EE Times Asia: Noting that the healthcare industry has always been an early adopter of Wi-Fi, a new study from ABI Research stated that revenue from sales of Wi-Fi-enabled healthcare products worldwide will total $4.9 billion in 2014. This represents an increase of nearly 70 percent over the current figure.
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PR WEB: CenTrak, a leading provider of Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) for tracking equipment and people indoors, today announced the release of its new Temperature Tag (TempTag) for use with its InTouchCare 2.0™ asset and people tracking system. CenTrak's TempTag is unique in its ability to track, wirelessly report and help ensure correct temperature levels of refrigerators and freezers in a healthcare setting. The devices can generate alerts when the temperature goes above or below preset parameters, and provide temperature logs which eliminate human error and the cost of manual temperature documentation. The TempTag's ability to monitor a large range of temperatures, from cryogenic to room temperature, means no additional monitoring devices are needed. Other temperature monitors function with higher battery consumption resulting in limited battery life of a few months, while CenTrak's TempTag battery life is measured in years.
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ipodnn: A variety of Apple patent applications have been newly published by the US Patent and Trademark Office, exposing possibilities the company has been considering for the iPhone and iPod touch. Unusual filings include one for an RFID tag reader, which would be embedded within a handheld's touchscreen, allowing users to scan an RFID tag simply by passing the device over top. An iPod or iPhone could alternately be made to operate as a tag itself, quickly transmitting information such as personal identification.
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Product Reviews News: The recent news that TomTom will be offering an app for the Apple iPhone proves that there is now more demand than ever for GPS devices. This technology is expected to keep growing, so it comes as no surprise that Dell is to offer the Dell Wireless 700 location solution for its Mini 10 netbook.
Dell explains that this is a perfect combination between hardware and software, and that this service is certain to be launched in other netbooks in the future. The hardware inside the Dell Mini 10 is a GPS card with built-in Wi-Fi locationing; this technology will work indoors and out and will be powered by Skyhook Wireless’ Wi-Fi position solutions and Broadcom’s A-GPS.
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PR WEB: Austin, TX (PRWEB) June 29, 2009 -- uShip, the first and largest online marketplace for shipping and transportation services, today announced beta availability of the uShip Tracking platform (http://www.uship.com/tracking), a new service that gives uShip customers a wide range of options for tracking of their shipments by Transportation Service Providers (TSPs). The uShip Tracking platform provides three primary location-update options ranging from real-time, GPS-based tracking to manual location mapping to simple Facebook-like status updates
uShip Tracking is one of the first shipment tracking services to give customers real-time, location-based updates on their shipment status and location, delivering much more precise and timely updates compared to unpredictable checkpoint updates of other shipping services. Click here for a sample of real-time tracking.
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TMC Net: Jun 27, 2009 (The Sun - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- A head of lettuce can have a long journey from the field to your salad bowl, but a new locally developed project can tell you just where that lettuce came from, providing a safer way to regulate the leafy green industry.
The project by the University of Arizona Yuma County Cooperative Extension uses a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and GPS technology to store and transmit information about the crop.
This results in almost instant traceback of leafy greens. That way, if there's ever a health scare associated with the crop, shippers will be able to tell where it came from, making it safer for consumers.
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PR WEB: Unique convergence of active RFID and IP Video provides complementary security to healthcare institutions and patients and industrial asset tracking.
Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) June 27, 2009 -- Guard RFID Solutions Inc., announced today that its next generation Active RFID platform and its software applications, such as its TotGuard™ Infant Security solution, can integrate closed circuit television (CCTV) where increased security is required.
Vice President of Sales Beth Bandi explains, "Security and Access control systems are enhanced by presenting a live video stream from a CCTV camera placed at the location associated with an alarm or warning event within a system, as well as providing video images of activity in that location immediately prior to the event." Continuing, she said, "Instantaneous visibility of such activity allows staff to immediately respond to the event, saving precious time. All such video streams are captured and archived for subsequent review, if ever required."
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PR WEB: Vestac LLC of Brick, New Jersey announced today the general availability of the industry's first FCC approved, multi-modal Wi-Fi and Infrared (IR) Real Time Locationing System (RTLS). This unique, patent-pending RFID capability combines high accuracy Wi-Fi positioning algorithms and IR's inherent lower cost "choke point" tracking.
Brick, NJ (PRWEB) June 25, 2009 -- Vestac LLC of Brick, New Jersey announced today the general availability of the industry's first FCC approved, multi-modal Wi-Fi and Infrared (IR) Real Time Locationing System (RTLS). This unique, patent-pending RFID capability combines high accuracy Wi-Fi positioning algorithms and IR's inherent lower cost "choke point" tracking. Coupled with long battery life Vestac provides for a flexible, easy to deploy positioning solution for the lowest total cost of ownership. The system has already received advance orders from several large enterprises for tracking people, inventory, and equipment.
The 220Bi tag and 330Xi battery-operated IR transmitter support simultaneous tracking through Wi-Fi and IR, and overcoming the limits of traditional RFID tags. This allows for a low-cost deployment and delivers a high level of accuracy even in areas with relatively sparse Wi-Fi coverage. The 220Bi tags can be worn by personnel or affixed to assets and are available in several form factors, which can be customized to specific requirements. The 220Bi and the 330Xi transmitter form a unique "Deploy and Go" architecture which requires no additional network modifications or expensive wiring.
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MoreRFID: Reva Systems, the leading RFID infrastructure provider, announced the introduction of TAP-VM, a software-based virtual machine version of the Reva TAP appliance. The TAP-VM virtual appliance runs on any hardware that supports the VMware Server 2 platform.
The Reva TAP-VM is fully compatible with the existing family of Reva TAP appliances and provides identical functionality. The TAP-VM software alternative gives customers the flexibility to deploy on hardware platforms of their choice, ranging from small laptops to the largest blade servers.
"Beyond RFID applications that utilize Reva's TAP hardware, we have seen growing demand for adding TAP capabilities to customers' existing servers and other platforms," said Ashley Stephenson, Reva Systems chairman and co-founder. "By allowing Reva's award-winning functionality to be delivered as a virtual appliance, we have given our customers and partners the ability to integrate Reva's RFID capabilities onto hardware solutions of their choice."
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RFID Journal: By Claire Swedberg
June 25, 2009—Nabors Canada, a land-drilling product and services provider, is employing RFID technology to help it maintain and manage the equipment on its drill rigs, located at oil and gas wells across Canada. With the system, provided by TrigPoint Solutions, Nabors Canada's management can know where its assets are at any particular time, as well as whether they have been maintained and inspected, and when.
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