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From the Editor's Desk
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Lots of news this month, but one
very sad piece. Alan Haberman,
one of the industry's greats
passed away earlier this month.
Alan had been a major influence
in the bar code and standards
worlds and we will all miss him.
I wrote a short piece for my
standards blog at
http://www.understandrfidstandards.com/250/loss-of-a-great-man-alan-haberman/.
There are other pieces listed
below in the special section.
E-mail me at editor@hightechaid.com
and tell us what you think. Don't forget to send this issue to your friends
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http://www.hightechaid.com. If you have
news to share or info you need, let me know at
news@hightechaid.com. Technology News Briefs RFID Standards
From the European IOT Conference: "Standards are like toothbrushes.
Everybody wants one but nobody wants to use anybody else's" as
quoted by Usman Haque. Radio Frequency Identification EarthSearch SetTo Manufacture Own Line of RFID Chips http://www.wallstreetnewscast.com/news/2011/june/ecdc3859.html Keeping it fresh New laws and regulations to ensure integrity of food and pharmaceutical http://urgentcomm.com/mobile_data/mag/rfid-food-pharmaceutical-tracking-201106/ RFID magnetic sheet Metal-compliant/tag/UHF/2.45GHz/13.56MHz http://www.nitta.co.jp/english/product/sheet/rfid/top.html Allflex Buys Out Destron Fearing Corporation http://www.rfidworld.ca/allflex-buys-out-destron-fearing-corporation/357 7iD Technologies Demonstrates UHF RFID reads at 250 km/h as Ferraris traverse racing circuit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4bDxy3wIzM&feature=youtu.be Why I'm Running for President: Mark Roberti joins the fray with RFID http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/8503 Great article from BP On RFID Technology providing innovative solutions during emergency situations http://ht.ly/5bV2g New Report on RFID Intellectual Property http://www.rfidjournal.com/blog/entry/8511/ Retailers look to RFID item level tagging To kick $430B out-of-stock problem http://www.rfid24-7.com/articles/060611.shtml Some positive coverage of RFID in the WSJ -- a first! http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304778304576373773065546978.html RFID Implants for Humans Hyped On Yahoo Tech http://bit.ly/kc8CzR UHF RFID makes blood tracking faster Safer and less expensive http://rfidarena.com/2011/5/3/spanish-aifos-solutions-chooses-nordic-id-for-blood-bank-trackin g.aspx Alien Technology Nabs $10 Million Venture Capital http://www.venturedeal.com/News/2011/6/15/Alien-Technology-Nabs-$10-Million-Venture-Cap ital Vilant demonstrates UHF RFID Reads at 250 km/h as tagged plane flies by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_oLybBV5lA&feature=youtu.be Senate Sneaks RFID Drivers License, Internet ID into Transportation Bill http://tinyurl.com/3lw3hku ID&C provide Contactless RFID payment wristband to guests at Isle of Wight http://bit.ly/mDFW92 Zebra & food tracking Worth reading! http://lnkd.in/cpFG6M Chip Implants: Is the RFID chip the Mark of the Beast? What each is and isn’t http://www.successandfailure.net/blog/2010/08/23/is-the-rfid-chip-the-mark-of-the-beast-is-any-implanted-chip-the-mark-what-each-is-and-isn%E2%80%99t/ RFID and automated bird feeder monitoring Fascinating stuff! http://t.co/6c67isz Tyco in the Hunt To Acquire Visonic http://t.co/p1HLBQD VDC adjusts RFID passive tag forecasts Downwards 51% in 2011 & 10% reduction by 2015 http://t.co/vONreF1 Is RFID dead? Definitely not! http://www.dcvelocity.com/articles/20110627is_rfid_dead/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Spotlight+Strategy+2011+Jun+28&utm_content=Spotlight +Strategy+2011+Jun+28+CID_8e4eae4369ed85c3f002ea804614f6ea&utm_source=Email+marke ting+software&utm_term=Is+RFID+dead+Definitely+not Apple patent describes simpler networking Use of RFID/new proprietary technology http://paten.to/iuQ5D2 RFID adoption Poised for ‘huge’ growth http://bit.ly/ij8xV4 Future of NFC/RFID? Could this work at scale? http://datrigub.com/lNpZxo RFID – Prophet or Profit? Critical Weaponry or Flawed Genius? http://eqent.me/kMFHQC Needs of the apparel industry On pages 30 – 31 http://t.co/PGZTiir UHF RFID for livestock Another new normal? http://www.globallogisticsmedia.com/articles/view/uhf-rfid-for-livestock--another-new-normal RFID Instead of magnets for pickers http://www.logisticsmanager.com/liChannelID/3/Articles/16433/RFID+instead+of+magnets+for+p ickers.html Bringing sensors and RFID Together http://www.mmh.com/article/bringing_sensors_and_rfid_together When sushi meets Technology http://www.todayonline.com/Business/SME/EDC110623-0000291/When-sushi-meets-technology Woolworths Australia Adopts RFID technology http://www.foodnews.co.nz/20916/woolworths-australia-adopts-rfid-technology/ When Everything Is Smart: RFID Chips Infiltrate Food, Towels, and Even People http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/06/08/when-everything-is-smart-rfid-chips-infiltrate-food-towels-and-even-people/ internet of things Sorting M2MFact from Fiction http://bit.ly/iZsKQR Getting Started With the Internet of Things Book http://bit.ly/m4gmal Internet of things Blurs the line between bits and atoms http://bit.ly/iKECn5 Stealthy chip startup’s Technology is a big power play http://gigaom.com/2011/06/06/stealthy-chip-startups-technology-is-a-big-power-play/ How Apple boosts The real Internet of Things http://bit.ly/kjRoUm How the Internet of Things Will change everything? http://ht.ly/5aPlN LIFT11 Talk transcript http://www.webofthings.com/2011/02/04/lift11-talk-transcript/ Connecting Everything To The Internet http://bit.ly/iY1PUZ The Internet of Things At MoMA http://bit.ly/jfSqQr IEEE Report On the Future of the Social Web http://bit.ly/jvf4YV Google, Facebook, Mozilla & Others Rev Up for IPv6 http://on.mash.to/kN57ik New system brings 'Internet of Things' To China's waterways http://www.wsnblog.com/2011/06/13/new-system-brings-internet-of-things-to-chinas-waterways/ Smart Irrigation Systems http://www.connectedworldmag.com/latestNews.aspx?id=NEWS110606122100210&utm_source=Connected+World+Magazine&utm_campaign=07f18d32 92-CW_Weekly_06_09_11&utm_medium=email Wi-Fi Refrigerator From Samsung http://www.connectedworldmag.com/latestNews.aspx?id=NEWS110603141919467&utm_source=Connected+World+Magazine&utm_campaign=07f18d3 292-CW_Weekly_06_09_11&utm_medium=email Getting Started with the Internet of Things Connecting Sensors http://bit.ly/kZjZfb The future of Machine communications http://bit.ly/jL9LNv Nokia’s new interim CTO Tirri on the concept of the “Internet of Things” http://bit.ly/iKQd8r Hot Chip Shrinks Management Of An Entire Electrical Grid Into Just Four Millimeters http://www.fastcompany.com/1759930/how-a-new-smart-grid-on-a-chip-will-keep-the-lights-on White House Pledges Smart Grid Data Access http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/06/14/white-house-pledges-smart-grid-data-access-250m-in-loans/ Standard Wi-Fi chip For M2M apps http://bit.ly/lvii0U "Stories might very well increase the value of second hand goods" On the Internet of Old Things http://t.co/InIcDHa "Sustainable Urbanization" Smart Cities And The Internet Of Things http://t.co/Sw7Uav5 Rogers and Hydro Quebec Sign 6-year M2M contract http://bit.ly/l8TnmI Qualcomm Atheros aims To enable 'internet of things' http://bit.ly/jvZg30 Toolbox to Help Objects Communicating Via the Net http://bit.ly/iBVkqw What You Should Know About the EU's New Internet of Things http://bit.ly/jsz5v2 Standard platform In the works for 'Internet of Things' http://bit.ly/lUM1pS Embedded M2M Solutions Embedded M2M Week In Review http://bit.ly/ieUuz1 How would the Internet of things look like If it were driven by NFC http://bit.ly/ioDeJL NEC Participates in Smart City Development in Brazil http://bit.ly/iNzOuP Prepare for The 'internet of things' http://bit.ly/kmjsMG AT&T and Verizon Lead In Connected World Magazine's M2M Report http://bit.ly/iLjK3e NFC And the Internet of things http://bit.ly/kiOwNE Sprint Debuts Command Center for M2M http://bit.ly/lzdPNk The Internet of Things Catalyzes mutation of economic models http://pulse.me/s/kH2g Near Field Communication Forum Announces New Vice Chairman, James Anderson of MasterCard http://bit.ly/lR20aZ Home Of the future? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mxocMgUrvo& The Internet of Things: What it means for the Creative Industries? http://flpbd.it/4iHX WTF are Connected appliances? http://t.co/OtrfcMt A simple overview To help choose your hardware for “Internet of things" http://bit.ly/jIJFA7 The Leaky Corporation http://t.co/bM7MSxN Talking Shop http://bit.ly/mkMa4O IoT On the Wall Street Journal http://goo.gl/fb/UNxag The Internet of things Viewed by ITU http://bit.ly/jgADZn The IOT Forum next event Wwill be in Berlin in Nov. 2011 http://www.iot-i.eu/public/forum Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission http://www.iewy.com/29215-neelie-kroes-vice-president-of-the-european-commission-respons ible-for-the-digital-agenda-internet-essentials-oecd-high-level-meeting-on-the-internet-econo my-paris.html Smart cities Grids power up M2M http://t.co/NF2nlUo Silicon For a Smarter Planet http://bit.ly/juxeUP Sprint's M2M lab: Where machines do the talking http://bit.ly/j66JGQ ioBridge Internet of Things OEM http://bit.ly/m855eH IoT in China revisited Centralized views and smart cities are taking off http://j.mp/l3qBxs Lunch? 'I'll have my machine call your machine' http://bit.ly/iSAk1v Mobile wallets All you should know http://datrigub.com/l4kwdc Report and slides on The Annual Internet of Things Europe last week. http://t.co/11rAg8q Your Next Text Message May Be from Your Refrigerator http://bit.ly/nM16d7
NFC As revenue key http://reut.rs/lp21nT ISIS talking With Google http://fb.me/13UYZMqVx NFC hurdles Sometimes the fastest aren't always the most graceful http://nfctimes.com/news/gartner-google-has-hurtles-clear-wallet NFC And the Internet of Things http://datrigub.com/lHGnZg Broadcom announces NFC security chip for PCs and tablets http://pulse.me/s/1F9W Ingenico install NFC In London's black cabs http://bit.ly/iwtuXA Lack of Standards, Security Biggest Barriers to Mobile Payments http://www.banktech.com/risk-management/229402887 NFC is more than Just mobile money http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/05/nfc-is-more-than-just-mobile-money/ The 7 Social Stages Of NFC http://t.co/XsXgJen 2011 is -- finally -- The year near field communication begins to matter http://t.co/8EtTcPk In travel NFC will open doors, pay fares http://www.travelweekly.com/Articles/In-travel,-NFC-will-open-doors,-pay-fares/ Korean national NFC alliance Aims to create a billion dollar business opportunity http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/2011/06/06/37845/korea-national-nfc-alliance -to-create-billion-dollar-business-opportunity/ France set for Commercial NFC services to begin in spring 2012 http://datrigub.com/kGKYvP NFC: Approaching the Technology From an Open Perspective http://bit.ly/iGTN14 Do you want an NFC iPhone? If rumors are to be believed, you won't get an NFC iPhone from Apple http://fb.me/CCW7e2hf FaceCash Adds NFC to barcode payments system http://pulse.me/s/6srp Google Wallet "Is one of the biggest investments we've made at Google for a very long time" http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/2011/06/13/37997/google-wallet-is-one-of-the-biggest-investments-weve-made-at-google-for-a-very-long-time/ NFC room keys Find favour with hotel guests http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/2011/06/08/37869/nfc-room-keys-find-favour- with-hotel-guests/ One in four US consumers Ready to buy groceries with NFC phones http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/2011/06/07/37858/one-in-four-us-consumers- ready-to-buy-groceries-with-nfc-phones/ Kovio raises $15m To bring low-cost NFC tags to shops http://datrigub.com/kbPY9T Mobile payments survey 70% of British haven't heard of mobile wallets http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/2011/06/14/38023/yougov-launches-quarterly-mobile-payments-survey/ SAS to introduce NFC to airports http://pulse.me/s/cG2p Samsung, Orange and Barclaycard Launch 'Quick Tap' NFC payments in the UK http://www.retail-digital.com/retail_technology/samsung-orange-and-barclaycard-launch-quick -tap-nfc-payments-in-the-uk If you're curious about NFC, smartphones, and mobile commerce http://shaminda.squarespace.com/home/2011/6/2/near-field-change-is-coming-podcast.html NFC Mobile Payments to Drive Contactless Transactions To Reach Nearly $50 billion http://dlvr.it/VPPJ9 How to turn your non NFC phone Into a NFC-enabled phone http://fb.me/M1mNbZcg Starbucks Mobile Payments Coming to Android & 1,000 Safeway Locations http://on.mash.to/kx2zt9 Korean coffee chain Introduces NFC http://datrigub.com/knj4PJ NFC Vending machines http://fb.me/WtPPC8Hj Woolworths To roll out contactless payment http://bit.ly/iZvB6t Future WebOS Devices May Support NFC http://dlvr.it/WWC5D Angry Birds Embraces NFC http://ow.ly/5iXYl Barclaycard Sets out plans for NFC http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=8054 Mobile payments: Who needs NFC anyway? http://datrigub.com/lk2Dwf NFC Mobile Payments What Have You Done for Me Lately? http://bit.ly/mvRIrm Why Near-Field Communications Is the Next Big Thing http://t.co/zTHBBQC Sony Ericsson signs deal With NFC chip maker http://bit.ly/lXeRhJ UK operators Band together for NFC revenue http://t.co/gkxbbUm NFC Worth the Wait http://t.co/rOVJ3Cu True threat to NFC? Stepping Up Smartphone Checkouts http://datrigub.com/mzO6X6 New Pizza Express app Lets diners pay bill using iPhone http://bit.ly/lDU6m9 US smartphone owners Want Apple and Google to provide their NFC wallets http://bit.ly/iILS4c Gemalto Supplying NFC Enabled SIM Cards To Polish Mobile Network http://bit.ly/iEpN0t Inside Secure Postpones IPO 'due to market conditions'? http://bit.ly/jQMe01 Gemalto's Howard Berg Says the news of NFC insecurity has been exaggerated http://bit.ly/mdRYn3 Isis picks Austin For second NFC pilot http://datrigub.com/mq09YY Google's Schmidt predicts NFC payments will be widespread soon http://goo.gl/c3ICM An "Open" Perspective On Near Field Communications http://rww.to/j1DEfZ Tap and Pay Coming to a store near you (ASAP) http://bit.ly/jZ4ceF Why NFC Alone Won't Change Mobile Payments http://t.co/o7kTKZF NXP Launches NFC car key http://bit.ly/kaG9OA http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2011/06/nfc-2011-launch-driver-friendly-mobile-apps-u sing-your-car-keys.php NFC It’s Not Just a Football Conference. http://go-att.us/bc9j Schmidt predicts 1/3 of POS will be NFC enabled within one year. http://www.mobilepaymentstoday.com/article/182149/Google-s-Schmidt-predicts-NFC-paym ents-will-be-widespread-soon#.TgJxX7MagfY;twitter DeviceFidelity Granted new NFC patent http://t.co/LCdtfcG Danish NFC joint venture For mobile wallets on a SIM http://fb.me/PBUsKs7y Inside and Kovio Add NFC support to ultra-low-cost printed RFID tags http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/2011/01/05/35557/inside-and-kovio-add-nfc-support-to-ultra-low-cost-printed-rfid-tags/ Amex, foursquare Launch Their Own Google Wallet http://datrigub.com/ir1Ash Business cards Go digital and NFC-enabled http://bit.ly/lFN60s http://bit.ly/k3nJO2 Post Office could take snail mail contactless In 2012 with NFC POS terminals http://fb.me/U46OalLF NFC grave tag Contains three data types http://fb.me/OlmmtFRZ The first NFC appliance http://bit.ly/lnIWoQ ViVOtech gets $24 million As NFC momentum picks up http://t.co/tnAfenp Scan-to-Pay Features Coming Soon To a Mobile App Near You http://datrigub.com/lRQIbl Great history on mobile payment And loyalty the Starbucks way. http://t.co/PtEe4Rq Orange to introduce First international NFC payments service http://t.co/RiGNuPW What is Heck is NFC Anyway? http://read.bi/kQrEFz ZTE and Inside Secure To make NFC phones http://fb.me/W9FbEpRZ Barclaycard promotes NFC payments With spoof history of money video http://bit.ly/kG84xB VeriFone accessory That turns tablets Into credit card readers http://bit.ly/mHWXtr Yankee Group Study Projects $1 trillion in mobile transactions by 2015 http://fb.me/BoHGrjuY Tools of Entry No Need for a Key Chain http://t.co/7tLqSnf Mobile Payments Market To Hit $670 Billion by 2015 Claims Report http://datrigub.com/mz9WOC Consumers to spend $50bn a year Via NFC phones by 2014 http://bit.ly/oWtvBL NFC payment BOOM is right! http://lnkd.in/hiAz9M E-Payments & Security Discover’s CEO is bullish on NFC http://datrigub.com/rsC0yB
Mobile Commerce - Barcodes Is Exploding http://www.scdigest.com/ontarget/11-06-02-1.php?cid=4595 What Is A QR Code? http://bit.ly/lKSUfs Why Marketers Shouldn't Waste Time With QR http://datrigub.com/iVr1vs World's First Coins With QR Codes Will Start Circulating in the Netherlands Next Week http://pulse.me/s/fx4p Shop at a virtual supermarket And more with QR Codes http://tnw.to/19WoJ Is there room for QR next to NFC? http://t.co/bt0mm4Y 3 reasons To use MSTAG instead of QRCode http://bit.ly/j60FLx
Biometrics Under way at MacDill http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2011/jun/30/2/new-id-system-under-way-at-macdill-ar-240992/ New biometric card Keeps your medical records handy http://my.news.yahoo.com/biometric-card-keeps-medical-records-handy-053854204.html
Healthcare and Life Sciences Uses RFID To Identify Your Implants http://gizmodo.com/5811613/ortho+tag-uses-rfid-to-identify-your-implants http://rfid24-7.com/rfidtalk/?p=727 http://techburgher.pghtech.org/2011/06/16/wireless-tags-give-physicians-details-and-condition -of-orthopaedic-implants-with-the-wave-of-a-wand/ Study Determines Optimized RFID-Enabled Resupply System for Nurse Stations http://bit.ly/m4wBLz Crossing the Chasm: Embedding GS1 Barcodes [disruptive technologies] in NHS http://t.co/Q43ipPT DHID AIDC Sites A visual representation of all adopters of the DHID's AIDC programme http://t.co/zATCBMn Gentag RFID Diagnostic Skin Patch Technology http://t.co/cwWnNho Bar Code Art in Aisle 5:Barcodes Enter Expressionist Period http://t.co/CWh2KsR The Impact of Barcodes In the Manufacturing Industry http://bit.ly/fLR6yu Will Bar Code Base Self-Scanning Systems Doom Item-Level RFID Tagging in CPG to Retail? http://www.scdigest.com/ontarget/11-07-06-1.php?cid=4698 Who's Who In the Bar Code Industry http://www.barcode.com/20110617594/who-is-who-in-the-bar-code-industry.html Zeichick's Take: What's black, white and scanned all over? http://www.sdtimes.com/ZEICHICK_S_TAKE_WHAT_S_BLACK_WHITE_AND_SCANNED_ALL_OVER_/ By_ALAN_ZEICHICK/About_BARCODES/35649 Delay Seen For DataBar http://supermarketnews.com/technology/databar_delay_0606/ Remembering Alan Haberman RFID Journal (blog)http://www.rfidjournal.com/blog/entry/8536/ Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/16/alan-haberman-barcode-advocate-dies-at-81/ Boston Globe http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=alan-haberman&pid=151877025&fhid=11396 Brian Williams, the NBCs Nightly News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/43433846#43433846 GS1 US http://www.gs1us.org/news/gs1_us_comments_on_the_passing_of_u.p.c._pioneer_a The Eponymous Pickle http://eponymouspickle.blogspot.com/2011/07/alan-haberman-of-barcode-fame-dies.html Wallet Pop http://www.walletpop.com/2011/06/23/four-decades-later-the-upc-barcode-is-still-reshaping-retail/ Los Angeles Times http://www.standard.net/topics/business/2011/06/21/man-whose-vision-helped-put-bar-code-everywhere-dies-81 |
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review of interesting press releases from around the world. Please send
your press releases to
news@hightechaid.com, but do not forget to include a URL to the full
release on your web site. Here are this month's selections:
Neul launches world's first production white space radio system Delivering up to 16Mbps at 10km, Neul is set to revolutionise machine-to-machine communications and local broadband delivery. http://www.neul.com/neul-pr-130611.php 7.5 million ASK contactless paper tickets for 2011 Xi’an International Horticultural exposition, China After Beijing Olympic games, ASK technology is once again selected for major event http://www.ask-rfid.com/New sEvents/News/tabid/126/ctl/Art icleView/mid/559/articleId/16 8/language/en-US/75-million-A SK-contactless-paper-tickets-f or-Xian.aspx LABELVIEW 9 SETS NEW STANDARD FOR BAR CODE AND LABEL DESIGN SOFTWARE Intuitive user interface and enhanced connectivity features result in greater productivity and flexibility http://www.teklynx.com/about /news/2011/article_1082.html Dynamism, Efficiency and Efficacy FM Logistic moves merchandise faster and better with Datalogic Mobile’s Falcon™ http://www.mobile.datalogic.co m/cases.aspx?idcase=757 &search_name=&search_prod=0 &search_sol=0&page=1&all=0&l ng=1 AIM Expo Partners with Pack Expo AIM Expo 2011 to Co-Locate in Las Vegas http://www.aimglobal.org/me mbers/news/templates/templ ate.aspx?articleid=3906&zon eid=1 RFID Consortium Welcomes Federal Signal as Ninth Member ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 8, 2011 Consortium Members Participate as Both Licensors and Portfolio Licensees http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/c gi/news/release?id=323570 Terso Solutions Awarded Several Patents in Area of RFID for Storing and Distributing High Value Products New Patents Issued by the United States Patent Office and European Patent Office significantly strengthens Terso's RFID patent portfolio, further reinforcing its position as the leader in automated inventory management for healthcare and life science. http://www.prnewswire.com/n ews-releases/terso-solutions-a warded-several-patents-in-ar ea-of-rfid-for-storing-and-distr ibuting-high-value-products-124012084.html RFID Jobs Exceed 1.3 Million by 2015 RFID Tribe released a 40 page report to provide a clear picture of where people work, how they innovate, the challenges they face and the roles they play in RFID technology. http://www.prweb.com/releas es/2005/06/prweb248491.htm Line of Business Products Will Help Boost RFID Software Market to $500 Million by 2016, Says ABI Research NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RFID software continues to grow in uptake and according to the latest forecasts from ABI Research, software revenues are set to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 20% through 2016. http://www.businesswire.com/n ews/home/20110627006528/en /Line-Business-Products-Boost-R FID-Software-Market Losers Everywhere Step Up Their Game With RFID New eBook from RFID for Dummies author shows barcodes are for losers http://www.i-newswire.com/lo sers-everywhere-step-up-their/ 114000 June Issue of IEEE Smart Grid Newsletter Highlights Consumer Participation, The Internet Of Things, and Leveraging Investment in Fiber Optics Articles Explore How Utilities Can Leverage Fiber Optic Communications with Carriers; Why Thinking Locally Is The Smart Path For Smart Grid; Work That Will Lead To The Internet Of Things; Opportunities For Consumers To Have Their Say http://www.businesswire.com/ news/home/20110616005951/ en/June-Issue-IEEE-Smart-Grid-Newsletter-Highlights IPSO Alliance Welcomes New Members, Interoperability Testing, Standards Helping Drive "Internet of Things" Approval of RPL routing standard and Completion of 6LoWPAN-HC Demonstrate Increasing Demand for Internet Protocol for Smart Objects http://www.prnewswire.com/n ews-releases/ipso-alliance-wel comes-new-members-interope rability-testing-standards-helpi ng-drive-internet-of-things-124353573.html Smart Card Alliance and the NFC Forum Partner to Launch First NFC-Focused Event in U.S. PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ--(Marketwire - Jun 7, 2011) - The Smart Card Alliance and the NFC Forum will co-host an event focused on Near Field Communication (NFC) in spring 2012, the two organizations announced today. http://www.marketwire.com/pr ess-release/smart-card-allianc e-nfc-forum-partner-launch-firs t-nfc-focused-event-us-152356 0.htm Cleveland VA Chooses ClearCount's SmartSponge® System to Enhance O.R. Safety First Hospital in Northeast Ohio to Launch This Cutting-Edge Technology to Protect Against Retained Surgical Sponges http://www.marketwire.com/ press-release/cleveland-va- chooses-clearcounts-smart sponger-system-to-enhance -or-safety-1523810.htm Massachusetts General Hospital Seeks to Validate RFID in Healthcare Supply Management: Mobile Aspects Clinical Resource Management Solution is focus of Journal of American College of Radiology (JACR) Article Evaluating Benefits of RFID vs. Barcode Based Inventory Management Systems http://www.businesswire.com/n ews/moreoveruk/201106150051 48/en/Massachusetts-General-Hospital-Seeks-Validate-RFID-Healthcare The Final Comment
We always try to find something to keep away those boring evenings while
you wait to get back to work. This month is no exception, try these:
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