From the Editor's Desk

Welcome to the latest issue of the High Tech AIDCourier.

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Spring is here in Pittsburgh and we are enjoying the warmer weather and the rain! Besides some standards meetings in Atlanta, I attended RFID Journal Live in Orlando in the last month.

This year's RFID Journal Live show was significantly better than in previous years. For me the show started with the pre-conference day at the Internet of Things sessions. A reasonable attendance, we covered a lot of things and I believe people went home with a new view on the topic.

The show opened completely the next day and I was very surprised. Although the show floor was obviously smaller than previous years, it felt different. I heard that attendance at the show and conference was up slightly over last year and maybe that was part of the difference.

I believe that the biggest difference on the show floor was that people seemed to be talking about real projects and real issues. Many companies did not take individual booths this year, instead sharing space with another company. This alone gave the show a different feel as the opportunities for learning and discussion were very different.

I was able to talk to some old friends, some new companies, and some established companies with a new story to tell. It was a good show and I am glad that I was able to attend. The awards ceremony on the last day was interesting (see the article below), and the winners had some great stuff they are doing. I was especially pleased to see Dr Chris Diorio of Impinj win the RFID Special Achievement award. Well-deserved and it couldn't go to a nicer guy.

If you are interested in the Internet of Things, then watch this space next month when we will be announcing some of the details for the conference to be held in Las Vegas in September as part of the AIM Expo. I should also have details of a new magazine on the subject.

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Technology News Briefs

RFID Standards

After the big month of standards I reported last time, this month has been much slower. To keep up to date on the work in the RFID standards world visit http://www.understandRFIDstandards.com.

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Radio Frequency Identification