Archive: Technology
Zigbeef Inc. (derived from Zigbee) founded by John Hassel, plans to use long range active RFID tags on cattle. He believes unlike pallets, cattle are more mobile and must use active tags. He pitched this idea to the Department of Agriculture and was granted Phase I funding of $80,000 and now he is confident [...]
I was fortunate enough to meet Apple’s Steve “Woz” Wozniak yesterday at a banquet hosted at Qwest Convention Center. This event was hosted by The AIM Institute of Omaha and AITPOmaha, organizers of Infotec). It was a coincidence my son won a programming competition sponsored by The AIM Institute and I got invited to join this banquet where [...]
I came across this extremely detailed RFID project on ExtremeTech via digg, which is based on the book RFID Toys. You can buy it from Amazon. Although it is not something that you seriously want to install on your front door, but this project explains practical uses of RFID.
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Computerworld is reporting the first demo of a self-replicating RFID virus. There is no immediate danger of falsely reported inventory or any other disaster, but it is a heads-up for the companies to be careful and take steps to secure the applications.
RFIDVirus.org states:
“Here is where the trouble comes in. Up until now, everyone working [...]
RFID tagged robots help shoppers carry their bags and provide shopping information while using sensors to avoid other shoppers (and robots presumably). Imagine the marketing and advertising possibilities with these RFID enabled robots! Read on…
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