The Internet Engineering Task Force has kicked off a new effort that could deliver a key building block for wireless sensor networks, says EE Times. The Routing Over Low-power and Lossy Networks (ROLL) group aims to define a standard for Internet Protocol as early as next summer.
Sensor networks may be the next big thing. Companies [...]
Skyhook Wireless, a provider of the Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS), today released MyLoki, a new location sharing service that feeds your Loki location to personal blogs and social networking sites like Facebook.
Real time location broadcasting, says Loki, allows you to connect with friends, meet new people, and to explore with those who travel in similar [...]
Oh, my. Are one billion RFID cards now at risk due to the Mifare Classic’s broken encryption, asks Engadget.
A new report says that the RFID system can be broken in minutes using a typical PC. They’ve also listed other now-potentially-vulnerable Mifare RFID implementations.
Criminals can use the hack to clone cards that use the Mifare [...]
Nike and Apple today announced an expansion of their Nike + iPod collaboration. Originally the system stored data from your Nike shoes to your iPod. Now, the companies will include cardio workout equipment.
The two companies are working with gym equipment manufacturers to add an iPod nano dock to treadmills, stair climbers, and stationary bikes. [...]
I used to have this professor at Oxford, okay? Doctor Wickham, his name was and he was, like, this massive fat guy, you know? Huge, big guy. We used to call him - you know, well, I won’t tell you what we used to call him, but he taught biomolecular kinetics and cellular dynamics. And [...]
Today, AeroScout announced a series of partnerships and new software that let organizations use multiple real-time location system (RTLS) technologies in a single system. It integrates Wi-Fi Active RFID, with Ultra Wideband and Passive RFID.
AeroScout has been a leader in Wi-Fi-based Active RFID tracking. Their new products feature integration between Wi-Fi Active RFID, Passive RFID [...]
Security advocates warn “vicinity-read” RFID technology threatens passport holders’ privacy, notes E-Week.
On January 31, 2008, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers will stop taking verbal declarations of citizenship from U.S., Canadian, or Bermudian travelers as proof of citizenship. The new RF-ID passports will be available to U.S. citizens by this spring. They will cost [...]
Harris Stratex Networks announced that the Oregon’s Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission has selected Harris Constellation radios to support the state’s communications and public-safety backbone network. The solution includes hand-held radios, multiplexers, antennas, waveguides and turnkey services. Harris Stratex is the largest supplier of microwave systems in North America.
The new network will be used [...]
GainSpan, a Wi-Fi sensor company, today unveiled an ultra low power wireless sensor network that utilizes Wi-Fi. GainSpan’s semiconductor and software solutions are said to deliver the benefits of Wi-Fi with 5-10 years of battery life for applications like temperature and condition monitoring of industrial equipment.
The GainSpan GS1010 SoC is an ultra low-power System-on-a-Chip (SoC) [...]
Chief: There’s no telling where they’ll be able to infiltrate next. May be even the Pentagon.
Maxwell Smart: You’re right, Chief. But even if they do get a man into the Pentagon, that’s not saying he’ll be able to get out. I remember one of our own agents was lost in there for three days.
Chief: Three [...]
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