Tuesday, August 29, 2006

RFID For Human Babies

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The number of total switching incidents is as high as 20,000 per year in the U.S. - Journal of Healthcare Protection Management. Image Cred...
Thursday, August 03, 2006

Lab Nets Learning Experience - Biometric COKE

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UCSD Biometric Vending - Facial Recognition Screen. Image Credit: UCSD SodaVision College is such a fun time. Only in the lab would one thi...
Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Proximity Passport Perception Problems Persist

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Image Credit: theducks.org/© 1995-2006 Alex Dawson Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) enabled passports have many inherent benefits, howe...
Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Convenience Trumps Impulse Capitalism

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Image Credit: Fujitsu Transaction Solutions - USCAN It turns out that when shoppers are into a pure "Hunter/Gatherer" mode of shop...
Wednesday, July 19, 2006

"Food Deserts" Lead To Heightened Early Death Rates

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Researcher Mari Gallagher measured the distance to the nearest grocery and the nearest fast-food restaurant for every city block to come up...
Wednesday, July 12, 2006

2 Fingers, Or 3? ... The Accountability Of RFID

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Typical bar scene at the Mai Thai Bar - Patong beach - Phuket Thailand. Image Credit: phuketwatch.com RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) ...
Thursday, July 06, 2006

RFID Privacy Guidelines - Like Catching JELL-O.

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Jell-O Trivia: March 17, 1993, technicians at St. Jerome hospital in Batavia test a bowl of lime Jell-O with an EEG machine and confirm the ...
Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Grocery Database Errors vs. Price-Scanner Errors

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Label with Universal Product Code (UPC) barcode. Borrego Springs Bottled Water distributed throughout San Diego County in Southern Californ...
Friday, June 30, 2006

The Trouble With RFID Implementation - TESCO

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Store concept for the 21st century. Image Credit: TESCO Europe's largest food retailer finds it hard, even with all of the resources it ...
Wednesday, June 28, 2006

The Hunter/Gatherer Mode Of Shopping Increases

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The U-Scan self-checkout system operates like a conventional checkout lane, but it's the shopper -- not the cashier -- who scans, bags, ...
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Monday, June 26, 2006

From Italy, With A Little Love

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The WWPC supports different configurable audio/video user interfaces and features a bright 65K colour TFT display, a touchscreen and a direc...
Sunday, June 25, 2006

Finger Pay Biometrics - A Matter Of Convenience

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Fingerprints based on elemental composition using micro-X-ray fluorescence showing how the salts, such as sodium chloride and potassium chlo...
Thursday, June 22, 2006

Beyond Human Implanted RFID & GPS Technology

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Go from box to boat to dash with the portable and versatile GPSMAP® 478. This combination color chartplotter and land navigator comes preloa...
Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Cellphone Transaction - Image Xmit - Scan Confirmation

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Applications in motion. Using a special two-dimensional image/symbology, a selling party is able to confirm/identify who the purchasing part...
Thursday, June 15, 2006

RFID ROI - What Is The Value-Add?

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These two tags Checkpoint RFID tags, masked with black tape, may offer a clue to the "mystery company." They were the only tags in...
Monday, June 12, 2006

The Eyes (and fingers) Have "IT"

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It has to fast, un-invasive, 99%+ accurate, and secure ... but it is an interesting area of Information Technology expansion and application...
Sunday, June 11, 2006

To Scan, Or Not To Scan? - That Is The Question

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At the register, the contents of a customer's shopping cart are recorded and stored in a computer, giving the retailer a profile of the ...
Sunday, June 04, 2006

States Get Serious About RFID

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About the size of a grain of rice, the microchip inserts just under the skin and contains only a unique, 16-digit identifier. Image Credit: ...