RFID
SBIR funding for a RFID start-up via Dept. of Agriculture
By Harish Keshwani at 22 May, 2006, 2:11 pm
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 of [...]
RFID Project
By Harish Keshwani at 17 March, 2006, 2:12 pm
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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Self-replicating RFID virus created
By Harish Keshwani at 15 March, 2006, 2:24 pm
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 on [...]
RFID enabled robots help shoppers in Japan
By Harish Keshwani at 14 February, 2006, 12:48 am
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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RFID enabled Mirror
By Harish Keshwani at 13 January, 2006, 3:21 pm
Hitachi announced yesterday a new mirror that functions as a computer display.
It combines a half mirror and a diffusion film to directly display digital information (text, photos, video, tv shows, websites, flash movies etc.) on a mirror surface using an LCD projector.
Imagine yourself in front of the mirror and based on your personalized preferences, you [...]
