MRI's Colorful Future

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Institutes of Health are working on technology that promises to ... can be thought of as microscopic RF identification (RFID) tags, similar to those used for identifying ... is flexible and could have other applications such as in enabling RFID-based microscopic fluid [more...]

Date: 2008-06-20 12:11:26

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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

RFID-enabled Poker Table

Gambling has gotten all the more secure with a new RFID-enabled poker table, ... to that of televised games. Wireless RFID chips are located at the bottom of a table, while RFID tags are fitted on a few deck of car… toys mobile phone technology video games computers robot gizmo gadget [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 01:52:07

RFID-enabled Poker Table

Gambling has gotten all the more secure with a new RFID-enabled poker table, ... to that of televised games. Wireless RFID chips are located at the bottom of a table, while RFID tags are fitted on a few deck of car… gadgets for women technology quotes computers microsoft ibm zune watch [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 01:26:26

FasTrak Toll Tag Prank

This is an evil, destructive prank and I really don't recommend you do this. But it's so devious, we thought you deserved to know about it ... booth without stopping to pay. FasTrak uses RFID technology to read data from a transponder placed in a vehicle. The RFID transponder in each vehicle is associated with a prepaid debit account; each [more...]

Date: 2008-10-12 21:08:21

RFID in Libraries Guide

A technology that was originally developed for the military during World War II, ... , automotives, fast food, travel industry, and so on, is RFID or Radio Frequency Identification. RFID ... machines in identifying objects. It consists of a transponder or a tag which has an embedded [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 16:59:29

The sad future of learning?

A rather gloomy vision of the technology-enhanced future is already emerging. School children in Japan are apparently being tagged with RFID devices to prevent them ... such developments to detect snipers in urban warfare. And why, a hygiene company has created an RFID soap [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 09:01:55

World’s First paper-based transistors

Portuguese researchers have created the first paper-based transistors. To be more precise, they’ve made the first field effect transistors (FET) ... or RFID tags. more here and here Similar Posts:Xerox does clean technologies - stay green with reusable [more...]

Date: 2008-07-30 04:04:53

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

Privacy in an age of terabytes and terror

Scientific American magazine (SciAm) devotes the whole September issue to privacy in an age of rapidly developing technology ... surveillance: tools of the spy trade Night-vision cameras, biometric sensors and other gadgets already give snoops access to private spaces. Coming soon: palm-size “bug-bots”. How RFID tags could be used [more...]

Date: 2008-08-26 06:47:44

Validating RFID In A Clinical Environment: Part 1

Validating RFID In A Clinical Environment: Part 1 The project is not about a technology looking for a problem to solve, ... on specific... TCO: A Glaring Comparison Of Four Tagging Strategies Implementing Item-Level RFID Intelligence Solutions On The... Assessing RFID Threats To Ensure RFP Success McAllister's Law [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 15:18:53

Converging digital and physical infrastructures: instrumented, interconnected, intelligent

I was listening to Sam Palmisano’s talk on “A Smarter Planet” as part of the Technology and Foreign Policy discussion at the Council for Foreign ... million RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags within 2 years. The world is becoming [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 20:20:42

Standardization and Technology Optimization Trigger Growth in the Asia Pacific RFID Inlays Market

NewswireToday (newswire) - The market for radio frequency identification (RFID) tags is set to see considerable growth, gaining traction with increasing deployment in various verticals [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 14:57:44

RFID tags

Barcode Technologies is a leading supplier of barcode products, AutoID and barcode Data Capture Solutions in the UK. [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 11:00:44

Think NFC is Just Ticketing and Payments? Think Again.

Near field communication (NFC) is a viable enabling technology for activities ranging from securely exchanging medical records to popping perfect ... is a wireless communication technology with only a few inches of range. It is most commonly used for contactless ... then described a potential use case where an NFC RFID tag is embedded in microwave [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 16:13:17

RFID Tags on 3.5 Million Flower Trolleys

For the past few years, central players within the European green sector – FloraHolland, VGB, Landgard, GASA Group, ... has been selected as the technology supplier for the pre-project. The consequences of the RFID implementation ... and Container Centralen – have worked on finding the best solution for implementing RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 06:46:01

2D barcodes vs. RFID tags

Barcode are used since a long time to tag products for identification reasons, however a new barcode generation known as bidimensional barcode is coming out.Below I list ... seems that in Japan QR code are quite common.How does 2d barcode technology apply to mobile world [more...]

Date: 2006-05-18 12:51:00

DIY Video Poker Table

Know When to Hold 'Em: courtesy Jason Kiely Every Friday night, about 10 regulars gather at my place in Perth, Australia, to play Texas Hold 'Em. I'm the co-founder of a technology-services company, L7 Solutions. I'm also a chronic tinkerer ... combines the video files with RFID data from the tagged chips and cards to create a simulcast [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 18:49:00

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

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

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

Plastic Logic Flexible Electronic-Reading Device

September 8, 2008 The electronic reader industry has promised a lot for a long time and despite bullish forecasts, has yet to make mainstream status ... at the DEMOfall 08 technology conference. With a large 8.5 x 11-inch form factor, the Plastic Logic reader ... Display Philips demonstrates world-first technical feasibility of 13.56-MHz RFID tags based [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 10:25:15

RFID-Powered Mir:ror Ties Physical Objects to Digital World

Violet, a company devoted to building products based on “calm and emotional technologies,” recently unveiled their new Mir:ror device. The cleanly designed product resembles a USB-powered cup holder, but it’s essentially a simple RFID tag reader paired with some innovative software. The idea behind Mir:ror is to streamline [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 02:24:07

Hospital hazards, "Holy Crap" Department

We take for it granted that technology can be used to tag objects in various ways, useful and otherwise. The anti-theft devices used on retail clothing stores are a familiar example. Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID) are used for this purpose as well as for security access. I have a device [more...]

Date: 2008-06-29 19:49:32

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

Universal Gadget Charger Coming Soon

Magnetic induction technology could soon be the end of tangled cables and the hunt for a charger ... appliances. Here's how it works When a gadget is laid down on a Powermat, it reads the RFID tag to ensure that each device only gets the charge it needs. "It can charge a 100-watt gadget side by side [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 18:22:16

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

Virtual Mirror

The gap between real and virtual has been narrowing the past few years, with hardlinking technologies like QRcodes and RFID connecting objects to the network. Another ... you best. Screenshots Fit3dlive by FittingBox View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 11:58:06

[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

links for 2008-10-20

Healthcare I.T. News EU - Council unveils pioneering RFID approach to improving dementia care "Nottingham City Council has launched an innovative service that uses Radio Frequency Identification ... ." (via Peter Jones) (tags: localauthority enabledbydesign technology mentalhealth healthcare [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 13:00:11

40% Productivity Gain for GEL-AL of Turkey

June 3, 2008, Morgan Hill, California – Alien Technology, a leader in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Ultra High Frequency (UHF) ... totes travel throughout the various production stations. STS, a leading RFID systems integrator in Turkey, equipped each tote with an Alien® high-performance UHF/EPC compliant M-tag (inlay), which [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 19:48:08

When Technology is Transparent

If you’ve ever had a “Toll Tag” - a device which lets you drive on toll roads without stopping to pay with cumbersome coins - you know the ... a grocery store that use RFID for auto-scanning items for checkout and bills your credit card on file ... t offer bar code scanning Motion backgrounds that stutter and skip behind song lyrics Microsoft [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 19:17:04

Response to JAMA article on RFID

rf-logo-finalwtag.jpg The RFID study mentioned in JAMA does not apply to the RTLS technology deployed by RadarFind ... ), you need a very powerful reader to energize/read the tags. To compare this to the RadarFind system ... the likely scenario of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers causing anomalous behavior in electronic [more...]

Date: 2008-07-03 23:03:58

Violet Mir:ror DIY RFID kit

Tags: lovely, gadgets, weird, apple, rules, ipodnytt, gizmo, technology, ipod, wonderful [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 09:48:32

Advanced ID Acquires Chinese RFID Firm

Advanced ID's Hong Kong subsidiary, Advanced ID Asia Pacific, says it will acquire Shenzhen DDCT Technology, which specializes in development, production, and sales of RFID/UHF hardware, including UHF readers, and antenna tags throughout Asia. Following a letter of intent signed last month, both RFID-related companies have completed [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 21:48:22

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

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

short introduction on RFID technology.

Here is a short introduction on RFID technology. You will discover the fundamental concepts and the various components of this fascinating ... is received from a reader Type of tags : RFID Tag also called a transponder is a device attached ... - not at the SKU) Can operate in harsh environment Access card : equipped with HF (High frequency) passive RF [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 11:14:24

End Times Prophecy

Company develops Ink-based RFID Tags - first step to a RFID enabled Tattoo?(Increase in Knowledge/New Technologies) California-based Kovio Inc. has unveiled a silicon ink-based RFID tag and an accompanying RFID platform. The first products ... of printed read-only memory, which will serve as the foundation for a low-cost HF RFID tag family. Kovio [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 19:30:03

End Times Prophecy

Company develops Ink-based RFID Tags - first step to a RFID enabled Tattoo?(Increase in Knowledge/New Technologies) California-based Kovio Inc. has unveiled a silicon ink-based RFID tag and an accompanying RFID platform. The first products ... of printed read-only memory, which will serve as the foundation for a low-cost HF RFID tag family. Kovio [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 11:45:02

End Times Prophecy

Company develops Ink-based RFID Tags - first step to a RFID enabled Tattoo?(Increase in Knowledge/New Technologies) California-based Kovio Inc. has unveiled a silicon ink-based RFID tag and an accompanying RFID platform. The first products ... of printed read-only memory, which will serve as the foundation for a low-cost HF RFID tag family. Kovio [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 23:15:10

RFID Sniffer: Sniffs out tagged objects

I thought only my dog Brownie had great sniffing power but here is RFID Sniffer which doesn't sniff bones ... : Shaw selects ODIN technologies to design and install a radio frequency identification (RFID ... can detect 13.56 MHz RFID tags deployed generally in case of bank cards, loyalty cards etc. The kit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 03:57:34

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