HighTechAIDCourier November 2010

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November 2010

From the Editor's Desk

Steve Halliday Welcome to the latest issue of the High Tech AIDCourier.

I'm delighted to announce that I've been awarded the Richard R. Dilling award. I've seen individuals win it over the years who are visionaries, mentors, and, I'm proud to say, my friends. What an honor and surprise for this to be given to me. Thank you to AIM and all those involved. You can read more about this award from AIM on their page at http://www.aimglobal.org/aboutaim/awards.asp.

This month I attended and presented at the AIM Expo, a new trade show/conference that covers all the aspects of our industry. The show was small but had a great assortment of vendors. RFID attendance was thin, but other aspects were well represented. The conference side was great. The sessions I attended were well given on good topics, though the attendance at some was not high. My sessions both went well; even the standards discussion brought some good questions.

If you are interested in RFID things you can follow my tweets at @RFIDMan.

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Technology News Briefs

RFID Standards

This month has been slow for standards work. ISO/IEC 15961 and 15962 are gradually progressing through their Comment Resolution Meetings. Looks like the comments may be finished before the end of the year.

ISO/IEC 18000-6 still has not been published with the new work on standardized sensor and battery assist techniques. The document is at ISO being converted into the final document. However, a new work item to break this 467 page monster into useable pieces has passed the NP ballot and work is starting on the project.

ISO/IEC/JTC 1/SC 31/WG 7 will meet later this month to work more on ISO/IEC 29167 Security and File Management for RFID.

The new home for RFID Standards is up and running. You can visit http://www.understandRFIDstandards.com for an ongoing update on what is happening in standards.. Don't forget to sign up for the occasional email about important events/happening in this arena.

If you want more information on ISO standardization or on any issue of RFID standardization, then email steve@hightechaid.com.

Radio Frequency Identification

Special Report:
Top 20 automatic data capture (ADC) suppliers
http://www.mmh.com/article/top20suppliers/

Sales of Tags
ICs Reach Record Levels
http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/7952

GSI Issues New Guidelines
For RFID Pallet Tagging
http://www.scdigest.com/ASSETS/ON_TARGET/10-09-30-1.PHP?cid=3785&ctype=content

RFID firm ThingMagic
Sold to California-based Trimble
http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2010/10/25/daily3-RFID-firm-ThingMagic-sold-to-California-based-Trimble.html

French government funds
Twelve more NFC and RFID projects
http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/2010/07/14/34127/french-government-funds-twelve-more-nfc-and-rfid-projects/

Retailers and manufacturers announce joint effort
To advance use of item-level RFID
http://www.mmh.com/article/rfid_retailers_and_manufacturers_announce_joint_effort_to_advan
ce_use_of_it/

1 Million Vertical Feet in First Hour
Powered by RFID
http://blog.odintechnologies.com/odin-rfid-blog/bid/54535/1-Million-Vertical-Feet-in-First-Hour-powered-by-RFID?source=BlogTwitter_[1%20Million%20Vertical%20F]
http://blog.odintechnologies.com/odin-rfid-blog/bid/54592/An-Epic-Day-for-Vail-RFID-and-ODIN?source=BlogTwitter_[An%20Epic%20Day%20for%20Vail]

Invengo Technology
To Raise 817.7M Yuan
http://www.capitalvue.com/home/CE-news/inset/@10063/post/1242191

TransCore's interoperable RFID system
Chosen by Argentina's largest toll concessionaire
http://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news.php?NewsID=25922

Mojix STAR System
Achieves New Benchmark for RFID Performance
http://newsblaze.com/story/2010110305043900002.bw/topstory.html

Motorola Aims RFID Handheld
At Business Operations
http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/virtual/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=228200053&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All

Savi Challenges You
To Imagine The Best Wireless Applications
http://www.wirelessdesignonline.com/article.mvc/Savi-Challenges-You-To-Imagine-The-Best-00
01?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a&VNETCOOKIE=NO

RFID technology
Boosts asset control
http://www.mmh.com/article/rfid_technology_boosts_asset_control/

RFID
Is back
http://www.mmh.com/article/mobility_rfid_reset

How RFID Tags
Can Improve Efficiency
http://articles-on-computer-technology.info/how-rfid-tags-can-improve-efficiency/

Qantas Signs
Four-Year Deal with Unisys
http://uk.sys-con.com/node/1582488

Has it all gone wrong
For RFID?
http://www.supplychainstandard.com/Articles/3196/Has+it+all+gone+wrong+for+RFID.html

Santa Fe uses
Radio frequency tracking badges
http://galvestondailynews.com/story/184174

RFID Technology Making Big Impact
In The Hospital Laundry Sector
http://www.rfidsolutionsonline.com/article.mvc/RFID-Technology-Making-Big-Impact-In-The-0001?VNETCOOKIE=NO

Petrobras Opts for RFID
To Track Drill Pipe
http://frackdesigns.com/petrobras-opts-for-rfid-to-track-drill-pipe

Impinj
Riding Wave of RFID Resurgence
http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2010/10/13/impinj-riding-wave-of-rfid-resurgence-looks-to-do
uble-sales-add-20-employees/

Schools track kids
By using ID badges
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/101110dntextrackingDev
ices.49e3d6a.html

RFID Tag Cost
On the Rise?
http://blog.odintechnologies.com/odin-rfid-blog/bid/54853/RFID-Tag-Cost-on-the-Rise

internet of things

Mobile Commerce

Mobile Barcode Scans
Up 700%
http://dash7.org/blog/?p=1744&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

The "Square"
From Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey
http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/10-10-12-4.php?cid=3812&ctype=content

Bling Nation
Rocks Near Field Communications
http://www.dailywireless.org/2010/10/27/bling-nfc-arrives-in-u-s/

Japanese company
Makes $25 NFC device
http://www.intomobile.com/2010/10/26/nfc-device/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IntoMobile+%28IntoMobile%29

New report
Identifies the latest thinking on NFC business models
http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/2010/10/25/34799/nfc-business-models-research-report/

STMicroelectronics reports
NFC design wins from major handset manufacturers
http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/2010/10/29/34821/stmicroelectronics-reports-
nfc-design-wins-from-major-handset-manufacturers/

Smartphone app
Puts you beyond bar code
http://www.indianagazette.com/articles/2010/10/29/b_entertainment/doc4cc9886a7cb2a54
9108125.txt

More Than 2 Billion
Microsoft Tags Printed
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2010/10/more_than_2_billion_microsoft_tags_printe
d.html

Testing bar code technology
With smart phones
http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N48/barcode.html

That's A Cool Trick:
QR Codes Useful, Fun
http://www.saukvalley.com/blogs/simplydigital/

Quick Response codes
Are smartphone hyperlinks
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/10/15/champions_sun/news/102010_qr_codes_ch.txt

RedLaser
Now Scans QR Codes
http://mashable.com/2010/10/14/redlaser-qr-codes/

Biometrics

School buses
Test fingerprint scan
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/surveillance/2010-10-29-1Aschoolbusfingerprints29_ST_N
.htm?csp=34tech&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usatoday-TechTopStories+%28Tech+-+Top+Stories%29

How to avoid fraud
In biometric identification
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101025090104.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29

Use of Iris Recognition technology
In the Biometric ATM
http://www.2articles.com/story/use-iris-recognition-technology-biometric-atm

Healthcare and Life Sciences

No Sponge Left Behind
M2M technology
http://www.connectedworldmag.com/latestNews.aspx?id=NEWS101029095632333

Use RFID
To improve patient care and processes
http://www2.healthmgttech.com/enews/2010_November/02_November/Thingmagic.htm

Global Market
For RFID in Healthcare
http://blogs.zebra.com/blog/bid/44899/Global-Market-for-RFID-in-Healthcare

rtls

AeroScout
Secure another $16M in funding
http://www.techcrunchit.com/2010/11/04/aeroscout-raises-16-million-for-real-time-location-technology/

Miniature tracking chip
Features high accuracy
http://www.theengineer.co.uk/video/miniature-tracking-chip-features-high-accuracy/1005718.article

Privacy

Settling Some RFID Rumors
Privacy seems to be ratcheting to the top of people�s mind.
http://www.rfidsb.com/rfid-street-your-weekly-inside-scoop-rfid/757-settling-some-rfid-rumors.html
http://www.rfidsb.com/rfid-street-your-weekly-inside-scoop-rfid/759-facts-rfid-citizen-privacy.html

Bar Code

RFID or Barcodes
Which Are Better for Small Businesses?
http://smallbiztrends.com/2010/10/rfid-or-barcodes-which-are-better-for-small-businesses.html

2D Barcodes
Affecting Mobile Marketing
http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2010/10/22/2d-barcodes-affec
ting-mobile-marketing.aspx?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

Wireless

Ten Wireless Standards
IEEE 802.15.4, Zigbee, and DASH7
http://dash7.org/blog/?p=1766&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Connect Any Wi-Fi Device
To Any Other Wi-Fi Device with Wi-Fi Direct
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20101025/tc_mashable/connect_any_wifi_device_to_any_o
ther_wifi_device_with_wifi_direct_1

FCC:
Wireless spectrum shortage coming
http://www.itnews.com/broadband/24155/fcc-wireless-spectrum-shortage-coming

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Press Releases

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:

Steve Halliday, president of High Tech Aid receives the Richard R. Dilling Award
2010 recipient of AIDC industry's highest award.
PITTSBURGH, November 9, 2010, - High Tech Aid announced today that Steve Halliday was awarded the Richard R. Dilling award at the industry association's annual meetings last week.
http://www.hightechaid.com
/press/hta_pr4.htm

Automatic ID Industry Honors Excellence at 2010 AIM Expo
Four Individuals Recognized for Outstanding Contributions
http://www.aimglobal.org/me
mbers/news/templates/temp
late.aspx?articleid=3797&zon
eid=1

DHL chooses Datalogic technology for its package sorting hub at Cincinnati airport!
Bologna, 28th October 2010 - Datalogic Group, through its subsidiary Datalogic Automation, will provide DHL with the technological solutions for sorting parcels c/o the "DHL Express" Hub of the International airport of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky (CVG).
http://www.datalogic.com/D
HL+chooses+Datalogic+techn
ology+for+its+package+sortin
g+hub+at+Cincinnati+airport!_nws_idnws503_eng.aspx

Learn RFID for Free from ODIN, new video and educational resource
Author of RFID for Dummies and RFID Benchmark Series^TM consolidate educational information into a free, easy to navigate site
http://www.odintechnologies.
com/index.php?option=com_content&view=a
rticle&id=278

Impinj Appoints Evan Fein as Chief Financial Officer
SEATTLE, WA, Nov 04, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Leading UHF Gen 2 radio frequency identification (RFID) technology provider Impinj, Inc. today announced the appointment of Evan Fein to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.
http://www.impinj.com/News
_and_Events/Press_Releases/
Recent_Press_Releases/Impin
j_Appoints_Evan_Fein_as_Chi
ef_Financial_Officer.aspx

TegoChip(TM) Powers New Marubeni RFID Tags
Marubeni Chemix TAGAT(TM) Tags With High Memory TegoChip Inside Available Worldwide Now for Broad Range of Harsh Industrial Applications
WALTHAM, MA, Nov 09, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Tego, the leading provider of high memory RFID tagging solutions, today announced the worldwide availability of new aviation-grade RFID tags developed by Marubeni Chemix using TegoChip(TM) technology for aerospace and a broad range of industrial applications.
http://www.marketwatch.com
/story/tegochiptm-powers-new-marubeni-rfid-tags-2010-11-09?reflink=MW_news_stmp

IDENTEC SOLUTIONS' ISO 18000-7 Product Line Completes Industry's First Demonstration of Passive and Active RFID Interoperability, Scores High Marks With U.S. Department of Defense
DALLAS, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- IDENTEC SOLUTIONS, the leading OEM provider of ISO 18000-7 compliant RFID products to the U.S. Department of Defense, through the RFID III contract, recently participated in its first of three practical demonstrations of active and passive RFID interoperability.
http://www2.bizjournals.com/d
ayton/prnewswire/press_releas
es/national/Texas/2010/10/13/
DA81470

Silicon Laboratories Acquires ChipSensors
October 13, 2010
The acquisition complements Silicon Labs' touch, proximity sensing, and MEMS technology, expanding the company's capabilities in CMOS-based sensors.
http://www.sensorsmag.com/
electronics-computers/news/
silicon-laboratories-acquires-chipsensors-7630?utm_source=twitterfeed&ut
m_medium=twitter

Research and Markets: Internet 3.0: The Internet of Things
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Internet 3.0: the Internet of Things" report to their offering.
http://www.businesswire.com
/news/home/20101015005282
/en/Research-Markets-Inter
net-3.0-Internet

CCID Consulting: Internet of Things, Beachhead in New Wave of Competition among Chinese Cities
CCID Consulting's Latest Research Report Gives an Overview on the Landscape of China's Emerging Internet of Things Industry, Featuring Key Players Including the City of Wuxi
http://www.businesswire.co
m/news/home/20101026005
927/en/CCID-Consulting-Inte
rnet-Beachhead-Wave-Com
petition-Chinese

ETSI Workshop confirms leadership role for Machine-to-Machine standards
ETSI's first Open Machine-to-Machine Workshop broke all records for attendance, laying out the next steps for achieving M2M applications worldwide, and confirming a leading role for the standards organisation.
http://www.prlog.org/110
26815-etsi-workshop-confi
rms-leadership-role-for-ma
chine-to-machine-standar
ds.html

California University Campus Reports 300% Return On Investment After First Year Of Using Biometric Technology
Cal Poly Pomona Foundation Implements M2SYS Biometric Technology with Kronos Time and Attendance Software
http://www.prweb.com/re
leases/2010/11/prweb475
3104.htm

SAIC Awarded $23 Million Task Order by Defense Biometrics Identity Management Agency
Company to Continue Providing Biometrics Support to U.S. Central Command
http://finance.yahoo.com
/news/SAIC-Awarded-23-M
illion-Task-prnews-6965683
47.html?x=0&.v=1

Mobile Aspects RFID Technology Increases Charge Capture by 25% and Reduces Inventory Stock-Outs at Massachusetts General Hospital
PITTSBURGH - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Mobile Aspects announced today that Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has fully implemented its radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled supply automation system to store, track, and manage medical devices and supplies used for neuro interventional procedures in the IR division within the Department of Radiology.
http://newsblaze.com/sto
ry/2010110303452000002.bw/
topstory.html

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:

Transforming a chin-warmer
Into bird cage
http://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=wYi24D9lHqc

Pouring a cup of tea
With exuberance
http://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?feature=player_embedde
d&v=Jkm8wMRgtx8

How to
Compare a notebook to a dead fish
http://windowssecrets.com/2
010/11/11/03-How-to-compar
e-a-notebook-to-a-dead-fish

Medieval Tech Support:
Introduction to the new system: "The Book"
http://www.flixxy.com/medi
eval-tech-support.htm

Amazing low altitude RC helicopter aerobatics
By Alan Szabo, one of the best RC heli pilots in the world: http://www.flixxy.com/rc-heli
copter-alan-szabo.htm

Windy landings
Video
http://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=vOGB2PMQUCM

Test your knowledge
Of U.S. geography
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fu
n/geoquiz/usaquiz.html

Meanings and origins
Of phrases and sayings
http://www.phrases.org.uk/me
anings/index.html

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