SMARTERFARMING and Ubisense have announced the installation of “CowDetect,” a system for visually tracking the movement of cows in real-time. The goal of CowDetect is to monitor changes in the cows’ behavior in order to better assess “their health and welfare.” By monitoring a cow’s behavior a farmer could tell precisely when that cow is […]

The University of South Florida in Tampa is joining the car-sharing craze. Called WeCar from Enterprise Rent-A-Car, students, faculty or staff who buy a $20 membership will be able to rent for an hour, a day, or even over night one of four gas-electric hybrids placed about campus at rates ranging from $10 to $12 […]

The revamped Oceanarium exhibit at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium just completed a $50 million renovation and includes an exhibit that includes an interactive kiosk where children can maneuver a mechanical claw to pick up items such as shells and stones that are embedded with RFID tags. A sensor in the claw reads the tag as the […]

PervCom, an India-based RFID technologies developer, has announced the launch of their new wireless security and surveillance system. Further, they are touting the system as being capable of closing any security holes that systems involving check points, CCTV and physical barriers such as fences leave open. The system, called Wireless Infrared Intrusion Detection, utilizes infrared […]

DAILY RFID, a China-based developer of RFID technology, has released its new long range RFID gate reader. The reader, called DL8220, is designed for human applications such as physical access control systems and time and attendance trackers. Other features of the new device include customizable interface and identification rate of 30 to 50 pieces per […]

Has the time for iris biometrics come? By Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications When talking about biometric technologies the list typically goes fingerprint and then iris, in that order. Fingerprint biometrics have been the standard because it has been around longer and have a proven track record. But advances in iris technology along with new […]

The U.S. Patent Office has published more Apple patents covering the iPhone, according to MacRumors.com. The patent application, filed on March 8th, 2008, looks at using facial detection to enable a device to determine whether a user is passively interacting with the device. “As an example, Apple describes how a user watching a video may […]

Idesco Oy, an RFID company based in Finland, and software company Norfello Oy have formed an agreement to work together for developing applications for RFID systems that could be us3ed through the Internet. The base of this cooperation is in couple of years of common development projects, which has resulted Idesco to launch the wireless […]

Gemalto announced the commercial launch of Ezio Optical TAN, an optical authentication reader for online banking designed for the German market. The size of a credit card, the Gemalto reader fits in a wallet along with the banking card. Ezio Optical TAN is compliant with the latest German handheld device standard and leverages the security […]

Awarepoint Corp. has announced the selection of its Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) by the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center in San Diego, Calif. This is the third UCSD hospital facility to deploy the Awarepoint system; the Moores Center joins the UCSD system’s Thornton and Hillcrest campuses in deployment of the system, creating an […]