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
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Motorola Tops Newest RFID Reader Vendor Rankings
Analyst firm ABI Research produced its first ranking of passive UHF RFID reader vendors. Motorola was the overall highest-rated manufacturer, with Impinj leading in innovation and Alien Technology taking the top spot for implementations. ABI said it was impressed with the strength [more...]
Date: 2008-07-23 18:48:56
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
Impinj, Inc. Buys Intel's RFID Business
istock_2908874.jpg Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 2908874 RFID solutions provider Impinj, Inc ... of the discrete components in a passive UHF RFID reader transceiver on one chip," writes EE Times' Laurie Sullivan. "The R1000 handles the radio communications for EPC Gen 2 RFID tags. It requires less power [more...]
Date: 2008-07-11 01:50:36
PowerID Brings On Five New Partners In Europe
PowerID Brings On Five New Partners In Europe PowerID Ltd., the industry leader in Battery-Assisted, Passive (BAP) RFID technology, announced recently that it has concluded partnership agreements with five value-added reseller and ... Tracient's Handheld RFID Readers Provide RFID Capability To... GAO [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 08:25:27
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
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
Alien Gets $38M in New Funding, Brings Total to $329M
Alien Technology announced it received $38 million in new investments, bringing its total to $329 million. The privately held maker of passive UHF RFID inlays and readers said it expects this is its final round of private financing. [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 20:52:54
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
It’s News To M_A - 10/29/08
cross-posted at WWL, M_A’s & OWL Stories of note from the WakeTheFuckUp news desk…. Here’s a glimpse of some of the headlines featured below the fold: Activists, Lawyers Secure File Access In Domestic Spying Case An Ode to Militant Atheism High Time to Boycott Elections How These Gibbering Numbskulls Came to [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 11:25:55
NFC-Near Field Communication
This might not be a hot finding,but I found it to be an interesting topic when I came across it,over at Nokia Upcoming Innovations ... : card emulation: the NFC device behaves like an existing contactless card reader mode: the NFC ... as an NFC tag, for example, contactless smart card for payments replacing your credit card or electronic [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 02:46:43
How Do Radio Tagged Cards Work?
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems have three components: a small silicon microchip attached to an antenna; a reader and a computer database. The RFID tags themselves can be as small as half a millimeter square, the size of a tiny seed. Some are thin enough to be embedded in paper. Most tags today [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 15:54:58
Biometrics
ABSTRACT Biometric identification refers to identifying an individual based on his/her distinguishing physiological and/or behavioural characteristics. As these characteristics are distinctive to each and every person, biometric identification is more reliable and capable than the traditional token based and knowledge based technologies [more...]
Date: 2008-11-09 10:22:09
RFID tags and medical equipment
There’s been a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association that’s made the news in the last couple of days, showing that RFID tags (those little devices — or sometimes not so little ones — that are used for inventory control ... connected to patients. The researchers tested devices within meters of an RFID reader broadcasting [more...]
Date: 2008-06-26 11:29:01
Latest CAD News
TOP BLOG POSTS From the Alibre CEO blog: Make Yourself! - “‘If you really want to live, why not try and make yourself’ Lyrics by Incubus The modern world we occupy is all invented; everything we experience outside of nature has been created, designed, and manufactured…” From WorldCAD Access: [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 14:09:59
Violet Mir:ror Bridges Real and Virtual Worlds
After the hugely successful Nabaztag, our friends at Violet have introduced Mir:ror. Simply stated, Mir:ror is an RFID reader ... with the supplier, the goods or the services. For example, imagine you bought tickets for an event such as a hockey game or a concert. The tickets could include a unique signature, using an RFID tag [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 13:45:42
DOD Needs to Enforce Its Own RFID Mandate, Says Inspector General
DOD Needs to Enforce Its Own RFID Mandate, Says Inspector General Many suppliers and contracting officers are failing to comply with the U.S ... Holographic RFID Labels › RFID News Roundup › Google India Uses RFID to Locate ... . Defense Department's directive for applying passive RFID tags to certain shipments, according [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 20:03:29
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
Improvised RFID Blocking Wallets: Preventing PayPass Skimming
Many credit card users do not realize that they have PayPass enabled RFID credit cards in addition to the new RFID enabled US Passports ... Omnikey Cardman 5321, a USB connected RFID reader, and using Adam Laurie's RFIDIOt package. Longer ... . These RFID enabled devices are easily read at distances compatible with casual contact [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 22:30:00
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
Some Worrying News for Clinical RFID Industry
A Dutch study published in the June 25 issue of JAMA assessed the effects of electromagnetic interference (EMI) from RFID ( ... radio frequency identification) devices on hospital equipment. The authors report ... setting to assess and classify incidents of electromagnetic interference by RFID on critical care [more...]
Date: 2008-06-27 07:25:50
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
RFID 'Smart Cards' in a 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 to or implanted within physical objects, including human beings. The RFID chip itself contains [more...]
Date: 2008-09-21 03:36:13
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
Series of firms win Defense contracts to provide new RFID technology
A group of firms has won contracts worth a total of $428 million to provide active radio frequency identification technology tags, readers, ... division of Lockheed Martin in providing the technology. The RFID III contracts awarded on Dec. 19 ... of RFID tags than Savi supplied under previous contracts. And the tags will operate under International [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 17:31:56
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
RFID for Cattle
I read with interest the recent article on the success with using ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID on cattle ... ) tags, the UHF tags performed better. For the record, my thesis was about how I designed antenna ... receive a particular RFID tag/identification number and would be logged into a national database [more...]
Date: 2008-08-06 14:00:05
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
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
Wireless Electromagnetic Devices Risk ICU Safety
The medical profession, as well as most others, rely more and more heavily on the use of radio frequency identification devices (RFID) ... . The passive RFID signals caused 17 of the 22 hazardous EMIs and a total of 63% of total EMIs. The closer ... . The medical profession in the United States is thought to spend about $90 million each year on RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-06-25 22:29:34
Impressions On The Upcoming NFC Technology - Your Mobile As Your Wallet Or Ticket Or…
Fresh from a Q&A on three of Nokia’s upcoming innovations - Near Field Communication (NFC) ... your credit cards, loyalty cards, and travel card all in one place: inside your mobile phone. Basically ... as your credit card and so on. Interesting and very desirable. So the first question that comes [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 16:05:40
Local Library uses RFID to Manage Materials, but Privacy Concerns Abound
Continuing the theme of privacy issues related to my new home library system ( ... Public Library is using RFID chips to help manage their collection. By including bibliographic data in the microchip, the library can automate circulation functions: books can simply be passed by an RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-07-20 19:46:34
Alien Technology Closes $38 Million in Funding
Alien Technology Closes $38 Million in Funding The RFID tag and reader vendor says its investors were heartened by the company's product revenue, ... Holographic RFID Labels › RFID News Roundup › Google India Uses RFID to Locate Shared ... RTLS at EPC Connection 2008 The company, a startup with a revolutionary approach to RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 10:17:13
Failed Predictions
Failed Predictions Predicting the future is a notoriously difficult endeavor and yet there is never a shortage of people willing to play the game, especially at the end of a year. Many of the predictions for 2009 seem to involve world politics. For example, over at Psychic World, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 23:28:47
World's First "Unclonable" RFID Chip
An anonymous reader writes to tell us that a new RFID chip from Verayo claims to be unclonable through the use of the new Physical Unclonable Functions (PUF), sort of an electronic DNA for silicon chips. "Basic passive RFID chips can be easily cloned by copying the data residing on one chip to another. Verayo's PUF-based RFID chips cannot [more...]
Date: 2008-09-08 18:04:00
Make Cheap Electronic Labels For Your Stuff Using RFID Tags
Do you need to keep track of hundreds or thousands of different items? ... flat transponder attached to the item. You can apply an RFID tag to an object and use radio waves ... to create a database of everything you own but how do you track the physical items? RFID tags can help [more...]
Date: 2008-07-30 00:40:23
RFID - More Interesting Than You Realised
RFID - More Interesting Than You Realised By Samantha Gilmartin on Sep 11, 2008 in Hardware | comments(0) RFID technology is something that most people would claim to know nothing about. The technology ... of an RFID device right now. RFID, short for Radio Frequency Identification, is a umbrella term [more...]
Date: 2008-09-12 06:21:38
Ship2Save and Krupack automate RFID smart-box encoding for one of North America’s largest Kitty Litter producers
Normerica Inc. successfully “encodes & ships” its pet products destined for Wal-Mart with Ship2Save’s innovative commissioning station system and Krupack’s HIDE-Pack™ boxes. Montreal, Quebec – October 27, 2008 Ship2Save today announced that Normerica Inc [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 14:59:28
Irongeek Security Hacking Illustrated Videos InfoSec Articles Zaurus Security Tools Apps/Scripts Reviews RSS Your IP Hoosier Hackers Newscat Links Contact Forums Workout Nutrition Supplements Humor Advertise Hire Me Irongeek Campuses Books [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 00:58:53
Just a Click Away in Making a Fortune!
Read More... | 3122 bytes more | Score: 0) UHF RFID Reader DL6820 Advertising - Promotion ... RFID_DAILY writes: DAILY RFID, has announced UHF RFID reader DL6820 with double antenna channel.The UHF RFID reader DL6820 can simultaneously read multiple passive UHF tags at ranges up to 10m [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 18:05:34
RFID @ TechEd 2008 Update - Your/my Privacy concerns
Hi folks - over the last week or so I've had many requests about what's happening around privacy and what does it mean to get a "Tag" this year ... on a very cut down alpha variation - together we cut the code and got about 5 mins of RFID activity [more...]
Date: 2008-08-26 15:11:33
Video: ADASA Tag Anything Tag Anywhere
Video: ADASA Tag Anything Tag Anywhere During in-process tagging the "the last foot" is the most expensive phase of the RFID tagging process ... , And Impinj Top New Passive UHF RFID Reader Vendor... 5 TransCore Completes Initial Deployment ... RFID Reader Chip Operation Impinj, Inc. toptenright RFID Special Features [more...]
Date: 2008-07-29 15:15:41
Alien Technology® Demonstrates RFID Technology Advances At RFID World Conference
Alien Technology® Demonstrates RFID Technology Advances At... Alien Technology, a leader in passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products and services, today announced its platinum sponsorship of RFID WORLD. Alien ... New "Choctaw" Stock RFID For Box And Pallet... WaveMark And Mercy Medical Center Selected [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 21:35:24
Internet of things book presentation at the Waag
Internet of things book presentation by Rob van Kranenburg. 28th of october, Theatrum Anatomicum, the Waag, Amsterdam intro by Geert Lovink (INC) ... it is a ” RFID debate”. Luckily, Rob has broadened the subject. He looked into the social side of RFID and an internet of things, as well as interventions dealing with this internet of things [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 20:03:03
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
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 Offers 125kHz or 13.56MHz Dual Frequency (LF or HF) RFID Reader
Toronto, Canada - GAO RFID Inc. (www.GAORFID.com) recommends this simple- to- use Dual Frequency RFID Reader (GAO 211004), which operates at both 125kHz and 13.56MHz enabling the user to read a wider variety of RFID cards. This advanced RFID device is primarily used for access control, system logon/logoff [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 13:55:33
Arphid Watch: Trouble in the Emergency Room
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-06/jaaj-eif061908.php ((( ... frequency identification (RFID) in everyday life include security access cards, electronic toll ... These doctors took some RFID scanners into a room full of dainty, sensitive medical gizmos [more...]
Date: 2008-06-25 15:13:23
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
Interview with Jason Howe, CEO of Awarepoint
San Diego-based Awarepoint (www.awarepoint.com) is a developer of systems for tracking hospital assets, patients, and doctors, using RFID tags ... barcoding and interrogators. We are really focused on the active RFID tagging area. Who are the typical [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 14:00:00
