Weekly Newswire November 7th, 2008
Access this week's industry, legal, and policy news.. ... the county has chosen RFID technology, Dupuis says. The system uses passive tags from RFID Global ... with the decrease in the price of tags and readers. Further, implementation of RFID technology by ... RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 17:50:58
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Santa Clara Crime Lab Turns to RFID
Original article posted here. At the California facility, EPC Gen 2 tags will keep tabs on evidence as technicians perform DNA typing, ... Bacheldor Nov. 5, 2008—In a new California crime lab, passive RFID tags will help dozens ... an EPC Gen 2 RFID system consisting of Alien Technology’s Squiggle RFID tags, to be affixed [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 23:13:52
KEVIN DUFFY: Why passive RFID is a serious RTLS option, Pt. 1
Oct. 28, 2009 – Two weeks ago Mojix announced field trials of its self-described "breakthrough" passive RFID technology. Senior V.P ... it. Active technology utilizes expensive tags, sometimes to tens of dollars. And those would ... at this. The Mojix product introduction in April, that here was a passive RFID reader technology [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 14:20:23
Exposing Contact Patterns
SocioPatterns.org aims to shed light on patterns in social dynamics and coordinated human activity ... , emerging technologies such as active RFID devices offer previously unfeasible means for collecting ... small tags with integrated active RFID technology, henceforth called the beacons. These beacons [more...]
Date: 2008-07-21 22:59:35
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
Make buses more friendly to the blind with Rfid tags
bus-stop.jpg To use Rfid tags on public vehicles, communicating their identification number to the blind in big cities ... called Radio Frequency Identification (Rfid). This technology allows object to interact with other objects through a tiny microchip (tag) and radio waves. One group of students came [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 14:41:17
Ticketexecutive.com: Buy Hard-To-Get Tickets
Read More... | 2116 bytes more | Score: 0) USB RFID Reader Boosts Your Convenience Technology - Electronics - Hardware jackpan writes: DAILY RFID( www.rfid-in-china.com ),a leading manufacturer of RFID tags and RFID readers,has unveiled 13.56MHz USB RFID Reader with very small footprint as a pocket device.It enables [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 15:44:09
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
Someday you WILL want your phone swiped. To make a purchase.
No, I don't mean swiped as in stolen, although that might be a good way for me to get Barb's iPhone replaced since it has a cracked screen ... here but I don't leave home without my American Express card. It has RFID functionality built ... or Near Field Communications technology so it can act as an RFID tag. Interestingly, it also [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 12:59:21
RFID Jewelry
RFID Jewelry 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 ... . Hidden Agenda's specifically addresses the pervasive threat of RFID technology specifically related [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 05:24:34
Alien Technology RFID
As RFID expands into more applications, the simple knowledge that a given tag was seen at a certain read point is sometimes inadequate ... information about the tag. This capability enables the RFID system to enhance a number of fundamental applications of passive, Gen 2 RFID, and will open up many new applications and sources of ROI [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 15:00:00
IPTV Making its Way Through Pay-TV Markets
Read More... | 3291 bytes more | Score: 0) RR9201T HF Long Range RFID Reader Technology - Electronics - Hardware jackpan writes: DAILY RFID (www.rfid-in-china.com), a leading producer of RFID tags and RFID readers, has recently announced 13.56MHz HF Long Range RFID Reader DL810(RR9201T) with over 4Watt RF [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 16:22:08
RFID Clothing Tags Simplify Laundry Procedure
Read More... | 2390 bytes more | Score: 0) 2 Port UHF RFID by GAO RFID Technology - Electronics - Hardware gaorfidinc writes: This modular unit provides easy implementations of RFID across the supply chain system including warehousing, distribution and on the manufacturing shop floor Posted [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:51:12
"MARKETS: Healthcare, wireless may still thrive in 2009"
While almost all segments of the electronics industry will be flat or decline in 2009, a few exceptions are possible, according to ABI Research, ... year. Likewise, the use of Wi-Fi technology for healthcare will continue to expand and RFID technology could even benefit from the tough economic times, since RFID tags increase operational efficiency [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 18:52:00
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
MIT and the City of Copenhagen
I've had a few links about this sent to me, but I haven't figured out how to blog about it. So I'll just chuck up a link and summarise... :-) ... a smart tag that functions a lot like RFID (radio frequency identification) technology. The tag, which [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 08:14:25
Mythbusters Gagged: Credit Card Companies Kill Episode Exposing RFID Security Flaws
This is our 6,000th post on Wilson's Blogmanac. Thanks to Baz le Tuff for tipping me off about this story about RFID, ... before. The IDTechEx report Active RFID predicts that sales of active RFID systems, including tags ... s boom times ahead Sales of technologies based on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification, the automatic [more...]
Date: 2008-09-03 21:45:34
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
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
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
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
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
Line of Sight
Line of sight …. what an interesting visual that provides. It is used in a variety of industries ... . “Line of sight” applies to radio frequency identification tag RFID technology. This means that the reader, the ‘laser eye’ line, has to have an unimpeded path to the code that it is reading [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 02:03:32
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
NanoMas Pulls in Big Name Investor for Nano-ink
NanoMas Technologies, a startup that is developing inks containing silver nanoparticles for solar and other applications, ... could be used for printable solar cells and flexible and flat panel displays, as well as RFID tags ... , the technology is ideal for printing electronics on temperature-sensitive materials, including paper and plastics [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 20:07:06
Radiator 09: Exploits in the Wireless City
I’m bound for Nottingham later this week for the Raditor Festival and Symposium, ... will be networked in a complex system of information exchange. Based on technologies such as RFID (radio frequency identification tags), our environment would turn into a space of “ambient intelligence” [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 15:39:09
RFID Privacy and You
RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) is a tiny wireless technology which has the potential to radically transform the commerce world ... with regard to individual privacy and corporate espionage. While barcode-type RFID tags ... with regard to RFID are important not only in the theoretical sphere, but increasingly such discussions [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 04:20:47
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
Schools using RFID for security enhancement
Aeroscout Inc., a provider of asset visibility solutions, has announced the adoption of its visibilty solution by two educational institutions ... based Active RFID tags are affixed to the equipment. The tags communicate with the school’ ... some real world examples of how schools can use RFID technology to cope with various school security [more...]
Date: 2008-09-09 19:15:00
Schools using RFID for security enhancement
Aeroscout Inc., a provider of asset visibility solutions, has announced the adoption of its visibilty solution by two educational institutions ... based Active RFID tags are affixed to the equipment. The tags communicate with the school’ ... some real world examples of how schools can use RFID technology to cope with various school security [more...]
Date: 2008-09-09 19:15:00
Nabaztag's Violet debuts "Mirror" general-purpose home RFID reader
Filed under: Peripherals While we’ll always know Violet for its iconic bunnies, the company is branching out into a more direct RFID application. The Mirror RFID reader is a USB-pluggable little platter that can read RFID tags and launch ... electronics new medical technologies free gizmo project video games imac microsoft gadgets gaming usb [more...]
Date: 2008-08-30 08:36:22
HIV/AIDS Patients to Be Tagged with RFID Chips [Wrong Use Of Technology]
In the ultimate Nazi-inspired exercise of destruction of the most basic human rights, ... who had infected a healthy person. For some reason, this joke of a human being thinks that using RFID ... of the problem which, according to the usual international health watchers, is the poor education [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 00:51:16
RFID Technology in Guns
Looks like there’s a bill in New Jersey. I’ve been waiting for some clever anti-gun person to figure out that you can make gun owners lives ... to a match and pass a police car who gets a blip on his RFID scanner that the person in that vehicle ... miserable through mandated RFID tags. Especially in a state like New Jersey, where gun ownership [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 13:47:27
Welcome to Parallelnormal
more about “Welcome to Parallelnormal“, posted with vodpod Posted in Big Brother, Globalism, Homeland Security, Personal tech, Privacy, Propaganda, Psyops, RFID, Surveillance, Ubiquitous computing, Uncategorized Tagged: animations, Journalism, technologists, technology, Videos [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 19:40:26
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
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
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
Booty Arcade- Your One Stop Destination
Read More... | 3771 bytes more | Score: 0) UHF GEN 2 RFID One Time Seal Tamper Proof Tag Technology - Electronics - Hardware SkyRFID writes: SkyRFID announces their new UHF GEN 2 One Time Seal Tamper Proof Tag with a 3 ~ 5 meter (10 ~ 16 feet) read distance. Perfect for sealing trailers, containers, evidence boxes [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 23:12:42
IPICO Extends Partnership with CHEP Australia
From Ipico.com: “IPICO Inc. (TSX-V:RFD) today (Dec 1st) ... last year for the trial and customisation of IPICO’s passive Dual Frequency RFID tags, which involved ... infrastructure for IPICO’s passive Dual Frequency RFID technology to be integrated in CHEP’s new, managed [more...]
Date: 2008-12-06 17:11:53
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
Radio-Frequency ID Technology Takes Off
Federal agencies have deployed radio frequency identification technology to manage their assets, ... and transmitted over a distance of about 300 feet. Passive RFID tags have a shorter range, about 30 feet ... fast a letter moves through the international postal system. RFID technology uses readers that beam [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 11:20:19
Violet Mir:ror connects all your items by RFID
Just last week we talked about a patent Apple got for a RFID technology that would connect all of your personal items. But now look at this! ... world. So, you’d put RFID tags on all of your belongings and then use the Mir:ror to interface them with your computer. This device is a small round gadget that plugs in via USB port. Let’s say you put [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 20:40:45
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
SWF to Video Converter Series V 3.3 Released
Read More... | 4273 bytes more | Score: 0) GAO Offers 125kHz (LF) Handheld RFID Reader W / LC ... Technology - Electronics - Hardware gaorfidinc writes: This portable reader is a Data Collection Terminal designed to scan RFID tags and store their ID-codes in journal memory based together [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 15:44:09
RFID remotes have line-of-sight in their sights
No more need for batteries in that remote control: Taiwanese electronics specialist Favite has been demonstrating its latest remote control module using RFID technology to remove the need for batteries - at least for those prepared to bathe their living room in a two-watt energy field. Using a passive RFID tag to communicate with a TV might [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 04:32:53
RFID Wristbands
RFID Wristbands -125x125 Button - right- Idtronic is a worldwide supplier of RFID solutions such as ISO Cards, Keyfobs, Tags, RFID Readers, Mobile & Handheld Readers, UHF Long Range Readers, and Active Systems, as well as personalization for these products. It just announced three new products based on this technology, in the shape [more...]
Date: 2008-07-12 12:20:58
RFID tags could help manage data center assets
Data center staffers are typically not employed to maintain inventories of hardware assets, ... adoption, said Jonathan Collins, U.K-based principal analyst by the RFID & contactless group at ABI ... of the extreme point of 2013. IT managers can use passive or active RFID technology. With passive [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 03:25:38
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
Pervasive ICT
ONE THING VISITORS to my blogs continue to tell me is the era of pervasive information and communications technology (PICT) ... meetings, RFID, satnav, free wifi, and smart phones. Put them all together and you have a PICT cocktail ... actually work to help me register the tag because it's actually powered by RFID. I'm looking at ways [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 15:49:00
Retailer Must Have: Motorola Sparrow
Fast Company had a great product showcase about the new Motorola Sparrow recently ... one up after detecting a loyalty card or other relevant RFID tag. Want to win brownie points with a shopper ... bought Symbol Technologies, a maker of bar-code scanners, and asked the New York — based design [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 22:55:08
