RFID
Academia offers RFID training and certification across Canada
Submitted by nestorb on Sun, 2006-12-03 17:58. Academia has set up a cross-country calendar which includes courses in Vancouver , Calgary , Toronto , Ottawa , Quebec City, Saint-John, Halifax and of course at their head-office, which includes a classroom and state-of-the-art RFID lab, in Montreal.
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Reltronics’ SmartInstrument Supports Active and Passive RFID Readers
Submitted by nestorb on Thu, 2006-11-30 13:43. SmartInstrument is a middleware that resides between the RFID readers and the end-user applications interpreting messages from the readers and providing a common file or database for the end-user application to communicate with...
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Texas Instruments Rolls Out SDR Development Platform
Submitted by nestorb on Sun, 2006-11-19 19:56. "SDR is an emerging technology that has been historically constrained by its inherent complex signal processing requirements. With the SDR Development Platform, developers can now harness the performance and efficiency of TI's TMS320DM644x device to overcome those traditional barriers,"
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Smart Dust Innovator Targets RFID
Submitted by nestorb on Mon, 2006-11-06 20:50. "The sound bite on RFID is that most people think it's going to tell them where their stuff is at all the time. In fact, what RFID does is tell you where your stuff was the last time it went through a reader successfully,"
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Semiconductor Memories and MEMS Serve as Potential 'Killer' Applications for SOI
Submitted by nestorb on Tue, 2006-10-31 20:51. Emerging applications such as capacitor-less memory, electronics for by-wire technology, bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS), radio frequency identification (RFID) and micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) expect to increase demand for SOI wafers in near future.
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Confidex' Steelwave Gen2 RFID Tag Steals a March on Labels
Submitted by nestorb on Mon, 2006-10-30 08:08. The 45x32x6 mm (1.8x1.3x0.23 inches) RFID tag from Confidex is coated in a synthetic film and is attached to metal objects using an adhesive, already applied to the synthetic film. When attached to metal objects, such as containers, trays and electrical equipment, it has read range of four to six meters...
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New RFID Sensor Network to monitor BUSHFIRE & WILDFIRE Ignitions.
Submitted by nestorb on Mon, 2006-10-30 07:49. The tiny TPX-VRF sensor will allow firelighters to respond to fires faster than ever, it is the first real time early warning fire mapping solution available and it will reduce the impact and spread of bushfires on communities.
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RFID Tag suits indoor asset tracking applications.
Submitted by nestorb on Sat, 2006-10-28 23:27. Transponder features IP40 casing and operates at frequencies between 865-868 MHz or 902-928 MHz. Unit is suited for tracking parts in assembly lines, locating components in warehouses, and safeguarding valuable assets via RFID-based surveillance.
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New RFID sensor network to reduce power outages.
Submitted by nestorb on Mon, 2006-10-23 18:52. For Victoria’s energy suppliers, this represents the first full time condition based monitoring tool beyond infrared thermographic imaging available to monitor the millions of the seemingly redundant power poles, cables, insulators, fuses and transformers that form the backbone of the energy network...
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Babush and RedPrairie jointly opens RFID technology centre
Submitted by nestorb on Sat, 2006-10-21 11:26. Companies can learn about and test the functionality in the newly opened Babush and RedPrairie joint RFID technology centre, where working RFID automation components have been installed to support real world business processes. Located in Milwaukee, USA, this large scale 1,000 square-metre centre will provide visitors hands-on experience to better understand the components required to install a...
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