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Minority Report: 10 Apple patents to watch
Photo This patent sets out the vision for a "personal area network" that uses RFID chips in clothes, cars, houses and pretty much everything else to 'talk' to one another and connect to the internet. The concepts behind many... [28 Oct 2008]
Photos: IBM's store of the future
Photo Alongside the shop-floor systems, IBM's business labs in Hursley have a showroom displaying RFID-based stockroom and warehouse systems. Here technicians demonstrate RFID readers for placement within... [08 Oct 2008]
Photos: A first glimpse of the ID card
Photo The Home Office says this "contactless communication" requires the reader to be closer than the distance necessary to scan RFID tags. The Home Office has officially taken the wraps off the new ID card for foreign... [25 Sep 2008]
Photos: Say hello to Intel's little helpers
Photo Using a combination of RFID technology and a bracelet equipped with an accelerometer, Intel researchers hope that sensors on everyday objects will be able to tell if someone is successfully going about their daily... [18 Jun 2008]
Photos: A snapshot of what HP's got up its sleeve
Photo This RFID handset works with the mscapes (short for mediascapes) application which reacts to the environment around you. HP Labs focuses on research and development of new technology that can potentially join the HP... [09 Jun 2008]
Photos: Welcome to futuristic shopping
Photo This 'magic mirror' uses RFID technology to show content relevant to clothing people are trying on. silicon.com visited Fujitsu's Customer Experience Centre in Middlesex to see the Japanese company's vision for the... [04 Jun 2008]
Photos: RFID bumblebees create a buzz
Photo Scientists are making a beeline for RFID technology to open up new frontiers of research into insect behaviour. Tiny RFID chips have been attached to hundreds of bees at labs in east London by... [29 Feb 2008]
Photos: Android, high-tech Heathrow, the future of shopping
Photo Meanwhile, Heathrow's Terminal 3 and Emirates Airlines are running a trial of RFID technology to keep track of baggage on flights to and from Dubai. This shows the RFID reader logging items of luggage in... [28 Feb 2008]
Photos: Heathrow bags RFID tech to end lost luggage
Photo Heathrow Terminal 3 and Emirates airlines are running a six-month trial of tagging luggage with RFID chips on flights to and from Dubai. RFID tags will still carry a barcode containing passenger... [14 Feb 2008]
Photos: Accenture gets touchy feely with its interactive wall
Photo Positions of staff, patients and equipment tagged with RFID chips were instantly visible and tapping each zone would call up more details on each individual such as their position and training. There were shades of... [01 Feb 2008]
Photos: Accenture waves goodbye to the wallet
Photo The custom built contactless payment terminal shown here demonstrates how NFC (near field communication) and RFID technology could soon allow phones to pay for goods and services, act as travel or gig tickets and... [31 Jan 2008]
Photos: Driving safety through tech
Photo There were a number of other technologies on show at the R&D labs, including an internet TV service with an interactive buddy list, as well as 'session mobility' which allows users to switch live applications from one device to another... [21 Jan 2008]
Photos: Future tech at Microsoft Innovation day
Photo When unpacking shopping you can scan items against the screen (using RFID) which notes which items are being brought in. Microsoft hosted its fourth Innovation Day in Brussels this week with partner organisations showing... [06 Dec 2007]
Photos: Hamburg's high tech hospital
Photo The IT team is also working on the use of RFID tags for tracking medical equipment, blood samples and even patients. Photo credit: Tim Ferguson Dr Carsten Pohlmann, chief neurology physician at Barmbek, explains how his... [18 Oct 2007]
Photos: Microsoft Surface in depth
Photo Surface is also wi-fi and Bluetooth capable so will be able to react in a similar way to mobile phone commands and RFID chips. This table-like device is actually a demonstration of Microsoft's Surface technology, which... [02 Oct 2007]
