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Tracking Vehicles: Good to Go

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 18th, 2007

Millions of drivers crossing the new Tacoma Narrows bridge in Washington State will leave a record that could be available for nearly a decade, reports the Tacoma News Tribune. A series of cameras will snap 24 photos of the vehicle, detailing the date and time of each trip when a driver uses the Good to [...]

RFID Tracking via Dutch Umbrella

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 8th, 2007

The RF-ID Weblog says RFID umbrellas are a hot property in Philadelphia. It’s an experiment in mobile advertising. Dutch Umbrella is selling advertising spots on umbrellas to shopkeepers and restaurateurs in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia. RFID tracks their movement and location.
t’s the brainchild of Joe Carlson, a bartender who wanted to help rain-drenched patrons [...]

WiFi & WiMAX Will Dominate Machine-to-Machine

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 29th, 2007

“Municipal Wi-Fi and WiMAX will challenge 3G cellular technology in machine-to-machine communications for many applications and in many locales,” said Sam Lucero, a senior analyst at ABI Research and author of the report.
Third-generation networks are expected to capture only 30 percent of the “M2M” communications market by 2012, predicts ABI Research.
“Some think that [...]

Indy Unwired

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 28th, 2007

Jean Girard: My husband Gregory and I want what any couple wants. To retire to Stockholm and develop a currency for dogs and cats to use. — Ballad of Ricky Bobby

The 2007 Indianapolis 500 yesterday (wikipedia), was broadcast in high definition for the first time. ABC Sports used All Mobile Video gear consisting of [...]

Active ID & Temperature: On the Road

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 17th, 2007

AeroScout, a pioneer of Active RFID asset tracking over standard Wi-Fi networks, and DHL today announced a partnership to track pharmaceutical products throughout the supply chain using Wi-Fi-based Active RFID.
Real-time visibility of the location and temperature of the pharmaceutical shipments is enabled. A web browser linked to the Microlise Transport Management Centre software enables [...]

Leahy: Real-ID is Dangerous

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 8th, 2007

Opposition is growing to a forthcoming digital ID card, reports C/Net, but it may be too late to make sweeping changes to the controversial identification requirements.
During a congressional hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Patrick Leahy, who heads the influential Senate Judiciary committee, savaged the Real ID Act as an unwarranted intrusion — saying Real ID [...]

RFID Live 2007

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 30th, 2007

RFID Journal LIVE! 2007, produced by RFID Journal, runs April 30 to May 2, 2007 in Orlando.

You can hear from the top industry leaders in a comprehensive RFID agenda.
Learn the benefits of RFID in Retail/CPG, Health Care/Pharma, Aerospace/Defense, Manufacturing and Transportation/ Logistics.
Industry solutions and demos will be featured from RFID vendors along with the [...]

Identity Theft Plan

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 24th, 2007

The President’s Identity Theft Task Force Strategic Plan to combat identity theft was released yesterday (pdf). The strategic plan is the end result of a joint effort by a 17-agency task force, co-chaired by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FTC Chairman Deborah Majoras, to formulate a comprehensive and fully coordinated plan to attack this widespread [...]

Tracking the Boston Marathon

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 16th, 2007

Today’s Boston Marathon, run by Boston Athletic Association had some 23,500 athletes, equipped with Champion Chip RFID tags so family and friends could monitor their progress online.

Robert Cheruiyot won the Boston Marathon for the third time Monday, defending his title in the remnants of a soaking nor’easter to bring Kenya its 15th victory in [...]

Tracking Hazardous Materials — & The Iditarod

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 12th, 2007

Oregon has difficulty keeping track of local hazardous-materials incident response plans says the Statesman Journal

Twenty years after a federal act required communities to prepare for hazardous-materials disasters and to inform the public about them, state officials do not have an overall grasp of how communities have responded.
“They never really could get a handle on how [...]