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Internet of things’ to improve infrastructure
Even as much of the tech world fixates on running out of Internet addresses, Deborah Magid from IBM’s venture capital group predicts many more devices not traditionally considered computers will join the Internet. IBM is seeking to work with governments around the world to tackle societal problems on big projects, such as improving water distribution [...]
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Smart phones, Smart networks, Smart packages
FedEx jumps on the “smart” wagon with a new web-based service. FedEx Corp. (FDX) today is announcing a sensor-enabled device that can wirelessly feed real-time data about a package’s whereabouts, condition and other metrics to the Internet. The service, called SenseAware, will launch this spring. Its initial target markets are the health-care and life-sciences businesses, [...]
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QR Code
A QR Code is a matrix code (or two-dimensional bar code) created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994. The “QR” is derived from “Quick Response”, as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. QR Codes are common in Japan, where they are currently the most popular type [...]
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Can RFID Survive the “Internet of Things”?
Is the concept of the “Internet of Things” hindering RFID deployment? It’s a grand vision: everything in the world talking to every other thing in the world. A frozen meal communicating with the refrigerator, microwave and automated shopping list; clothes giving instructions to a washing machine and dryer and consulting with an artificial intelligence fashion [...]
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Internet retailing and the smart store
The Internet has quickly become a meaningful selling channel in its own right, one that is replacing catalogs and is the biggest retail channel besides store based shopping. Technology and lessons from tracking best practices at retail web sites has the potential to enhance store-based shopping. It is inevitable that the distinction between store based [...]
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The Internet of Things Should Be More Than RFID
CASAGRAS (Coordination and Support Action for Global RFID-related Activities and Standardization), an 18-month E.U.-funded project being carried out by an international group of companies and organizations working on RFID and other standards, has received initial positive feedback from the European Union regarding its interim report, according to Ian Smith, one of the project’s coordinators. The [...]
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Ubiquitous Computing & RFID
Ubiquitous Computing and RFID: Big Brother’s All-Seeing Eye? You be the judge.
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