OpenBeacon is a free design
for an active RFID device which operates in the 2.4GHz ISM band. Read more here.
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Wi-Fi Location & Tracking
San Francisco Municipal Wi-Fi report. Google has been working on a plan to build ad-supported
Wi-Fi hotspots in major cities, which started with its hometown of Mountain View, CA, and now in San Francisco, CA.
RFID
RTLS & Tracking
Open-source RFID personal tracking system gets first test. OpenBeacon is a free design for an active RFID device
which operates in the 2.4GHz ISM band.
Automatic RFID Tracking Solutions from Patient Care Technology Systems. Amelior automatic tracking software works with all locating
hardware technologies including infrared, active RFID, ultra-wideband and Wi-Fi to meet the diverse locating needs that exist
in healthcare today.
iGPS Is First to Incorporate RFID Global Asset Tracking Codes
Precise indoor tracking system: RFID & GPS
RFID Billboards Target Mini Audience. MINI USA has placed interactive billboards in 4 US cities…receive
an RFID keyfob in the mail. When that MINI owner drives by the billboard, a targeted message appears…no personal information
in contained in the keyfobs.
Canadian coins RFID bugged, U.S. security agency says. RFID-bugged Canadian coins are under investigation related
to potential spying. RFID type devices in Canadian coins found on US Contractors.
GPS
CSR to deliver sub $1 GPS, acquires NordNav Technologies AB and Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. The aim is to produce an incremental sub-US$1 cost for
a GPS chip (US$5-US$10 is the current cost) and remove the barriers for mobile handset makers and operators to provide location
based services for the mass market. CSR’s GPS technology will also support the Galileo standard. CSR will be demonstrating
its GPS technology at 3GSM in February 2007.
Infineon and Global Locate Develop World's Smallest GPS Receiver.
U.K. launches procurement for GPS backup. What’s
old is new again as Britain is considering revamping the venerable ground-based radio navigation system as a backup for GPS.
Lawmakers question cost of GPS offender tracking. The offender GPS law signed
by the governor last year calls for using the technology only on serious sex offenders who have served time for multiple…
Navman releases Jupiter 32 GPS receiver device. Indoor position fix and tracking capability better than -159 dBm.
Indoor GPS OLogic Robot. The new systems locate personnel using Integrated GPS
Indoor Navigation Technology developed by IEC. Using the locator system, incident commanders are able to see the 3-D position
of all personnel in the response team, even if they are within buildings and structures.
u-blox Delivers 5,000,000th GPS Receiver . Mobile Crossing chose u-blox's latest GPS receivers
for the WPX thanks to their combination of low-power consumption, high accuracy and exceptional indoor ...
CSR pays $75 million to add GPS capability to Bluetooth. CRC is the world leading
Bluetooth Chip provider (>50% market share).
IEC Awarded DHS Contract for Advanced 3D Locators.
Indoor GPS OLogic Robot (IGOR) is capable of autonomously driving between indoor waypoints.
…utilizes an ultrasonic indoor GPS system, remote IP tele-presence, and robotic control system technology.
Other
Microsoft provides personalized and localized content to a variety of HD Radio receivers. Microsoft SPOT initiative has illustrated the ability
to turn personal objects into mobile tools
Microsoft and Garmin Aim To Hit the SPOT. At the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft
announced that its Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) group has released its MSN Direct.
iPhoney -- A Failure Looms at Apple -- no GPS. The iPhone is actually not very forward looking; While
it does have Google Maps, there is no built-in GPS, and there is no possibility to add one (Editor’s note: but the iPhone
has Wi-Fi, so Wi-Fi location can be enabled.)
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Industry
- RFID World 2007, Dallas, TX, March 26-28
- Geospatial Integration for Public Safety Conference, New Orleans, April 15-17, 2007
- GPS World Expo, Rosemont, Illinois, June 11-13, 2007
Academic
- International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing 2007(ISWPC 2007), San Juan, Feb 5-7, 2007- NetCri 07 in conjunction with IEEE
IPCCC 2007;
- 4th Workshop on Positioning, Navigation and Communication 2007 (WPNC'07), Hannover, Germany, March 22, 2007, right after CeBIT'07.
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The First International Workshop on Research Challenges in Next Generation
Networks for First Responders and Critical Infrastructures, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 11-13, 2007.
- RFID Workshop 2007, Vienna, Austria, September 24-25 2007
 
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| Location-Based Services: "FCC NRIC’s recommendations includes the indoor versus outdoor location
testing recommendation...all parties agree to 5% of test calls must be conducted from indoor locations for compliance and
maintenance testing..."
"They [device
manufacturers and operators] also
say that 70% of LBS are being initiated indoors and yet this is precisely the environment where GPS fails to deliver an acceptable
end-user performance." Read more here.
There
are about 200 million US wireless subscribers (Jupiter Research, 2005 projection); and, more than 30% of 911 calls in the
US originate from mobile phones--a number expected to soon outpace 911 wire-line calls, according to NENA. Further, 62% of
all calls in the US are made from cell phones (CTIA) and it’s obvious that most people spend most of their time indoors.
LPS / RTLS for Healthcare: “A large hospital can lose nearly $1 million per year in equipment theft alone”
“Healthcare staff waste up to 30% of their time searching for needed medical equipment that has been hoarded
or misplaced.”
Tracking criminals / sex offenders: Current GPS-based systems have significant limitations when it
comes to continuously monitoring offenders...cannot track offenders when they move indoors, underground or anywhere else the
satellite system can’t ‘see’ them. By some estimates, offenders, like most people, spend 85- 90% of their
time indoors, so there is a considerable gap here.” [Joe Russo, Program Manager – Corrections, National Law Enforcement
and Corrections Technology Center.] "Satellite technology is not that effective in indoor places
like a large mall, building or stadium, or outdoors in a canyonlike environment, like Manhattan." Read more here. |
