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

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Researchers Reveal Security, Privacy Vulnerabilities in ‘Enhanced’ Driver’s Licenses

Researchers Reveal Security, Privacy Vulnerabilities in ‘Enhanced’ Driver’s Licenses November 4th, ... , it is a technically straightforward matter to copy the data from a Passport Card’s RFID tag into another, off ... an individual’s citizenship status. They are also equipped with radio frequency identification (RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 09:12:38

Beacon Equity Research Featured Client: Advanced ID Corporation (AIDO.OB)

Advanced ID Corporation is a solutions provider to the radio frequency identification (RFID) market with a focus on the tire management industry ... Canada subsidiary in Calgary, Alberta. They are reintroducing their livestock tagging product line in many countries. They have also developed a UHF RFID reader product line for all market [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 19:38:44

What you need to know about protecting your personal information, and how the new enhanced drivers licence can put you at risk

In an age where we are constantly having to adjust to new technologies that are often touted as “time saving” and “convenient”, ... up for the right to try it out.  A reader emailed a link to a recent story detailing the risks ... of having a passport. The licences contain an RFID chip- radio frequency identification technology [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 16:27:57

RFID Tutorial - Everything You Need

RFID Tutorial - Everything You Need Radio Frequency Identification tags are everywhere.  Inside these tiny tags is a predetermined code which can be read by an RFID reader.  These are used in credit cards, badges, pet tracking just to name a few.  Some people feel they create too muc… [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 02:23:22

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

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

Boston Tea Party 2008

The Boston Tea Party 2008 is happening this weekend in Boston.Tickets prices are $17.76 (what else?) ... and last year’s key note speakerDr. Katherine Albrecht who is leading the fight to stop RFID tagging and chipping. A new consumer goods tracking system called Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is poised [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 15:31:00

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

Chipping of Humans No Longer the Stuff of Novels

The microchips predicted would be able to give sensory input, allow a sort of mind-to-mind communication (like an implanted cell phone) and allow direct to the brain marketing. This Orwellian prediction opens the door for direct mind control in true 1984 fashion. Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFIDs) are finding their way [more...]

Date: 2008-07-19 18:22:05

Busy Bees Get Workshy When Times are Good

The stereotypical image of the hard-working bumblebee has been shattered by new research published in the journal Behavioural Ecology and Social ... transmitters (Radio Frequency Identification or RFIDs) to the bees, to determine the frequency [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 11:02:00

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

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

Real Snail mail

A couple of "boredom researchers" at Bournemouth University in the UK think we should take time out of the instant-access digital world ... with a radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip that picks up a bunch of emails when the snail passes close to an electronic reader. When, or if, the snail makes it to another reader [more...]

Date: 2008-06-18 15:57:38

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

VeriChip Corp. (CHIP) & RECEPTORS LLC Announce Successful Phase 1 Completion of Implantable Glucose Sensing RFID Microchip

VeriChip Corporation and its partner in product development, RECEPTORS LLC, ... develops, markets, and sells radio frequency identification systems (RFID). These systems are used ... said today that they have made an important advancement in the design of a radio frequency [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 13:42:24

Kinship on the Shelves

Have you noticed the machines in the aisles of the library emitting high-pitched beeps? ... with a book or dvd. This has all been in the name of RFID - Radio Frequency Identification. The use ... while engaged in this workout of putting the RFID metallic stickers on the backs of books, I let my mind [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 18:39:00

Hackers Unite in NYC at Last HOPE Conference

CNET Tonight, the Hotel Pennsylvania welcomes the Hackers of Planet Earth (HOPE) for the first night of their seventh and last conference ... and other prominent hackers attending. As an ultra high-tech touch, attendees will be wearing badges with radio frequency identification devices (RFID) that will follow their every move during [more...]

Date: 2008-07-18 16:19:58

‘Chipping’ of Humans No Longer the Stuff of Novels; Use of RFIDs Becoming Commonplace in America

View the article here Like I've said before, you can stick this chip where the sun doesn't shine ... be a good idea, but it lays the groundwork for later RFID tagging on children and elderly for “safety ... to electronically track the movements of students using Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 10:17:00

Mythbusters Blocked From Revealing RFID Myths

The image “http://media.bestofmicro.com/RFID,X-G-1204-1.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. ... the myths behind RFID Radio-frequency identification security, you might be saddened to hear it looks ... of Mythbusters, when speaking to the audience of The Last HOPE hacker conference, revealed why RFID has become [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 13:28:21

Protecting Privacy of Children, Rights of Parents Unfinished in California

By Zack Kaldveer Consumer Federation of California In 2005 a tiny school district in Northern California inadvertently ignited a statewide debate over the appropriate use of modern technologies in the school system. The technology in question was Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, which the district had embedded in student badges... [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 13:25:39

‘Chipping’ of Humans No Longer the Stuff of Novels; Use of RFIDs Becoming Commonplace in America

View the article here Like I've said before, you can stick this chip where the sun doesn't shine ... , but it lays the groundwork for later RFID tagging on children and elderly for “safety reasons.” ... the movements of students using Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID). Microchips [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 10:00:00

Internetting every thing, everywhere, all the time

In a long article today, CNN explores the Internet of Things and to some of the thinkers on the topic, ... web of objects is RFID (Radio Frequency Identity) technology, which allows things to be “read” ... about themselves and their relationship with their environment, over time. The reason why RFID is often called [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 14:45:52

The Energy to Rebuild

... The development of a "smart grid" for the US would provide thousands of jobs, and would position us to meet demand ... , sensors and RFID (radio frequency ID) tags providing real-time input to computers which can monitor [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 07:58:26

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

RFID Tutorial - Everything You Need

RFID Tutorial - Everything You Need Radio Frequency Identification tags are everywhere. Inside these tiny tags is a predetermined code which can be read by an RFID reader. These are used in credit cards, badges, pet tracking just to name a few. Some people feel they create too muc… [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 02:23:22

You Scratch Our Back, We’ll Break Yours

Maybe Wal-Mart doesn’t understand how products are made ... is now demanding that suppliers implement radio frequency identification (RFID) to replace bar codes. According to reports, implementing RFID will increase the cost burden on suppliers by 20 times the cost [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 19:51:41

Study Tackles Labeling Errors

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 ... Mayo Clinic researchers are recommending a new technologically-advanced labeling system aimed [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 23:11:01

Low-cost nanotechnology substitute for gold and silver in printable electronics

Ink-jet printing of metal nanoparticles for conductive metal patterns has attracted great interest as an alternative to expensive fabrication ... and radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. Nobel metals like silver and gold are preferred ... -cost applications such as RFID tags with required unit costs below one cent. A new technique [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 02:46:27

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

Researchers publish how-to guide on cloning RFID-based public transit cards

rfid.jpg RFID (short for "radio frequency identification"), a short-range wireless communication technology, has been criticized for years by many hackers ... the point, university experts have just released a pair of reports that show exactly how RFID subway cards [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 14:46:27

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

Area Manufacturers benefit from UTSA laboratory

By Kris Rodriguez (photo) Public Affairs SpecialistUTSA 1604 Campus The UTSA Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Lean Systems (CAMLS), housed in the College of Engineering, recently partnered with the San Antonio Manufacturers Association to conduct a radio frequency identification (RFID) workshop. Click on the link for the rest [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 11:11:29

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

Soccer Tech

Having recently watched the Euro Cup finals, I began to wonder what kind of technology is employed into the world of soccer ... the world are:RFID embeded ticketsSoccer Ball Curved PanelsRFID (Radio Frequency Identification ... with a spiraling silver thread on the adhesive back. In a nut shell, when a transmitter sends out a radio signal [more...]

Date: 2008-07-02 19:31:20

RFID tracking 50 foot range admitted

New ID Scanners at Borders Raise Privacy Alarm Monday, December 1, 2008 6:19 PM By: ... Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) machines, allow officials to read remotely any passports, pass ... . Tien and other critics warn that people up to no good can use their own RFID machines in a process [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 18:57:30

Two Historic RFID Regulation Bills—Important to Our Privacy and Safety--Await Governor Schwarzenegger’s Decision

Zack-Kaldveer.gif By Zack Kaldveer Consumer Federation of California Tiny computer chips called Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) ... and other government issued cards without our knowledge. These “human identification systems” pose clear information security risks that can threaten individual privacy and public safety. RFID chips allow [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 12:06:05

Video: an everywhere world (RFIDs, tracking, the Internet of Things)

Some good snippets here - and some of some quite scary, too: "An "Everyware" world, as Adam Greenfield calls it, is a world in which computers are embedded and merged seamlessly everywhere in the environment. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags communicate their position and other information constantly in a vast network [more...]

Date: 2008-09-28 11:27:15

More ways for you Identity to be Stolen

From NewsMax… The devices, called Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) machines, allow officials to read remotely any passports, pass cards, and driver’s licenses that contain special chips with personal information. The RFIDs are so sensitive that, even before [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 16:52:04

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

Rethinking the Sales Channel: A condition of disruptive technology

It is great to be back on the leader’s blog for the start of 2009 ... and deliver a whole product.   In my case, the disruption I was harnessing was an emerging application of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in the supply chain as an alternative solution to bar [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 20:05:30

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

"Enhanced" Licence May Enhance Privacy and Security Risks

"Enhanced" Licence May Enhance Privacy and Security Risks: Michael Geist “This week the Ontario legislature will resume debate on Bill 85, ... requirements for entry into the country (passports are now required at most border crossings ... , which will embed new technologies including a radio frequency identification device (RFID) within [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 01:33:48

Wireless Growth Prompts New Cashless Payment Trial

by Laurie Sullivan Wireless subscribers racked up more than 1 ... trials with credit card companies like MasterCard and Visa. Rather than carry around a plastic card ... ,” says Julie England, VP/GM for TI’s radio frequency identification (RFID) business. “ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 11:31:43

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

New State House Security Still Offline

We’ll admit it’s rare when a stuffed animal uncovers major breaking news, but such is the case with “Mr. Mouse,” who was dispatched to the S.C ... , what? State House employees were issued their RFID’s (Radio Frequency ID cards) back in the spring [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 13:39:41

Key2SafeDriving Blocks Cell Phone

We’ve all ranted at the driver who just pulled out in front of us only to notice that he didn’t even see us because he was preoccupied with his ... , it communicates, by either Bluetooth or RFID (radio frequency identification) that the user’s cell [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 20:27:21

RFID tinkering kit

Radio frequency identification tags are not the most secure things in the world ... in concealed locations. Hide readers in an equal number of places around my house. Then, when you put ... lair… For added security, one might put the last reader in the bookshelf itself, and the last tag [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 22:44:17

Bicycle Blog Roundup, 11/11/08

Yes, by the way, starting with last week, I’ve dropped the “news media” part of the roundup, and just focused on blogs. Yay! Tech-Enabled Bike Sharing Rolls Into North America, The Huffington Post Now RFID (radio frequency identification) tags and Smart Card payment systems have created a third generation of bike share [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 20:24:41

The Big Hog Daddy Tri-Glide Hauler

2009 Ford F-450 Released just in time to haul your new Harley-Davidson Tri-Glide Classic to motorcycle events, ... features embedded in the truck.  Most notable is the “Tool Link”, a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) asset tracking system developed with DEWALT, the power tool dudes, and ThingMagic, experts [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 18:23:47

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