Medic Exchange: Visonic Technologies (VT), a global leader in unified RFID / RTLS safety and security solutions for the global healthcare industry, announces the immediate availability of its enhanced Elpas Active RFID/RTLS Reusable Tag. The tag’s unique form factor and comfort, now makes it more suitable for providing abduction deterrence for newborns and infants in maternity units and neonatal care departments or for the monitoring and tracking of high-risk patients who show signs of elopement and or wandering.

The tag’s dual technology transmitter emits low power, beacon type UHF radio frequency (RF) messages as well as supplemental infra-red (IR) messages that can be used to determine the location of the infant/patient to room level and sub-room level precision in open and enclosed indoor spaces without EMF interference to hospital equipment.

The Reusable Tag incorporates a magnetic low frequency (LF) receiver that adds chokepoint area detection so whenever a patient/infant physically comes in close proximity to a prohibited exit/entrance a security intervention alarm can be configured to automatically trigger. The tag also transmits supervision messages for keeping security personnel informed of device tampering or the unsupervised removal of the patient/infant from the protected area.

The Elpas Reusable Tag has been reengineered in direct response to the growing need for more effective user-friendly, risk management tools in acute care hospitals, psychiatric units, geriatric care clinics; long-term nursing care facilities or pediatric units. “The use of the Elpas Reusable Tag for infant/patient identification, baby/mother matching, wandering patient monitoring, emergency calls and exit/entrance alerting provides healthcare professionals with an innovative solution to these worrisome concerns," said Michael Wasserstein, CEO of Visonic Technologies. “Additionally, the tag’s field-proven hospital-grade IP-67 water-rating outer casing, together with its new low power design ensures more then three years of maintenance-free patient deployments.”

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Coolest Gadgets: Ekahau might not be familiar to many people, but it boasts the title of being the leading provider of High Performance Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) in the market. Currently, they have just expanded their hardware portfolio with a new device – the T301W, a wristband tag that was specially designed to be used in applications that determine the precise location of people. Being small in size, it fits onto your wrist comfortably, making it the ideal device for use in hospitals. After all, knowing the real-time location of an adult patient, child or a visitor in hospitals is a requirement for ensuring patient safety and satisfaction.
Apart from that, the wristband tag would also be at home when used in other places including amusement parks, cruise ships and other hospitality venues – basically anywhere where there is a potential for children or adults to be separated from their group. This got me thinking as well – it would be great for tour operators to slap their ‘party’ with one of these each just in case the more independent minded tourists chart out their own trail, especially in crowded places. Businesses can also keep track of visitors to make sure they remain off-limits to sensitive areas, hence preventing unwarranted snooping around.

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PRWEB: Vancouver, B.C. (PRWEB) September 21, 2009 -- Rx Networks, Inc., a leading mobile location technology company, today announced its new XYBRID™ multi-mode positioning engine. XYBRID™ uniquely combines Cell-ID, WiFi signals with Assisted GPS ephemeris and coarse position aiding to yield fast and ubiquitous positioning for virtually any device.

"As a low-overhead, operator independent Assisted-GPS solution, XYBRID RT™, the first and real-time version of the solution, is optimized for service providers and device manufacturers - such as asset tracking companies - in need of fast global positioning, and for whom the lack of Assisted-GPS roaming or cost variances make it impractical to consider implementations across multiple operators", said Guylain Roy-MacHabee CEO of Rx Networks. "Also, in contrast with other GPS aiding solutions that can potentially expose user identity XYBRID RT™ contains no user identification mechanism and ensures security and privacy for applications that need it, such as tracking high value cargo."

"XYBRID RT™ is a perfect fit for Fastrax offerings and more importantly, for our customers. There is a continuous need to improve fix availability and TTFF in "impossible" environments in almost every asset tracking application. With our XYBRID RT™ based offering we serve our tracking customers as well as our GPS module customers even better than before and we expect this extended service to be greatly appreciated", said Fredrik Borgstrom, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Fastrax.

Rx Networks supports flexible business models and XYBRID RT™ can be licensed on a usage or a lifetime subscription basis. Rx Networks provides a XYBRID RT™ mobile client compatible with most mobile operating systems and most GPS chipsets. XYBRID RT™ will be available for commercial use in December 2009.

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Wi-Fi Planet: Skyhook Wireless, known for its Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) and its hybrid positioning system (XPS), continues to quietly expand its user base. The company announced Tuesday a partnership with Geodelic, developer of the new Android mobile application, Sherpa.
Sherpa, which allows users to locate relevant information based on behavior recognition, a recommendation engine, and location-relevant information, was developed specifically for T-Mobile's myTouch 3G with Google. The app teaches itself what its owner likes based on behavior and user feedback, so it can prioritize the retailers, restaurants, and attractions it recommends. Geodelic also allows businesses (or brands) to create customized mobile content, such as promotions tied to their locations.
“Skyhook offers a major enhancement to the application’s location awareness,” said Rahul Sonnad, CEO and founder at Geodelic in a Skyhook press release Tuesday. “This allows Geodelic to more accurately target content for a user, whether they are in a mall or walking down the street. We developed Sherpa to give users a customized experience based on their location and interests. Skyhook provides the location performance that our application demands.”

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examiner: Paul A. Wilcock, who played a leading role in the creation, deployment and support of the national wireless AMBER Alert system and the national wireless Onstar system, is taking a principal role in a revolutionary product – a wrist-worn device with GPS tracking, 24/7 monitoring and a cell phone, designed to promote safety for children and elders.

The device, which is tamper-proof and waterproof, can be tracked by parents or guardians, by GuardianLion’s monitoring call center, and if necessary, by law enforcement.

GuardianLion’s wrist-worn device, called LEO, functions as a watch and cellular phone while also featuring an unprecedented level of tracking and communication. Parents or guardians will be able to go online to track the wearer real-time, and can elect to receive text messages giving the wearer’s location at pre-specified times. In addition, the parent or guardian can set up “speed alerts,” “safety zones,” or “exclusion zones,” each of which trigger alerts if the wearer breaches pre-described boundaries.

The LEO serves many needs:

Locating Lost Children Knowing where your children are helps protect them and gives you peace of mind. LEOTM can pinpoint a child's location anywhere — close to or far from home at all times.

Seniors at Risk Protect loved ones with Alzheimer's, dementia and other health threats. Guard against them getting lost. Ensure they get help in case of an emergency. Be able to contact them at any time.

Special Needs Teens & Adults GuardianLion Wireless can help protect individuals, such as those with Autism Spectrum Disorders, who lose track of time and place, become distracted, lost or panicked.

Recreation & Personal Protection A woman running on unfamiliar streets, a hunter in the wilderness, a hiker out on his own—GuardianLion can help find them and get them assistance.

Business to Business needs:

Municipal GuardianLion could make it easier for overtaxed Family Service officers and caseworkers to keep track of and protect children under institutional and foster care.

Care Facilities Day care, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and group homes also hold potential for GuardianLion.

The device, which is linked to the GuardianLion service, allows for 24-hour, real time monitoring by parents or loved ones. In case of emergency, GuardianLion staff begins active monitoring, contacts 911 and facilitates communication between child, parents and first responders. “This product takes tracking and personal location technology to an entirely new level,” said Paul Wilcock. “First, it provides an unrivaled level of flexibility in communicating and keeping track of your loved ones. Second, we expect this product to offer a wider range of tracking capability than any other personal tracking product on the market.”

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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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The Dot Med : Farmington Hills, MI -- Guard RFID Solutions Inc. announced Thursday that it has formed a distribution agreement with Dynamic RFID Solutions of Farmington Hills, Mich. to provide its next generation of Active RFID technology and solutions. Dynamic is making GuardRFID's Infant Protection, Patient Protection and Asset Tracking solutions available to its customers. The TotGuard Infant Security system uses the only Disposable Infant Tags on the market, eliminating the need to clean, disinfect and sterilize tags after use, and removing the risk of cross-infection between infants. These tags utilize GuardRFID's unique dual-tamper detecting mechanism, which is designed to significantly reduce nuisance alarms.

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RTLS For Dummies Book Review at amazon.com: RTLS for Dummies is the most comprehensive book written for anyone who is involved in the Location system business. It also provides an excellent study for anyone entering this business or educational institutions who could use it as a textbook or a reference for all RTLS related seminars.

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Market Watch: Location Based Technologies, Inc. designs and develops personal locator devices and services. We are the developer of the PocketFinder(R) Family of Products and the PocketFinder(R) Network. The PocketFinder(R) Family of Products currently includes the PocketFinder(R), PetFinder(R) and PocketFinder(R) Luggage. The PocketFinder(R) is a small location device that enables a user to locate a device, person, or pet, anytime from almost anywhere. PocketFinder(R) Personal Locator devices are completely wireless. Users can monitor the safety and location of family members, pets, and valuables using GPS and GPRS technologies.

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PRWEB: New software that enables a Windows GPS PDA to display the accurate, real-time location of other participating PDAs has been launched today in a low price bundle for two PDAs, creating an affordable, downloadable personal GPS tracking system for just

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