Tag archive: RFID

Apple has officially launched version two of its Apple Store App, enabling users to shop for Apple goods—and items from blessed partners—right on their Apple mobile devices. The first version of the Apple Store App was more of a feel-good convenience for Apple Store visitors than anything else: users could manage Genius Bar appointments, sign up for classes and training, and pull up details on products Apple carries. However, version 2.0… Read More

Designed by the research and development lab at the New York Times, a team has been working on a mirror that delivers media content to the user while spending time in the bathroom. Likely utilizing a Phillips Mirror TV, the display is tied into a Microsoft Kinect sensor that sits at the top of the mirror. Using voice recognition and motion sensing from the Kinect, the television allows the user to browse through the latest news headlines in the… Read More

New rumors suggest that, much like Google and Apple, Microsoft may be working on its own mobile payments software for Windows Phone 7 using the popular Near-Field Communications (NFC) technology. The software would be integrated into a future version of the mobile OS and is intended to help Microsoft keep pace with Android and iOS. However, Redmond may move a bit faster with the technology. Bloomberg reports that the first WP handsets with NFC… Read More

There's no doubt that schools and teachers can face significant challenges trying to keep track of hundreds of students and assure their safety while simultaneously teaching them something. (I can personally attest that I was rarely learning something at the same time my teachers knew where I was.) Now AT&T is looking to apply technology to the problem, offering a comprehensive child-tracking solution for the K-12 education market… Read More

Employees at a surveillance equipment company have voluntarily agreed to have RFID chips implanted in their forearm. The company is trying to send a message that RFID can indeed be used as a decentsecurity method. The two employees who volunteered for the chip implant have access to a vault containing data and images from cameras the company has installed. CityWatcher.com has contracts withsix cities to provide cameras and Internet monitoring of… Read More

Research and Markets has released a new study titled “RFID Industry–A Market Update”, providing an in-depth analysis of the RFID Industry.  According to industry statistics, the worldwide market for RFID technology was US $1.49 billion in 2004. The growth prospects for the RFID market are very bright. The report discusses the RFID Industry figures to go up from US $1.95 billion in 2005 to $26.9 billion in 2015.… Read More

“Wal-Mart and other retailers say RFID will help them track goods throughout the supply chain and ultimately will help them get the right products in the right stores at the right time. It'll also help locate specific products anywhere in the supply chain, which should make recalls easier to manage. “Getting merchandise to the shelf is important to us,” Dillman said. “Tracking recalls is one of the next projects… Read More

The radio frequency information (RFID) tags provide automatic tracking of pallets and cases of goods. Starting Friday, eight suppliers are to participate, using 21 products to be tracked. Wal-Mart said Thursday that it will have more than 100 suppliers using the tags by January. Wal-Mart chief information officer Linda Dillman would not say how much the Bentonville-based company is spending but said the tags are on the top line of… Read More