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From the Editor's Desk
Two weeks ago I attended the RFID Live conference in Orlando FL. The
annual show was held in Disney’s Swan and Dolphin resort this year.
While a hotel conference center feels like a much better place to be
than the expanses of the Orlando convention Center, the high cost of
the hotel put a damper on the event for some people.
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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news to share or info you need, let me know at
news@hightechaid.com. Technology News Briefs RRFID Standards
The RFID standards work may seem slow to the outside world, but it
does keep moving forward. This year we have already seen three new
standards published: If you want more information on ISO standardization or on any issue of RFID standardization, then email steve@hightechaid.com. For a look at RFID standards work, you can visit http://www.UnderstandRFIDstandards.com. Radio Frequency Identification Tags, Readers CompliantWith the ISO 18000-3M3 Standard Expected Soon http://t.co/FKcgDfgl Say So Long To Lost Keys! MIT Student Rigs a Door Scanner http://t.co/DrFF6WZX Checkpoint Apparel Day Reinforces item level momentum http://t.co/Ax4tB3br Patent awarded to Apple For RFID tag reader in touchscreen device http://t.co/8R9U5Z9d Hacker's Demo Shows How Easily Credit Cards Can Be Read Through Clothes And Wallets http://t.co/o1w2sZus Debunking ridiculous RFID rumor http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/80009 Motorola Solutions Sues Patent Firm Over Tracking Chips http://t.co/qaqCCg9T RFID market expected To reach USD $18.7 Billion by 2017 http://www.rfidnews.org/2012/03/09/rfid-market-expected-to-reach-usd-18-7-billion-by-2017 DASH7 Mode 2 Now Open Source http://t.co/cJGViFDy RFID advances As a dairy management tool http://t.co/Bhan9kCj Truck Tyres Get Microchips http://t.co/S3q7Rkfq ASK closes 4.7 M€ funding round http://t.co/0OspchNI FTC Endorses Do-Not-Track Option http://www.connectedworldmag.com/latestNews.aspx?id=NEWS120328111428280 DecaWave raises €6m Appoints former Intel VP Jim O’Hara as chairman http://t.co/kcnI45xN From VDC Research Passive UHF RFID item level tags 1.7 billion this year http://t.co/JZYLwl68 China starts to build core network system Of Internet of Things http://t.co/g7HRBX0e How The Next Generation Will Connect Wirelessly http://t.co/ujogTdJJ E-tags cannot be cloned? Really? http://t.co/dWbBRiL8 License-plate IDs Could broadcast your insurance data http://t.co/gEJXd1aE RFID Helps Disney Employees Get Into Character http://t.co/qWtZaKRq Macy’s will have All 850 stores RFID-enabled by Aug 1. http://t.co/nXbVqwXc The magic 5 cents per tag http://t.co/yCevgxRi Wal-Mart faces Patent infringement lawsuit From RFID World http://www.rfidblog.org/entry/wal-mart-faces-patent-infringement-lawsuit-rfid-world/ RFID Journal Announces Winners of Its Sixth Annual Awards http://www2.topix.com/tech/rfid/2012/04/rfid-journal-announces-winners-of-its-sixth-annual-awards Motorola Solutions Sues Patent Firm Over Tracking Chips http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-03-14/motorola-sues-patent-firm-over-radio-chips-used-by-amazon internet of things AT&T AnnouncesWorldwide Mobile Broadband Platform Via Single SIM http://t.co/ZVjuuBwP China M2M connections To churn $2.8B revenue in 2016 http://t.co/ekwv9NlB Is the Internet of Things Ready for prime time? http://t.co/iS35Kk5k AT&T boosts M2M position With energy deal http://t.co/Gn5KxPBO ARM CEO On the 'Internet of Things' http://t.co/1xRmAMeo Feet of genius Show we’re all connected to the Internet of Things http://t.co/UwMqoNLY The movie: Imagine everything was linked http://www.smartsantander.eu/index.php/blog/item/154-internet-of-things-europe-the-movie-imagine-everything-was-linked Building The Internet of Things http://t.co/eqFpxdoP Machine-to-Machine market To touch 4.3 billion connections by 2020 http://t.co/I5Q6JQov The Royal Academy of Engineering What’s so clever about Smart Cities? http://www.ingenia.org.uk/ingenia/articles.aspx?Index=759e Windows8 Embedded Helps make the Internet of Things Possible http://t.co/H3Fk7woB 75% of U.S. electric meters Will be smart by 2016 http://t.co/sIk7mdgR Analysts weigh in On 2G, 3G in M2M http://t.co/9cN1HwrH Arm Holdings Unveils new chip to enable 'internet of things' http://t.co/JjSVGLvZ 'Internet of Things' Will tap anything, everything http://t.co/InDSW4Rp How to Transform a City: Lessons from the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge http://t.co/Q4vkZ5ir The key That will reveal all details about your car http://t.co/1gArsQcp Another new chip For smart homes & appliances http://t.co/Kxbzg056 The Internet of Things Infographic http://t.co/TIYfQkus 'Internet of Things' Misunderstood http://t.co/PFZcIR8Z Customers, Big Data, And the Internet of Things http://t.co/86W1vviT Samsung unveils Its own 'Internet of Things' http://t.co/oe1tGEoN Realizing the Internet of Things: Intelligent Systems are here now http://t.co/s6AXCvrS On Internet of Things The ethical implications of tomorrow’s internet http://t.co/JXUXWiMh Dual RFID-ZigBee sensors To enable NFC applications for the Internet of Things http://t.co/L2CM46TP China starts To build core network system of Internet of Things http://t.co/g7HRBX0e Dumb moves Limit smart building potential http://t.co/lVcjCtpU IoT devices grow smaller As amount of data gets bigger http://t.co/Qt2vR1jQ BigData Buildings, and the InternetofThings http://t.co/kL9yU2GN Introducing Internet of Things http://t.co/hcp387QF Affordable, relatively open Smart-home system from Lowes http://t.co/jx23LD0d 15 Internet of Things Experts Not to Miss on Twitter. Also don’t forget to follow me @RFIDMan http://t.co/YGrwWRnb Welcome To the Internet of Things http://t.co/VVOC0n3q Internet of Things Comes to Government: http://t.co/KSii8UM9 The Internet of Things: Surfing Securely http://t.co/S8kF8jon Taiwan businesses Apply Internet of Things technology http://t.co/CAMWGIT8 Internet of Things Global Standards Initiative http://t.co/TUGScJF0 How Linux Talks to the Internet of Things: A Look at IEEE 802.15.4 http://t.co/QmUnd30c 5 ways To power the Internet of things http://t.co/e4RagTWf Learn about the IoT And where it may be going http://t.co/RMKn5hsI Russian transit systems Begin deploying http://t.co/lfrjrYZ3 Plug and Play For Connected Homes http://t.co/0Wa368hJ Global M2M subscriber base Now exceeds 100 million http://t.co/OkjXgnVA The Internet of Things A Triad of Partners, and the Singularity of Change http://t.co/z8O4R6oD 'Tough' rules govern Smart meter data sharing http://t.co/hmy1iw2B Soon Your Home May Be Smarter Than You Are http://t.co/zwplFaiy Intel announces Internet of Things Joint Labs http://t.co/sYkXFIhM The connected home And the Internet of things http://t.co/1WXEezCi Photos from the frontier: The Internet of Things http://www.embedded.com/electronics-news/4370765/Photo-Gallery--Internet-of-Things Governing The Open Internet of Things http://t.co/RFGca5RN What Will Smarter Buildings bring us over the next twelve months? http://t.co/xcu0h9qu European Commission Gets interested in the Internet of Things http://t.co/mFjOQ4N9 Brussels aims to regulate Internet of things http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/374065/brussels-aims-to-regulate-internet-of-things Technology For Tomorrow’s Schools http://t.co/tfAps3Gd A Startup Puts the Internet In Your Couch Cushions http://t.co/dxISnv7w IoT Event At High Tech Campus Eindhoven NL on June 6 http://t.co/M4uxs2WC The intangible assets Of the Internet of Things http://t.co/IQvYQaPy
NFC Adds FeliCa to NFC SIM http://t.co/eiaIyeQm MasterCard certifies iPhone NFC solution http://t.co/wbw8ov3e Paris Metro cards Moving to phone-compatible NFC system http://t.co/jSv9634x Barcelona Moves to NFC ticketing http://t.co/fVY9PCC1 Toronto and Montreal To get NFC advertising http://t.co/bQvshO6s The State of NFC Mobile Payments, Marketing and More http://t.co/0K2rrluG Top US retailers To develop their own NFC mobile wallet http://t.co/s8VV663q In talks with carriers to take Google Wallet global http://t.co/kZgrlie2 Swing and a Miss: Why DigiMo Won’t Upstage NFC http://t.co/OarGZz2C NFC technology Will make upcoming smartphones powerful health devices http://t.co/oiVX5lbF VeriFone To layer Isis interfaces onto its pre-existing integration http://t.co/JTr5kjA9 Juniper says NFC payments will hit $74 billion by 2015 http://t.co/Ycel7kXu Google Wallet Heading to Apple iOS devices? http://t.co/Dfvnko6M Japanese and Korean carriers To launch cross-border NFC coupons http://t.co/n3B7qUwH The Apple iWallet: Why The iPhone 5 Killer Feature is Mobile Payments http://t.co/vYZdvK7p Get ready: NFC is nearing its tipping point http://t.co/jxSKNlA5 3 Reasons Why NFC-based Payment is Overhyped http://t.co/0S2etaeM NXP enables m-ticketing For smart mobile devices http://t.co/e4zqcZBF Nokia announces NFC support In Lumia 610 Windows Phone http://t.co/pDPcUzno Emirates government Begins NFC national ID project http://t.co/sprE11MO Cubic unveils NFC-based fare collection system http://t.co/OhPonTuE The 5 most creative ways NFC is being used right now http://t.co/3uzGCpOB Inside Gets Contract for Nokia’s First NFC Windows Phone Microsoft to Weigh in Later http://t.co/0JSjJFHB Fun With NFC: Automating Simple Tasks With An NFC Capable Phone http://t.co/twyDMVHn New report provides An in-depth guide to NFC technologies and systems http://t.co/t0OtNdsU The high stakes world Of mobile payments [Infographic] http://t.co/0hGHm9Fs Intel and Visa Team Up For NFC E-Commerce Platform http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mobile/display/20120227145809_Intel_and_Visa_Team_Up_for_NFC _E_Commerce_Platform.html
Mobile Commerce -Barcodes And What You Can Do About It http://t.co/IpiYaNZZ Check out the world's largest QR codes! http://t.co/yJYpL9Q7 QArt Codes Artistic QR codes http://research.swtch.com/qart QR codes can save you money But cost you your privacy http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/141338183_QR_codes_can_save_you_money_but_cost _you_your_privacy.html
Biometrics Biometric Market Forecast to 2014 http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/cb6883/biometric_market_f
Healthcare and Life Sciences Passed 6/7 tests on acceptable RFID bandwidths http://t.co/JcJpIsTQ New Bill Aims To Create System To Track Medical Device Safety http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2012/3/16/new-bill-aims-to-create-system-to-track-medical-device-safety.aspx#ixzz1pg1tAKkN Barcodes To Solve Counterfeit Medication Problem http://t.co/HSQhoZng M2M Fights HIV http://t.co/yty62pqs UK Department of health Publish RFID case study http://www.gs1uk.org/news/PDFCaseStudies/Royal%20Bolton%20Hospital%20case%20study.pdf THE MEDICAL MIRACLE RFID Arena http://t.co/8WYFcsXZ Alabama initiative uses RFID To track statewide hygiene compliance http://www.rfidnews.org/2012/04/10/alabama-initiative-uses-rfid-to-track-statewide-hygiene-compliance RTLS and RFID Becoming A Must-Have for Hospitals http://www.intelligentinsites.com/blog/rtls-and-rfid-becoming-a-%E2%80%9Cmust-have%E2%80%9D-for-hospitals.html RTLS Zebra ReleasesDart Sensor to Meet New UWB Standard http://t.co/esXnWPwf Privacy RFID and Your PrivacyMyths and Facts http://www.barcodesinc.com/news/?p=4507 Bar Code Inventors Hall of FameInducts Fathers of Barcode http://t.co/FQ6veoWc GS1 Databar Codes For Coupons Explained http://www.survivingthestores.com/databar-gs1-coupons-decoding.html Wireless Start thinking about 5G wireless http://t.co/dYeFsb6J General New Toshiba supermarket scannerDoes away with need for bar codes http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/new-toshiba-supermarket-scanner-does-away-with-need-for-bar-codes/ |
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A regular feature of HighTechAIDCourier will be a
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:
CISC Semiconductor’s “RFID Xplorer” – the compact, high-quality RFID performance test system is available now The CISC Semiconductor GmbH introduces its new measurement product, the “RFID Xplorer”. http://www.cisc.at/news/news-list/news/article/29-march-201 2.html Veridify's NFC Tags to Fight Counterfeiting: NFC-enabled smartphone and cloud solution delivers authentication http://www.securerf.com./pdf/ Press_release_Veridify_NFC_anti-counterfeiting_solution.pdf NXP and HID Global Enable Mobile Access for NFC Phones Leaders Offer Mobile Physical Access Systems for the Enterprise http://www.nxp.com/news/press-releases/2012/03/nxp-and-hid-g lobal-enable-mobile-access-for- nfc-phones.html EM Microelectronic Announces EPC™ Gen2 Chip with Best-In-Class Range EM4124 offers market’s highest read sensitivity for EPC Gen2 chip http://www.ezwire.com/cust/EM Microelectronic/EM4124/EM412 4.html Adoption of RFID Emblem Announced European Union Incorporating into RFID Sign Cranberry Township, PA -- March 27, 2012 -- AIM, the industry association recognized as the worldwide authority on automatic identification and mobility, announced that the European Union has adopted ISO/IEC 29160 (RFID Emblem) as the official graphic to be incorporated in the Common European RFID Sign. http://www.aimglobal.org/mem bers/news/templates/templat e.aspx?articleid=4025&zoneid=1 ASK closes 4.7 M€ funding round Sophia-Antipolis, March 23, 2012: ASK, a worldwide leader in contactless technology, today announced the closing of a € 4.7 million (US$ 6.1 million) financing round. http://www.ask-rfid.com /NewsEvents/News/tabid/126/ ctl/ArticleView/mid/559/articl eId/195/language/en-US/ASK- closes-47-M-funding-round.aspx Datalogic appoints Joe Guy as new VP Solutions for Automatic Data Capture Bologna Italy and Eugene Oregon, March 21, 2012 – Datalogic S.p.A. (Borsa Italiana S.p.A.: DAL), market leader and total solutions provider of bar code readers, mobile computers, RFID and vision systems, has appointed Joe Guy as Vice-President and General Manager, Solutions, Datalogic ADC. http://www.mobile.datalogic. com/news.aspx?idnews =2057&search_name=&search_ type=0&search_year=0&page= 1&all=0&lng=1 AIM North America's UDI Committee Elects Vice-Chairperson Cranberry Township, PA -- March 12, 2012 -- AIM North America (NA), the association for Automatic Identification and Mobility in the North America region, has announced that George Wright IV, vice president for Product Identification & Processing Systems (PIPS), will serve as the committee’s vice chair for 2012 and assume the chairperson role for 2013. http://www.aim-na.org/UDI_Vic e_Chair_2012 Battery-assisted RFID chip with temperature sensor for multiple apps EM Microelectronic has announced the EM4325, a multipurpose, battery-assisted passive (BAP) RFID chip with integrated temperature sensor. http://www.eeherald.com/sec tion/new-products/nps201204 012.html Alien Technology(R)'s Next-Generation Higgs(TM) 4 Transponder IC Enters Mass-Market Adoption With Pre-Encoded Serialization Higgs-4 IC Optimized for Broad RFID Deployments With Numerous Features Including BlastWrite(TM) Mass-Encoding for Apparel and Other Growing Markets http://www.marketwatch.com/s tory/alien-technologyrs-next-gen eration-higgstm-4-transponder-i c-enters-mass-market-adoptio n-with-pre-encoded-serializatio n-2012-04-03 RFID Journal Announces Winners of Its Sixth Annual Awards Cisco Systems, Intel, BP International, Omni-ID, HP Brazil, Cecilia Occhiuzzi and Bill Hardgrave were all honored at LIVE! 2012. http://www.prweb.com/releas es/2012/4/prweb9383026.htm NFC Leader NXP Propels Technology into 4G Age February 27, 2012 Breakthrough PN547 NFC solution transforms Mobile Transactions user experience http://www.nxp.com/news/press-releases/2012/02/nfc-leader-nxp -propels-technology-into-4g-age. html UC Irvine Medical Center Chooses ClearCount's SmartSponge System and SmartWand-DTX ClearCount Medical Solutions, a leader in patient safety solutions, announced that the University of California, Irvine Medical Center in Orange County, CA, has implemented ClearCount's SmartSponge System, the most complete technology for the prevention of retained sponge incidents. http://www.morerfid.com/details .php?subdetail=Report&action=d etails&report_id=3gyTv7sIOs&disp lay=RFID ClearCount Launches the SmartSponge Flex Surgical Sponge System Compact design builds on ClearCount’s clinically preferred RFID-based technology, improving patient safety and OR productivity http://clearcount.com/clearcou nt-launches-the-smartsponge-fle x-surgical-sponge-system RFID Chipmakers Align on Industry-wide Serialization Schema Multi-Vendor Chip-Based Serialization (MCS) Simplifies Item Level Tagging with Chip-Based Serial Number Management Option http://www.impinj.com/News_an d_Events/Press_Releases/2012/RF ID_Chipmakers_Align_on_Industry-wide_Serialization_Schema.aspx Intelleflex Announces New Cellular, GPS-Equipped RFID Reader And Cloud-Based ZEST™ Data Services Platform To Deliver Actionable Data Across The Supply Chain April 9, 2012 Automated Data Capture and Sharing Improves Condition Monitoring and Track-and-Trace Accountability for Food and Pharmaceutical Industries http://www.datacollectiononli ne.com/doc.mvc/Intelleflex-A nnounces-New-Cellular-GPS-0 001 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:
Introducing The Lord Howe Island stick insect http://vimeo.com/14413689 An average Windows user Gets lost in Win8 http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?feature=player_embedde d&v=v4boTbv9_nU Lions Take notice of intrusive robocam http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?feature=player_em bedded&v=upOB3KnFbC8 Musical flash mob Provides a pleasant interlude http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=mrEk06XXaAw&fea ture=player_embedded Stand back Performance packs a jolt http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?feature=player_embedde d&v=bbLshnfu0wY Star Wars Help Desk. A long time ago, in a cubicle far, far away http://www.flixxy.com/star-wars -help-desk.htm A beautiful woman Next to a broken down car http://www.flixxy.com/toyota -trap.htm Way to release the oxygen and hydrogen from saltwater Generating a flame of 3,000 Fahrenheit (the melting point of Titanium): http://www.flixxy.com/alternati ve-fuels-research.htm Birth Of an island (YouTube) http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=0odB_aj9_8Y Tired of spending hundreds of dollars for repairing a dent on your car? DIY using an air-duster and a hairdryer http://www.flixxy.com/paintle ss-dent-car-repair.htm The newest, most exciting way To view digital photos on a computer http://www.flixxy.com/photosyn th-digital-photography.htm The Eco Speedster Goes 155 mph with a fuel economy of 113 mpg http://www.flixxy.com/fuel-eco nomy-performance-car.htm Please tell us what extra you want from the newsletter and don't forget to tell your friends to subscribe. You can forward your ideas to steve@hightechaid.com. No part of the newsletter may be reproduced without written permission. No liability is accepted for any action arising from the contents of the newsletter; readers are advised to seek professional opinion on the use of any products described. Opinions expressed in any article by an outside contributor are not necessarily endorsed by the publishers of the newsletter. Unsubscribe: See the link at the bottom of the page. |
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