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
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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
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
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
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
This gets my attention
The other day, my good friend Vinnie gave me a hard time over my position regarding SAP Business ByDesign. That’s cool ... . But not every organization blogs. Not every one needs to. Why? Because the theme of returns and cost ... about that but Phil makes the case very well with a good list of things that might derive benefit. As a low [more...]
Date: 2008-06-25 23:09:47
The NASCAR Experience Part One - What Does it Feel Like to go 175 MPH?
Last weekend I was invited to a NASCAR extravaganza weekend event by Mobil 1 Official NASCAR Sponsor to get up close ... from Motor Trend, writer for Muscle Car Magazine and car builder Jason Lewis , Road & Track and a few ... -frequency identification (RFID) tags installed at multiple locations all over the vehicles for [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 15:31:07
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Tuesday, January 6, 2009
A large portion of the westside in Erie PA has been shutdown since 4:30 am this morning when a guy with a rifle went postal. Baur Lane to Brown Ave, 25th to 21st Streets have been barricaded. The suspect fired a number of shots including at police officers. He also has set fire to at least one home and there are reports of up to 3 homes burning [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 12:22:49
Managing Email Volume - The Great American Timesuck
I am back from China. Thought I would share a couple of photos still though. First one is of a case of water. I loved the French name (for my Eglish readers - C'est bon means it is good) The second shows a factory at shift change. Thousands of workers stream through a dozen or so gates equiped with RFID readers that clock the time [more...]
Date: 2008-07-07 21:33:41
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
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
The RFID and the saguaro
As somebody who used to have a front yard with a saguaro cactus, I understand why people pay up to $1,000 for them ... inventory. Photo: backlitcoyote Project Wonderful - Your ad here, right now, for as low as $0.00 Tags: crime • environment • internet of things • plants • RFID Related posts Will cleaner fuels raise [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 19:11:32
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
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
AeroScout Unveils New tracking Product
AeroScout, Inc., the leading provider of Unified Asset Visibility for improving operational efficiency and quality, ... mobile, battery-powered tags that use both GPS to determine location in any outdoor environment ... . The GPS and Wi-Fi combination delivers a cost-effective solution for the 309th AMARG, in part [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 10:54:58
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
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
RFID Remodels Supply Chain Management
Can you imagine 100% visibility of product in a Supply Chain with RFID tags to whole warehouse? RFID is major advancement in supply chain management ... is RFID tag reader can scan many tags during a 1-second period. There are 2 types of RFID tags: passive ... and transmits the data in the form of energy back. The main reason of widely used passive tags [more...]
Date: 2008-06-27 19:00:06
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
Incognito ergo sum
Recently BBC World had an article on baby blogs-- blogs that parents will keep about their children, the digital equivalent of baby books. Coincidentally, that same day I posted my 500th entry on my blog about my children, which I started soon after getting a digital camera [more...]
Date: 2008-10-25 14:42:41
Chapter XIV: The Cost of Government
So What's Wrong with Big Government?Taxes at all levels currently consume about $5 trillion out of a $14 trillion economy, or more tan a third of the Gross Domestic Product. The federal budget alone consumes about 20% of the GDP. There are of course great debates about the effects of such large expenditures [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 18:01:00
Stanley Bolsters RFID Portfolio With VeriChip's Ex-Subsidiary
Stanley Bolsters RFID Portfolio With VeriChip's Ex-Subsidiary The manufacturer of tools and security systems has completed its acquisition of Xmark, ... . Premium PREMIUM OPINIONS DOD Soon to Reveal Its RFID Progress By Mark Roberti ... a provider of RFID-enabled patient-tracking systems for the health-care market. New [more...]
Date: 2008-07-30 00:10:23
One-way bridges and interim solutions
In my previous post about QR codes I made a couple of points which, after receiving some interesting comments, I’d like to expand on. “I see them occasionally on blogs/web-pages but I just don’t much see the point of that” Shortly after making this point, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 11:03:32
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
My recent two day stay in a modern, metropolitan hospital, covered by my excellent insurance (although it will still cost me a bundle) ... the information. So even within the hospital, I didn't seem to be connected. But bar codes and RFID (radio [more...]
Date: 2008-07-12 12:06:36
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
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
Alien Technology: Yet Another Failure For Government-Run Economic Development
I read in the Fargo Forum that yet another much-touted economic development project here in North Dakota is failing. Alien Technologies, a company that opened up shop in Fargo to make RFID tags, projected a payroll of 319 employed Fargo-area workers. To date, the company has only managed to employ 35. FARGO [more...]
Date: 2008-09-29 16:38:05
News 12/17/08
From MM: "Re: EMR. $83 million for an EMR? Unbelievable! Who besides me thinks EMRs cost a little less than an order of magnitude too much? I don’t blame vendors entirely. I blame the conceptual model used in the industry (CDR-centric that duplicates data already available electronically) [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 03:07:57
A Brief Tour of the IT Innovation Space - Part I
1.- IntroductionThis Blog is focussed on how Innovation works in the Information Technology (IT) space. As the first entry in this Blog, it is natural to simply try to survey the field. This way we'll be able to map the field's structure, the issues and goals faced by the practitioners of this discipline [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 17:27:00
Wave of the future: Luggage tags that "talk"
... identification (RFID) tag, which is a microchip that's the size of a pin and as thin as a sticker. When this RFID tag passes within several feet of an antenna, it "wakes up" and acts [more...]
Date: 2008-08-22 13:16:31
Battery-free RFID Sensing Platform
- photo via gizmag.com From engadget.com: Reportedly, the outfit ... , the tags get their power from the sensor reader, which activates the tag’s antenna and the RFID chip ... has developed a battery-free RFID sensing platform — one that can provide a highly selective [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 21:21:58
GAO Provides Its 125kHz LF Handheld RFID Reader
Toronto, Canada – GAO RFID Inc. (www.GAORFID.com) offers this new version of its 125kHz LF (Low Frequency) handheld RFID reader (GAO221005) ... management. GAO’s 125 KHz LF handheld RFID reader has no keys and uses built-in intelligence ... under water. Specifications of GAO’s 125 KHz RFID LF Handheld Reader: Memory: 30716 records [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 09:19:19
OBAMA HEALTH PLAN POSES DANGER TO AMERICAN FREEDOMS
by NWV News director, Jim KouriJanuary 13, 2009 © 2008 NewsWithViews ... up at the emergency room without their card, the government will require that the rfid chips ... all the medical records. Next, control access to the records by use of a card containing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 13:32:01
GAO Offers Portable Vector Network Analyzer Series
GAO Offers Portable Vector Network Analyzer Series Toronto, Canada - GAO RFID Inc. (www.GAORFID.com) ... ) hardware and solutions to end users worldwide. GAO RFID combines best of breed with low cost RFID readers, RFID tags and enabling-RFID software. We have a wide variety of RFID readers, tags and antennas [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 10:46:02
GAO Offers Its 900MHz UHF RFID Reader Module
Toronto, Canada – GAO RFID Inc. (www.GAORFID.com) has released its HF (Low Frequency) RFID reader module (GAO 713003) ... applications and hardware to RFID technology. GAO’s 13.56MHz HF RFID reader module allows existing installations to retain most of their hardware infrastructure and change to more secure RFID technology [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 09:21:21
GAO Recommends Its 433MHz Active RFID Reader with USB
Toronto, Canada—-GAO RFID Inc. (www.GAORFID.com) provides its optimized 433MHz Active RFID Reader with USB ... Active RFID Tags. Furthermore, included software, allows the user is able to select between monitoring ... with low cost RFID readers, RFID tags and enabling-RFID software. We have a wide variety of RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 18:51:52
The Battery Free RFID Tags from GE
The Battery Free RFID Tags from GE This is something which will give a big push to RFID technology!! Here comes the RFID sensor from GE Global Research which is not dependant on on-board batteries ... from GE puts into practice the usual RFID tags which are coated with chemically sensitive film [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 17:56:27
Venture Research: Scalable RFID Compliance Solutions
Venture Research: Scalable RFID Compliance Solutions Solutions for low tagging volume requirements, Venture Research provides the most cost-effective solution. Tags are pre-encoded and validated at Venture Research, then drop shipped to... Reva Systems Tag Acquisition Processor (TAP) TAP Model [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 04:07:54
GAO RFID Launches 13.56MHz High Frequency (HF) SD Interface RFID Reader
Toronto, Canada - GAO RFID Inc. (www.GAORFID.com) recommends its high frequency SD Interface RFID Reader. The Plug-n-Play Secure Digital Reader ( ... of breed with low cost RFID readers, RFID tags and enabling-RFID software. We have a wide variety of RFID readers, tags and antennas in all the RFID technologies, Low Frequency (LF), High Frequency (HF [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 18:17:53
Oxyshopping.com Introduce Gifts for Christmas
Read More... | 2463 bytes more | Score: 0) DAILY RFID Unveils Low Cost 125KHz LF RFID Reader ... Technology - Electronics - Hardware jackpan writes: DAILY RFID (www.rfid-in-china.com), a Chinese leading producer of RFID readers and RFID tags, has recently launched 125KHz (LF) RFID reader-02 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 17:54:52
GAO Recommends Its UHF 902MHz to 928MHz Gen 2 RFID Reader 4 Port Read 4 Port Listen
Toronto, Canada—-GAO RFID Inc. (www.GAORFID.com) offers a Gen 2 RFID Reader (GAO 216001) with 8 antenna ports: 4 for reading and 4 for listening ... Signal Processing (DSP) technology, GAO’s Gen 2 RFID reader is a great performer especially in read ratio and sensitivity. This 902MHz to 928MHz Gen 2 RFID Reader is optimized for ODM platforms [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 18:16:22
GAO Offers Mini Metal Temperature Resistant RFID Tag
Toronto, Canada – GAO RFID Inc. (www.GAORFID.com) recommends its mini metal RFID tag (GAO116601).The passive RFID is temperature resistant and offers excellent data-transmission on metals, wood and plastic. The optimized mini metal RFID tag can be used for any applications where small form [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 06:43:23
Global RFID: The Value of the EPCglobal Network for Supply Chain Management: Edmund W. Schuster, Stuart J. Allen, David L. Brock
Global RFID: The Value of the EPCglobal Network for Supply Chain Management: Edmund W. Schuster, Stuart J. Allen, David L. Brock ... for transforming business through the use of low-cost, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags ... The EPCglobal Network and RFID technology, initially developed by the Massachusetts Institute [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 22:31:51
GAO’s 2 Port UHF RFID Reader Identifies Objects Moving at 40km/h
GAO’s 2 Port UHF RFID Reader Identifies Objects Moving at 40km/h Toronto, Canada – GAO RFID Inc. (www.GAORFID.com) recommends its newly designed UHF RFID Reader Writer (GAO 236002). This modular unit provides easy ... and other applications. GAO RFID’s UHF RFID Reader/Writer has high accuracy and the capability [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 20:38:08
GAO Offers UHF 865MHz Gen 2 RFID Reader 4 Port Read 1 Port Listen
GAO Offers UHF 865MHz Gen 2 RFID Reader 4 Port Read 1 Port Listen Toronto, Canada - GAO RFID Inc. (www.GAORFID.com) ... to read 400 or more tags at a time. This RFID reader (GAO 275001) features multi-protocol agility ... users worldwide. GAO RFID combines best of breed with low cost RFID readers, RFID tags and enabling [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 18:54:12
What Every RF Engineer Should Know: RFID
What Every RF Engineer Should Know: RFID What Every RF Engineer Should Know: RFID December 27th, 2008 RFID is hot on the RF DesignLine, ... , Marketing Director, RFID, NXP Semiconductors. After the interview, I’ve included some links to some of the most popular RFID articles on the site. RFDL: What is the status of the technology? Humes: RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 20:05:22
Smart Grid Update
In this update: • Arch Rock moves to put Zigbee on the internet • GE unveils smart appliances and RFID sensing platform • Israeli DM ... translation to an IP network.” 2) GE Smart Appliances and new RFID platform Product: 4/10 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 15:36:20
GAO Offers Its 902MHz to 928MHz (UHF) RFID Reader/Writer with 2 Ports
GAO Offers Its 902MHz to 928MHz (UHF) RFID Reader/Writer with 2 Ports Toronto, Canada – GAO RFID Inc. (www.gaorfid.com) recommends its 2-port 902MHz to 928MHz RFID reader/writer (GAO 236002). This optimized RFID Reader/Writer provides for easy implementation of RFID across the supply chain system including [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 09:53:22
