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From the Editor's Desk
As we get further in to 2013, we are seeing a change from last year and at last there seems to be an interest in companies investing in technology again. Here at High Tech Aid, the long dark tunnel is at last starting to show signs of a light at the end. Of course we all hope it is not that proverbial train, but the fact that there seems to be progress is a good thing. If you or your company needs consulting help in the world of AIDC, then drop me a note and let's chat. High Tech Aid provides consulting on a variety of areas associated with AIDC.
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news@hightechaid.com. Technology News Briefs RFID Standards Work continues with a new work item to add an active RFID air interface to ISO/IEC 18000-4 as Mode 3 added to the work plan. We are also at the DIS ballot stage for ISO/IEC 18000-7. Now that all of the ISO/IEC 18000-6x series if UHF air interface standards are published, the workgroup is looking at a revision to 18000-63 to incorporate all of the changes created by GS1 EPCglobal on the new Gen2 V2 specification. The work in GS1 is now complete and as soon as they have finished their IP review process, the document will be made available to ISO to add into 18000-63.
Along with this work, WG 7 in SC 31 is moving ahead to create the
crypto suites to allow secure use of RFID tags. Several of the parts
of 29167 are now in CD ballot and hopefully we are starting to see
the progress needed in this area. 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 Student Suspended forRefusing to Wear RFID Tracker Loses Lawsuit http://goo.gl/Hi1Mf ODIN RFID Acquired by Quake Global http://j.mp/SkEp4X Meet Your Interactive Swiss Sommelier http://goo.gl/GnWsO A $1 Billion Project To Remake The Disney World Experience, Using RFID http://goo.gl/ivLSP Global Chipless RFID Market 2011-2015 - Research and Markets http://goo.gl/gWBeZ Identifying UHF RFID tag design weaknesses http://goo.gl/8oP3s Sony patent for RFID Blu-ray disk content lock revealed http://goo.gl/myo19 Has 2012 been The year of realisation for RFID? http://goo.gl/ENkUP RFID Tracks Cattle From Field to Fork http://goo.gl/sy5Y9 VeriTeQ 's FDA-cleared implantable microchips Identify implanted medical devices http://www.veriteqcorp.com/medical_device_id.html APM Terminals Callao Installs World’s First RFID Port Safety Technology for Yard Equipment http://goo.gl/aIGKs The Three I's of M2M What's Most Impacting, Imperative and Influential Today http://goo.gl/U7YXC Pinning a number to Smart grid's efficiency gains http://goo.gl/lTje1 The need for Intelligent reusable transport items http://goo.gl/fozuM Ofcom mulls dishing out a world of hertz For RFID tags, radio cars http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/24/ofcom_srd/ 10 ways to make The Internet of Things pay off http://goo.gl/mrRzc 5 Connected Objects To Smarten Up Your Home http://mashable.com/2013/01/20/smart-home/ NFC Is The Future Of Transferring Information And Not Just For Mobile Payments http://goo.gl/SZG4g JC Penney Backs Off RFID Rollout Pace http://goo.gl/kz6jM RFID: from marginal to mainstream The tipping point for RFID adoption http://goo.gl/8rYVP Disney CEO rips "ill-informed" Markey Over "MagicBands" criticism http://ht.ly/hhEFI Obituary For: Clinton Hartmann http://goo.gl/zGOyh Japan Heats Up with New RF Regulations http://www.impinj.com/blog/japan-heats-up-with-new-rf-regulations/ The wireless spectrum crunch Illustrated http://goo.gl/6VWWO RFID And Privacy http://www.tersosolutions.com/%20rfidprivacy Senator Files RFID Ban Bill http://goo.gl/SWb4b internet of things America has plenty ofWireless spectrum http://goo.gl/2Tgrw NXP, Cisco Invest in automotive wireless start up http://goo.gl/YRiWm Internet of Things Technology trends http://www.threewill.com/2012/12/internet-of-things/ CES 2013: Connected Devices and the Internet of Things http://goo.gl/qjH2Q BBC News The internet's next big frontier http://goo.gl/pr9hp Quantified Self And the Internet of Things http://goo.gl/RRRDN Qualcomm & AT&T Look To Accelerate The Internet Of Things http://goo.gl/lqs32 How Many Things Are Currently Connected To The "Internet of Things" (IoT)? http://goo.gl/xH0jY Smart Energy @ Home A project that lives by data http://goo.gl/rMH5c Ten Companies (Including Logitech) Team Up To Create The Internet Of Things Consortium http://goo.gl/P3em2 Internet of Things Networks Technology WLAN Market Analysis http://goo.gl/cjS9z Fitbit Flex Hands-on at CES 2013 (video) http://goo.gl/3UcRD Postscapes Internet of Things Winners http://goo.gl/424z6 'Internet of things' Creates data dilemmas http://goo.gl/eGDT9 Samsung at 2013CES: Connect all the things! http://goo.gl/bO7H7 AIM’s Internet of Things Committee Publishes White Papers http://goo.gl/mZ86e Yes, it does matter that Samsung announced an Evernote-equipped refrigerator http://goo.gl/10kVb M2M and the Internet of Things: How secure is it? http://goo.gl/hl8Yv The business benefits of Machine to machine http://goo.gl/ylKR8 CES: Visions for ‘Internet of Things’ http://goo.gl/3ehly CES Serves as Launch Pad For Internet of Things Consortium http://goo.gl/jKJkJ The Industrial Internet of Things http://goo.gl/IrYdf The Internet Of Things Is Cool But Cool Doesn’t Count http://goo.gl/brxP7 Smart Grid Policy Trends To Watch in 2013 http://goo.gl/4Fmbx Fifty billion internet nodes Predicted by 2020 http://bit.ly/WtcKdd M2M and the Internet of Things: A guide http://goo.gl/OhTUc Allure automates homes With NFC http://goo.gl/5fNqv RFID embeds itself At Consumer Electronics Show http://goo.gl/agDao The Executive's Guide to The Internet of Things (free ebook) http://goo.gl/4c3g0 Ten Predictions for M2M in 2013 http://goo.gl/HePqS CES 2013: The 'internet of things' opens up huge possibilities for retailers http://www.thedrum.com/node/100409 Smart appliances Help run your household http://goo.gl/JI5q4 The Internet of Things: Sizing up the business opportunities http://goo.gl/675Ct 71 percent say M2M is about developing new business opportunities http://goo.gl/trlSJ Directory: M2M vendors in the US http://goo.gl/gh4Aa Google And Berg Team Up To Create An Internet Of Things http://goo.gl/kJJej The Future of Connected Devices http://goo.gl/4El4C
Books Here is a selection to review: Boswarthick, David, Omar Elloumi, and Olivier Hersent. M2M Communications: A Systems Approach. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.: Wiley, 2012. Print. Click Here Brown, Stephen A. Revolution at the Checkout Counter. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1997. Print. Click Here 
Chaouchi, Hakima. The Internet of Things: Connecting Objects to the Web. London: ISTE, 2010. Print. Click Here Chirillo, John, and Scott Blaul. Implementing Biometric Security. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Pub., 2003. Print. Click Here 
Cooney, Elaine M. RFID+: The Complete Review of Radio Frequency Identification. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Delmar Learning, 2006. Print. Click Here 
Dobkin, Daniel Mark. The RF in RFID: UHF RFID in Practice. Oxford: Newnes, 2012. Print. Click Here 
Heinrich, Claus E. RFID and Beyond: Growing Your Business through Real World Awareness. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley, 2005. Print. Click Here 
Hersent, Olivier, David Boswarthick, and Omar Elloumi. The Internet of Things: Key Applications and Protocols. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley, 2012. Print. Click Here Jain, Anil K., Patrick Flynn, and Arun A. Ross. Handbook of Biometrics. New York: Springer, 2008. Print. Click Here 
Lucas, Peter, Joe Ballay, and Michael McManus. Trillions: Thriving in the Emerging Information Ecology. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2012. Print. Click Here 
Maltoni, Davide. Handbook of Fingerprint Recognition. New York: Springer, 2009. Print. Click Here Miles, Stephen B., Sanjay E. Sarma, and John R. Williams. RFID Technology and Applications. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2010. Print. Click Here 
Nanavati, Samir, Michael Thieme, and Raj Nanavati. Biometrics: Identity Verification in a Networked World. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. Print. Click Here 
Plunkett, Jack W. Plunkett's Wireless, Wi-Fi, RFID & Cellular Industry Almanac 2013. N.p.: Plunkett Research, 2012. Print. Click Here 
Roussos, George. Networked RFID: Systems, Software and Services. London: Springer, 2008. Print. Click Here 
Symonds, Judith, John Ayoade, and Dave Parry. Auto-identification and Ubiquitous Computing Applications: RFID and Smart Technologies for Information Convergence. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, 2009. Print. Click Here 
Uckelmann, Dieter, Mark Harrison, and Florian Michahelles. Architecting the Internet of Things. Berlin: Springer, 2011. Print. Click Here Vacca, John R. Biometric Technologies and Verification Systems. Amsterdam: Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, 2007. Print. Click Here 
Woodward, John D., Nicholas M. Orlans, and Peter T. Higgins. Biometrics. New York: McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2003. Print. Click Here 
NFC Where NFC Would Make Sense http://goo.gl/lS4i0 NFC security monitoring solution Launches in Tonga http://goo.gl/bG7UN NFC’s Future: Cost Vs. Security http://goo.gl/uRJpY CES 2013: LG’s Smart Appliances Use NFC to Communicate http://goo.gl/OXjg1 http://goo.gl/J3pcy CES 2013: Predicting NFC in all its glory http://goo.gl/tDkVZ NFC On All iPhones With The New Cover By Incipio http://goo.gl/c4NG3 NFC is Now For ConsumersMobile Technology http://goo.gl/0h1Ch US Bank launches iPhone NFC payments service http://goo.gl/0E1hd iPhone 4 And 4S Get NFC-Enabled Case For Mobile Payments With U.S. Bank http://goo.gl/Z2jAi The Seven Most Investable Technology Trends of 2013 http://goo.gl/HnNtU NFC Forum introduces Special interest groups for vertical markets http://goo.gl/0LqpP MediaTek launches NFC controller That can support three secure elements http://goo.gl/V3iaJ How to use NFC http://goo.gl/li8c2 Think&Go Upgrades NFC Shopping system http://goo.gl/6FLGV Tough year ahead for NFC As retail payments diversify http://goo.gl/kZzuT What is NFC And why is it in your phone? http://goo.gl/NI8hQ RIM gains approval from Visa For NFC payments http://goo.gl/vFTMg Visa Europe forecasts Breakout year for NFC http://goo.gl/jaVhC NFC and EMV payments Need to co-exist http://goo.gl/sk9Gy NFC becomes thinner than paper Thanks to Smartrac http://goo.gl/OMC39 Unique ideas for NFC tags http://www.appzrev.com/unique-ideas-for-nfc-tags/ Exploring the wireless world Of NFC http://goo.gl/6PjkR NFC Changing the Loyalty Landscape http://goo.gl/DH3Te Mobile Commerce - Barcodes The most brilliantQR code we've seen http://goo.gl/u50jx The Brazilian Bar Code http://www.weareholidays.co.in/travelnews/brazilian-bar-code/ QR codes get new standards In mobile commerce http://goo.gl/eIT4O QR code made out of umbrellas Breaks world record http://goo.gl/x5gSk
Biometrics From U.S. Army for tactical biometric collection http://goo.gl/Xjf4S Biometrics projected to cut Bank operational risks by 20 percent http://goo.gl/V6ND5 11 Body Parts Defense Researchers Will Use To Track You http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/01/biometrics/ ID 2012 e-YearbookSmart Card Alliance http://www.smartcardalliance.org/pages/publications-2012-e-yearbook Healthcare and Life Sciences Is Telehealth Patient MonitoringConsidered Big Brother? http://goo.gl/MA9s8 FCC channels up to $400 million To build out telehealth networks http://goo.gl/NHN5N Can Medical Devices and RFID Peacefully Coexist? http://tinyurl.com/75svyxo Medical Device Susceptibility To RFID Interference http://goo.gl/meLzI Nearly Three Million Patients Remote Monitored http://goo.gl/o9v6E Wireless Pillbox Sends You Text Message Alerts http://goo.gl/NYV1N Healthcare You Can Wear http://goo.gl/mr5gB RTLS VA deploys millions of sensorsTo track, well, everything http://goo.gl/5RYI7 Moscow State University Hospital Selects Ekahau RTLS http://goo.gl/2VxCp
Bar Code Bar-Code Deal http://goo.gl/b6ger Accusoft Releases Barcode Xpress v9 with New GS1 D http://goo.gl/rdOdr The Patent Troll You Don't Read About In Bar-Code Inventor's Obituaries http://goo.gl/PdKam General NXP plans to cut700 to 900 jobs worldwide http://goo.gl/jiHWx |
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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:
AIM's Internet of Things Committee Publishes White Papers Healthcare and Department of Defense Documents Available Online http://www.aimglobal.org/new s/113155/AIMs-Internet-of-Things-Committee-Publishes-White-Papers.htm AIM Announces New Chairs for Technical Committees Dan Kimball, Clive Hohberger and Rich Vossel to Serve http://www.aimglobal.org/news /113447/AIM-Announces-New-Chairs-for-Technical-Committees.htm New DENSO BHT-1200 Series 1-D and 2-D Handheld Wireless Barcode Terminals LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- DENSO ADC, the Americas sales arm of DENSO Wave Incorporated, inventor of the QR Code®, announced its new BHT-1200 Series of 1-D and 2-D handheld wireless barcode terminals. http://www.businesswire.com/ news/home/20130115005631/en Honeywell Selects TegoView™ to Deploy Its High Memory RFID Parts Tagging Program http://campaign.r20.constantc ontact.com/render?llr=u7f8yfkab&v=001w_-M_3FUdLenNHDwagD9ba16903-MtnI0UQdnYQl_DmodrH2K6vvO eGaQrzqdw6CT3VOE3a0b9uRYM _KnyMbwHjr32wlz0hssfDfSSVhrB HKU6eCroZqUw%3D%3D SMARTRAC Complements PVC UHF Pre-Laminate Product Range Amsterdam, January 31, 2013 – SMARTRAC N.V., the leading developer, manufacturer, and supplier of RFID transponders and inlays, has complemented its range of PVC pre-laminates in the UHF frequency range. http://www.smartrac-group.com/en/media-relations-news-archive-2013.php?type=pm&id=410&year=2013 CEO Futurist and Mobile Innovation Expert Patrick Meyer and SMARTRAC Launch First-Ever NFC Chronicle at Mobile World Congress 2013 SMARTRAC N.V., the leading developer, manufacturer, and supplier of RFID transponders and inlays, today announced the launch of the very first NFC-empowered chronicle at Mobile World Congress 2013 together with mobile innovation expert and author Patrick Meyer. http://www.smartrac-group.com/en/media-relations-news-archive-2013.php?type=pm&id=413&year=2013 Marks & Spencer Expands RFID Program with Avery Dennison NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2013-- At the NRF 102nd Annual Convention & EXPO, Avery Dennison today announced an expansion of its nine-year RFID supply partnership with Marks & Spencer PLC (M&S), a leading U.K.-based apparel and food retailer. http://goo.gl/ckzMj Kapsch TrafficCom Tops ABI Research’s Intelligent Transportation Systems Competitive Assessment; Siemens and Hitachi Ending Second and Third London, United Kingdom - 22 Jan 2013 Kapsch TrafficCom ranks first in ABI Research’ Intelligent Transportation Systems vendor Competitive Assessment, performing strongly across hardware, software, and solutions and excelling in toll collect and road use charging, traffic data, monitoring, and management, road and vehicle safety systems, and hardware. http://goo.gl/gjK1m Verizon Joins M2M Evolution Conference & Expo as Platinum Sponsor NORWALK, Conn. - January 22, 2013 - TMC (News - Alert) and Crossfire Media today announced that Verizon has signed on to become a Platinum Sponsor of the M2M Evolution Conference & Expo, set for January 29 - February 1, 2013, at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, Florida. M2M Evolution is collocated with ITEXPO, one of the world's largest and best-attended communications and technology trade shows. http://news.tmcnet.com/new s/2013/01/22/6869263.htm NXP's MIFARE DESFire Selected To Support Vancouver's Green City Plan January 28, 2013 New MIFARE-based electronic ticketing system deployed to encourage the use of public transportation http://goo.gl/Rs5Ye Savi Technology Announces New, Expanded Roles for Key Executives Additions to Management Team ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Savi Technology today announced a series of executive promotions – four vice presidents – reflective of the company’s commitment to build and maintain a strong and dynamic management team. http://goo.gl/ZJ4U3 Trends in Intelligent Buildings 2013 Date: 08 January 2013 IMS Research (now part of IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS)), has recently released its annual intelligent building trends for the year ahead white paper. http://goo.gl/aIfn0 NXP Connects the Smart, Energy-Efficient Home With ZigBee and JenNet-IP JN516x Wireless Microcontrollers and Evaluation Kit Now Available http://goo.gl/8HWNy MegaMatcher Accelerator 5.0 Solution Provides High Speed, High Volume Biometric Fingerprint and Iris Identification for National-scale Projects Latest Software and Hardware Multi-biometric Solution from Neurotechnology Provides Even Higher Accuracy, Flexibility and Versatility for Large-scale Identification http://goo.gl/sJuUr Global Near Field Communication Chip Market 2011-2015 New Report Naperville, IL -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/04/2013 -- Analysts forecast the Global Near Field Communication (NFC) chip market to grow at a CAGR of 135.63 percent over the period 2011-2015. http://goo.gl/gzCkS The Final Comment
We always try to find something to keep away those boring evenings while
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How to understand Your best friends http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=GbycvPwr1Wg&featu re=player_embedded Eight bits of animal lore Contradicted http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=F9-iSl_eg5U&feature=play er_embedded Pursuit of high-risk happiness Via surfboard http://goo.gl/udLqm Fall Foliage Web cams http://www.earthcam.com/ev ents/fallcams/ Multi-tasking: Test both sides of your brain at once http://dawnofplay.com/twinoo/ play "Bear" with him: Great stick juggling (Flixxy) http://www.flixxy.com/bear-stick.htm Find The people http://www.askix.com/ava v/zoi_missing_people.htm Great new stereograms Can you see the 3D? http://www.colorstereo.c om/archtech.gal/arch_d ir.htmGallery Most Amazing Wingsuit Flying. Basejumpers wearing wingsuits fly inches from the walls of mountains. http://www.flixxy.com/wingsuit-flying.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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