL FOWLER: RFID will help move 7 million items nightly, Pt. 1
Nov. 12, 2008 – VP of Healthcare Innovations for Axway, a leading pharmaceutical supply chain solution company, ... of our readers are cheering on RFID; but, could you tell us what technologies you are currently ... the enabling middleware. We collect information, make sense of it, rationalize it, track it, trace [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 15:56:10
(PN) ECEC’2009, April 15-17, 2009, Novotel, Bruges, Belgium,
–===============2142672013== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; ... special track will b= e organized by Delft Universityof Technology on RFID applications. The co [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 13:29:06
Alanco Technologies, Inc. (ALAN) Quarterly Sales Up 32%
Alanco Technologies, Inc.,(NASDAQ:ALAN) announced today that preliminary results for first quarter FY 2009 sales jumped 32%, ... TSI PRISM Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tracking system. Robert R. Kauffman, Alanco ... Alanco acquired Star Trak Systems in 2006, a provider of GPS tracking and wireless asset management [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 19:06:13
Alien Technology Beams In $38M
Morgan Hills-based Alien Technology, a developer of RFID products and services, said Monday that it has raised $38M in a new funding round ... in for supply chain, logistics, and asset tracking applications. [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 21:14:00
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
Awarepoint Raises $13.3M
San Diego-based Awarepoint, a developer of systems for tracking assets and patients in hospitals, has raised $13.3M in a Series D funding ... wireless RFID technology to monitor the location of hospital equipment, patients, and doctors [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 13:54:00
Mythbusters Episode on RFID Security Nixed
Posted on September 10, 2008 at 2:34 PM • 19 Comments • View Blog Reactions Secret Military Technology On 60 Minutes, ... on it from Special Operations Command. These are newfangled technologies designed to track people from long [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 20:34:45
Leading Domestic Logistics Provider SingPost Streamlines Express Parcel Handling And Tracking With Intermec 700 Series Handheld Mobiles
Leading Domestic Logistics Provider SingPost Streamlines Express .. ... of six months, to define the project specifications and mapped out the entire process of... Do You Know Where Your Assets Are? Maximizing ROI With RFID... HDNL Adopts Intermec CN3 Technology [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 11:17:26
[Mycolleagues] Call for papers and proposals to the e-democracy 2009 conference
The 3rd International Conference on e-Democracy "Next Generation Society: Technological and Legal Issues" 23 - 25 September 2009, Athens, ... of small devices, ranging from mobile phones and PDAs to RFID tags and wearable computers ... Digital surveillance, tracking, and monitoring Ø Social networking, blogs Ø Education and training [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 10:15:00
RFID and silver jewelry collar
RFID_Jewlery.jpg Syuzi over at the Fashioning Technology blog writes: Designed by artist Amy Johnston, Hidden Agendas is an open mesh collar constructed from 45 RFID tags. Each tag, which can be read by an RFID reader, is programmed to display an image, quote, or question about tracking, surveillance [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 16:00:40
RFID's Popularity Still On the Rise
Asset tracking is the most frequent use of the technology. [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 05:31:27
RFID Down on the Farm and Up on the Shelves
IBM teams with Norwegian food giant to develop track-and-trace technology. [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 05:31:27
RFID Applications
RFID, Radio Frequency Identification is a technology, which includes wireless data capture and transaction processing. Proximity (short range) and Vicinity (long range) are two major application areas where RFID technology is used. Track ... value RFID solutions assisting companys track assets, people and documents. AgileSense provides robust [more...]
Date: 2008-06-26 20:15:04
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