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What’s in store for RFID in 2008?
RFID has been moving ahead in leaps and bounds according to reports released throughout 2007. However, what is in store for 2008? Will RFID technology continue to move forwards or will another technology surge ahead and steal the limelight?
In a recent interview with Radio Comms, Asia-Pacific, Scott Austin, president Syscan Australasia, shed a little light on the subject.
[ + ]Underground mine radio - Sending signals through rock
A radio system operating at just below 1000 Hz has been designed to send and receive emergency text messages to miners working underground
[ + ]Is RF a danger to health? - Part one
Over the years there have been ongoing concerns, scare stories and many reports on the possible harming effects of RF emissions, particularly in relation to mobile phones
[ + ]Magnetic GPS tracking unit
Private investigators listen up: MagneticGPSTracker from the USA has launched a low-cost, easy-to-install magnetic covert GPS tracking system
[ + ]Telemetry brings distance closer
With the growing acknowledgement of global warming and the effect it has on our climate, in particular our precious water resources, there is now more than ever a realisation of the importance of water conservation
[ + ]Double antennas double the signal
In a typical broadcast transmission, radio signals bounce off objects in the environment, reaching the receiver over multiple paths. 'Multi-path' signals can produce fading and distortion resulting in temporary failure of reception
[ + ]They came, they saw, they conquered
They came, they presented, they exhibited, they networked and they dined. They said they were "impressed", "delighted", they said it was worthwhile and then they asked where the 2008 event will be.
[ + ]Radio makes cords obsolete
New research at the Georgia Institute of Technology could soon make that tangle of wires under desks and in data centres a thing of the past
[ + ]Another sell-out dinner!
Held in conjunction with the RadioComms Connect 2007 conference, the ARCIA gala dinner brought together over 350 industry professionals, including manufacturers, suppliers, designers and system users, to celebrate the industry.
[ + ]Sewage treatment plant uses radio
The STP recycled water pumps are controlled by a programmable logic controller using cut-in/cut-out level signals installed at the dam
[ + ]RFID: a mechanics dream
Radio frequency tagging has reached the motor vehicle manufacturing industry but not just as a guide to warehouse parts: the latest tags are actually attached to components inside a working car
[ + ]Radio dishes activated and collecting
The first 42 radio dishes of the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) are working and collecting data from outer space, according to the University of California, Berkeley and the SETI Institute
[ + ]Wireless, flexible and stretchable ECG patch
Wearable, wire free and easy to set up do not usually describe devices that monitor heart rate and cardiac activity
[ + ]Text message could prevents heart attack
Wearing your heart on your sleeve has long been thought of as something for young fools in love, but new research has shown it may save your life
[ + ]The strengths of mobile radio
When Cyclone Larry ripped through the northern Queensland coast last year, crops were left ravaged, homes destroyed and local infrastructure severely damaged
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