Sensors
RFID and Sensors Illustrate Art’s Impact on People
At the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen in Switzerland, museumgoers wore gloves containing active RFID tags and wireless biometric sensors, thereby recording biological and cognitive reactions to each piece of art.UCLA Hospital Hopes Smart Garage Expedites Parking
ZigBee-enabled infrared sensors installed at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center should enable administrators to better manage its parking facilities, and also help employees and visitors locate parking spots more quickly.RFID Advances Video Game Development
Ultra-wideband technology will enable game developers to capture real-time motion from multiple actors; future applications include health care.IBM Releases New Version of RFID Software
IBM released its latest RFID middleware product, WebSphere Sensor Events, which includes support for a variety of RFID and wireless sensor technologies and can scale to support high transaction volumes.
That ‘Internet of Things’ Thing
In the real world, things matter more than ideas.STMicroelectronics Offers Active RFID Development Kit
STMicroelectronics has released a hardware developer kit (HDK) that will help integrators and other solution providers build ISO 18000-7-compliant active RFID tags and readers for a variety of niche applications.Cooler Heads Prevail with RFID-enabled Helmets
HotHead Sports is introducing football helmets with integrated temperature sensors and active RFID tags that will alert trainers to possible heat stroke, which has killed 33 players since 2005. The firm is also developing RFID-enabled hardhats and helmets for firefighters and soldiers.SecureRF to Develop Secure RFID for US Air Force
The US Air Force wants active RFID tags it can use with sensors to monitor the location and status of assets but which can't be read by enemies. SecureRF received a grant to help develop the RFID system, which will also securely encode all data transmission.
GE Develops Passive Tag That Functions as Multiple Sensors
The company's Global Research division has come up with a design consisting of a standards-based 13.56 MHz RFID chip with an antenna coated with chemically or biologically sensitive films.