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From the Editor's Desk There has been lots of interesting news this month, including several new product announcements that will be of importance to the RFID world. You will see below that we have added a new category for coverage – Mobile Commerce. The subject is starting to see a lot of coverage, and some of the applications that are being discussed have a lot of potential. I downloaded some of the applications to my phone and they are certainly interesting – give them a try. I provide a monthly column for Scan, The Data Capture Report, and this month I talked about the problem of education. Here is a snippet from that article. “When RFID was "new" we did not expect many people to know how to use or install the systems and so our expectations were low and so was the users'. Now, we have RFID mentioned in all the major forms of communications, there are television spots that feature it, the newspapers run stories on it (not always in a positive way) and yet the amount of misinformation out there is enormous. I talk to systems integrators all the time and I am often stunned by how little they understand about the technologies they are working with. Where did the industry go wrong? The time has come to solve these problems. AIM has recently announced that they will be holding a trade show and conference again this year after many years of not having a show. We know that conference and show attendance is a small fraction of what it used to be, so while I believe this show is a great start, I am not sure how it will satisfy the big problem. Maybe now is the time for AIM to solve this problem and create a means to bring education to the people who need it.” If you are interested in getting involved in solving the problem, or getting more education, let me know and I will make sure the AIM leadership hears you.
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news@hightechaid.com. Technology News Briefs RFID Standards The last month has been quiet in the standards world. March brings us a major standards meeting in Korea with JTC 1/SC 31 subgroups SG1, 3, 5, and 6 plus WG6 and WG7 meeting. One of the items to be covered in Korea is the Ballot resolution Meeting for the 3rd FCD of ISO/IEC 18000-6. We are all looking forward to finally sending this document to publication. If you want more information on ISO standardization or on any issue of RFID standardization, then email steve@hightechaid.com. Radio Frequency Identification TI saysVision sharpened in R&D cuts http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/industries/techtelecom/stories/DN-TIresearch_07bus.ART.State.Edition1.3cf895a.html No-Signature Card Checkout May Be Undermining Contactless Growth http://www.paymentssource.com/news/no-signature-card-checkout-undermining-contactless-3000645-1.html?ET=paymentssource:e273:46352a:&st=email Scanology delivers RFID tracking system for diamonds http://www.rfidnews.org/2010/02/10/scanology-polish-diamond-certification-with-rfid http://www.morerfid.com/details.php?subdetail=Report&action=details&report_id=6615&display=RFID Visa Europe to invest €200m In development of contactless payments by card and mobile http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/2010/02/04/32639/visa-europe-to-invest-e200 m-in-development-of-contactless-payments-by-card-and-mobile/?utm_campaign=China%20Mobile%27s%20RF%20SIM%20plans%3B%20NFC%20trials%20in%20Spain%2C%20Paris%2C%20Slovenia%20and%20more%2E%2E%2E&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=Vertica lResponse&utm_term=Visa%20Europe%20to%20invest%20%26euro%3B200m%20in%20developm ent%20of%20contactless%20payments%20by%20card%20and%20mobile NXP Ships One Billionth ICODE Chip: The Market Choice for Tags and Labels http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/nxp-ships-one-billionth-icode,1183965.shtml The real RFID revolution http://www.pacetoday.com.au/Article/The-real-RFID-revolution/512479.aspx Integrating RFID with Video for Logistics... http://www.asmag.com/showpost/9231.aspx?f=500 RFID to track Queensland kangaroo meat http://www.itworld.com/business/97704/rfid-track-queensland-kangaroo-meat RosettaStone uses RFID-NFC To make gravestones interactive http://www.slashgear.com/rosettastone-uses-rfid-nfc-to-make-gravestones-interactive-2475445/ Monza 4 Tag delivers Dramatic RFID application improvements http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/textiles-technology-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=82763 ODIN completes 300th RFID project http://rfidroundup.blogspot.com/2010/02/odin-completes-300th-rfid-project.html Sun is setting on RFID track-and-trace For farm animals http://www.pharmaceuticalcommerce.com/frontEnd/1376-USDA_NAIS_RFID_Vilsack_track_and_trace.html TransCore notifes State of layoffs at Clifton Forge facility http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/article/transcore_notifes_state_of_layoffs_at_clifton_forg e_facility/81940/ CEO ousted As Mikoh bleeds cash http://www.securecomputing.net.au/News/167460,ceo-ousted-as-mikoh-bleeds-cash.aspx The Advantages Of Using RFID: How RFID Can Improve Your Business http://businessmanagement.suite101.com/article.cfm/the-advantages-of-using-rfid Dash7 sensor network alliance Rolls working groups http://www.eetimes.com/rss/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222600763&cid=RSSfeed_eetimes_newsRSS RFID In Australasia 2008-2018 New Market Report Published http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=89362&catid=1040 US Air Force Taps ODIN To Monitor and Maintain RFID Network http://logisticstoday.com/operations_strategy/air-force-odin-monitor-maintain-rfid-network-0128/ RFID: 2010 Hot Spots http://www.aimglobal.org/members/news/templates/template.aspx?articleid=3668&zoneid=45 Mobile Commerce French governmentOffers €3m funding for NFC and RFID innovations http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/2010/02/15/32784/french-government-offers-e3-million-funding-for-nfc-and-rfid-innovations/ PG debuts 'Smart' barcodes http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10045/1035562-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml Why Barcodes? Is NFC Really a Serious Challenger? http://mobile-barcode.tmcnet.com/topics/mobile-barcode-trends/articles/75435-why-barcodes-nfc-really-serious-challenger.htm Motorola Invests in Scanbuy http://www.wirelessweek.com/News/2010/02/Business-Motorola-Invests-Scanbuy-Mobile-Content/ INSIDE Contactless Releases Open-Source NFC Protocol Stack http://www.paymentsnews.com/2010/02/inside-contactless-releases-open-source-nfc-protocol-stack.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PaymentsNews+%28Payments+News%29 QR codes: A new dimension - packagingnews.co.uk http://packagingnews.co.uk/news/980776/QR-codes-new-dimension/ Jagtag Extends 2D Barcode System To All Major US Carriers http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=121597 Microsoft Tries to reinvent the bar code http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10444432-56.html
Biometrics New High-Tech Biometric ID Cards http://waronyou.com/topics/germany-shows-off-new-high-tech-biometric-id-cards/ Follow your nose New scan could be better than fingerprints http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8543292.stm
Healthcare and Life Sciences Help Track for Cath Lab Inventories http://www.dicardiology.net/node/36256/3 Why GS1 Standards Are Crucial to US Healthcare http://www.mdpublishing.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=377 Alien Technology Raises $10.9 million http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2010/03/01/daily51.html RTLS White Paper:RFind Systems & ISO 18000-7 http://www.thertlsblog.com/white-paper-rfind-systems-iso-18000-7-bringing-rtls-to-the-433mhz-band Privacy 3 Nabbed in MassachusettsATM Skimming Ring http://www.newswiremailer.com/?30568 RFID: For the Public Good http://www.rfid-monthly.com/2657/rfid-privacy/ Criminals find way around new technology In credit cards, passports http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=11948010 wireless Target Enables Customers To Use PhonesTo Access Store Gift Cards http://www.paymentssource.com/news/target-enables-customers-use-phones-gift-cards-3000644-1.html?ET=paymentssource:e273:46352a:&st=email |
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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:Magellan Technology releases its new M3DR-4330 Desktop Jewellery RFID Reader Sydney, Australia 20 January 2010 – Magellan Technology Pty Ltd of Sydney (Magellan), the Australian Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solutions provider, today unveiled its new 3D Desktop Jewellery RFID reader, the M3DR-4330. http://www.magellan-rfid.com/news/untitledpost-1 HRD Antwerp Releases RFID Application for Diamond Industry [02/12/10] HRD Antwerp NV is one of the world leading Diamond Certification Institutes of Gemmology. HRD Antwerp is dedicated to serving diamond professionals by offering products and services that benefit the diamond industry and trade. http://www.morerfid.com/de tails.php?subdetail=Rep ort&action=details&report_id =6615&display=RFID Verayo Launches Next Generation of Unclonable RFID Chips New RFIDs Deliver Authentication and Security to Broad Range of Consumer-Based Applications Such as Mass Transit Tickets, Secure IDs, Access Cards and Product Anti-Counterfeiting http://www.businesswire.com /portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsI d=20100302005719&newsLan g=en Impinj Monza® 4 Tag Chip Family Raises Bar in RFID Performance and Privacy New Chips Feature True3DTM and QTTM Technologies, Delivering Dramatic RFID Application Improvements http://www.marketwire.com/ press-release/Impinj-Monza-4-Tag-Chip-Family-Raises-Bar-in-RFID-Performance-and-Priva cy-1120580.htm Awarepoint Real-time Awareness Solutions® Obtains Expansion Capital Investment from Leading Venture Firms $10 Million Round Led by JAFCO Partners will Accelerate Adoption of Company's Real-time Networked Awareness Solutions, including RTLS applications, for U.S. Hospitals http://www.awarepoint.com/ documents/JAFCO_Awarepo intPR_FINAL_20100301.pdf Sirit Shareholders Approve Acquisition by Federal Signal Toronto,ON-2/26/2010- Sirit Inc. (“Sirit”) (TSX: SI), a leading provider of radio frequency identification (“RFID”) technology, today announced that, at the Company’s meeting of shareholders held earlier today, Sirit shareholders approved the adoption of its amended definitive arrangement agreement with Federal Signal Corporation (“Federal Signal”) (NYSE: FSS). http://www.sirit.com/pressrel eases_detail.asp?PressReleases_ID=123 2010 AIM Expo Conference and Exhibition Announced AIM to Deliver Solutions-Driven Education in a Cross-Industry Event Showcasing the Full Range of Auto ID & Mobile IT Options http://www.aimglobal.org/me mbers/news/templates/templ ate.aspx?articleid=3658&zoneid=1 INSIDE Achieves First Commercial Deployment of its NFC Technologies MicroRead NFC Chip, Open NFC Stack and Wave-Me Client Power New Cosyphone MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA, Spain, February 15, 2010 –INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced the first deployment of its portfolio of NFC technologies in a commercially available NFC handset. http://www.insidecontactless .com/eng/Vision/News/INSIDE-ACHIEVES-FIRST-COMMERCIAL-DEPLOYMENT-OF-ITS-NFC-TECHNOLOGIES INSIDE CONTACTLESS AND NEOWAVE PARTNER TO CREATE FIRST NFC SMART OBJECT MicroRead Powers Multi-Application Weneo NFC Convergence Device AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FRANCE – February 12, 2010 –INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, and Neowave, a developer of smart objects –– intelligent, portable devices that go beyond smart cards ––today announced their partnership to create the Weneo NFC, the industry’s first NFC smart object. http://www.insidecontactless .com/eng/Vision/News/INSIDE-CONTACTLESS-AND-NEOWAVE-PARTNER-TO-CREATE-FIRST-NFC-SMART-OBJECT Motorola Tops New ABI Research Passive UHF Handheld RFID Reader Vendor Matrix Ranking NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE )--Motorola Inc. has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Convergence Systems Limited (CSL) and Psion Teklogix Inc. claimed the second and third spots in the company’s new worldwide evaluation of passive UHF RFID handheld reader vendors. http://www.businesswire.com /portal/site/home/permalink/ ?ndmViewId=news_view&news Id=20100303006120&newsLan g=en Verayo Launches Next Generation of Unclonable RFID Chips New RFIDs Deliver Authentication and Security to Broad Range of Consumer-Based Applications Such as Mass Transit Tickets, Secure IDs, Access Cards and Product Anti-Counterfeiting http://www.businesswire.com /portal/site/home/permalink/ ?ndmViewId=news_view&new sId=20100302005719&newsLa ng=en Omni-ID Sets Pace for Pivotal 2010 in Passive UHF RFID Technology Passive RFID Tag Leader's Innovation Drives Increased Customer Order Size and New Market Penetration http://www.marketwire.com /press-release/Omni-ID-Sets-Pace-for-Pivotal-2010-in-Pas sive-UHF-RFID-Technology-1117342.htm Confidex Received 5 Million Euros Funding For its RFID Tag Technology Suomen Teollisuussijoitus Oy, Aura Capital Oy and previous owners have invested a total of 2.7 million euros into Confidex, the RFID vendor focusing on contactless RFID technologies. http://www.morerfid.com/de tails.php?subdetail=Report &action=details&report_id= 6587&display=RFID DENSO ADC Launches New Web Site LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE )--DENSO ADC, one the world’s largest manufacturers of mobile data systems and the inventor of the QR Code®, has launched a new Web site at www.denso-adc.com . http://www.businesswire.com /portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&news Id=20100223006786&newsLa ng=en Airbus Selects Ubisense as a Strategic Real-Time Location Partner and Awards First Major Contract Toulouse and Cambridge 12 February 2010. Airbus selects Ubisense to extend the world’s largest radio-frequency identification (RFID) enabled manufacturing initiative, with the addition of the Ubisense precise real-time location (RTLS) system at multiple Airbus facilities. http://www.ubisense.net/en/ articles/2010/02/Airbus+ WaveMark® Announces the Availability of New RFID Smart Cabinets LITTLETON, Mass. - (Business Wire) WaveMark, Inc., a leading provider of real-time inventory management (RTIM) solutions for high value medical products, today announced several new RFID smart cabinet styles to store and track a wider variety of critical supplies used in specialty departments. The increased variety of RFID storage units for the real-time tracking of medical supplies is enabling hospitals to improve cost containment, patient safety, and regulatory compliance. http://www.earthtimes.org/a rticles/show/wavemarkreg-announces-the-availability-of-new-rfid-smart-cabinets,1177236.shtml Shopper iPhone App Adds Redlaser UPC Scanning, a BlackBerry Version, and a Web Portal ReachEverywhere's Shopper App now includes barcode scanning directly from the iPhone camera, enabling even easier list building and visual product search capabilities. http://www.prweb.com/relea ses/reacheverywhere/shopp er/prweb3524384.htm Sonitor Technologies Announces New Staff Tag and Battery Powered Ultrasound Sunday, 28 February 2010 Sonitor Technologies, the world leader in ultrasound-based real time locating systems for hospitals and long-term care facilities, introduced today the industry’s first battery-operated ultrasound receiver and a care-provider Staff Tag. http://www.auto-mobi.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=v iew&id=16539&Itemid=50 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:Make music On the cheap with soda bottles http://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=lhiP4cNgHxs From Lucky Charms to … Toy charms? http://www.collegehumor.co m/video:1929031 The Phobia List: What are you afraid of? http://phobialist.com/#A- Googlism: What does Google think of you? http://www.googlism.com/ Stereograms (I love these things) http://www.eyetricks.com/3d stereo.htm Online lectures: Get educated without leaving your computer http://internet-tv-search-engi ne-swicki.eurekster.com/onlin e+lectures/?=lectures Stone mouse New desktop accessory http://blog.makezine.com/arc hive/2006/11/mouse_made_of _stone.html Good at US geography? Well then, give this grade 3 level at try: http://www.squirtsplace.com /games/MapTest.swf Please tell us what extra you want from the newsletter and don’t forget to tell your friends to subscribe. You can forward your ideas to news@hightechaid.com. No part of the newsletter may be reproduced without written permission. 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