IEEE Radio Frequency Identification Conference

IEEE conference on RFID is coming up later this month. The IEEE International Conference on RFID 2007 is first in a series of annual conferences, that will address technical and policy challenges in the areas of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. ...

... "The first IEEE International Conference on RFID (IEEE RFID 2007) will feature technical papers and panel discussions by leading RFID academic and industrial researchers from around the world. The conference, 27-28 March at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas, is being held in conjunction with RFID World, the premier RFID exhibition event. " ...

IEEE Radio Frequency Identification Conference

RFID University Webcasts ...

Webcasts through RFID University ...

... "iAnywhere, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc., unveiled RFID University, a series of free technical webcasts targeted at RFID developers. The goal of the program is to educate developers on various aspects of RFID development to enable them to jumpstart their RFID projects. The webcast series is offered as part of the Sybase iAnywhere RFID Developer Community in which hundreds of RFID developers have enrolled in order to benefit from free development software, RFID whitepapers, tech-tips, discussion forums and sample applications.

Thursday March 9 - RFID 101
Thursday March 16 - The Intelligent RFID Network
Thursday March 23 - Turning RFID Data into Information
Thursday March 30 - RFID Management & Security
Thursday April 6 - Growing the RFID Network I: Distributed Architectures for Logic and Data
Thursday April 13 - Growing the RFID Network II: Adding New Applications " ...

RFID University Webcasts: Via iAnywhere: Sybase iAnywhere Delivers RFID University Webcasts: Higher Education to Simplify Your RFID Development! sponsored by AWID, Printronix, Symbol, ThingMagic and Zebra ...

Microsoft RFID Initiative Outlined ...

Microsoft RFID Initiative Outlined: Microsoft Sets Visual Studio, SQL Server, BizTalk Server Launch Date: Microsoft readies next-generation tools and data platform and demonstrates continued customer, partner and product momentum leading into launch ...

Microsoft outlines its RFID initiative in conjunction with its discussion of the Windows Server system updates ...

... "Flessner also outlined Microsoft’s RFID initiative and outlined the 2006 updates to the Windows Server System™ Common Engineering Criteria. These technical standards are designed to deliver a consistent and predictable experience across Microsoft’s breadth of server products, and help reduce the complexity and costs associated with deploying and managing the systems infrastructure so that IT professionals can better serve the needs of the business. " ...

... The Windows infrastructure updates are key to developing the foundation of the Microsoft RFID initiative.

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RFID Technology Future Discussion

RFID TECHNOLOGY: WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR COMMERCE, SECURITY, AND THE CONSUMER ...

... "And if technical and cost feasibility issues can be addressed, RFID readers, for example, could have the ability to read instantaneously not only pallets but also each unique individual product they contain. This could be done without having to unload any product contents, with inventory being updated in real time. Forecasting would become obsolete, shelves would always be stocked with the most popular brands, and cost savings would be passed on to the consumer. Now this is just one possibility, future possibility." ...

RFID Tags: Medical

Testimony by Richard Seelig for the January 11, 2005 NCVHS Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality Hearings

... "The first set of applications revolved around the identification of implanted medical devices such as pacemakers and orthopedic hardware. In my clinical experience and discussion with colleagues the need for improved rapid acquisition of accurate detailed technical information regarding these devices was lacking causing many delays and inefficiencies in patient care. I believed that an implantable passive RFID available when needed, linked to an Internet accessible database could provide a clinician access to the need information many months after the procedure was performed and at any facility throughout the country. " ...

RFID Panel Discussion at RFID Conference ...

WFI Sponsors Panel at RFID Live! Event in Chicago ...

... "Wireless Facilities, Inc. (WFI) (Nasdaq: WFII), a global leader in the design, deployment, and management of wireless communication networks, technology networks and security systems, announced today that the RFID and Logistics sector of its Government Services Division will be sponsoring a panel discussion of industry experts at the RFID Live! conference in Chicago. The RFID Live! Conference takes place from April 10-12 at the Sheraton Hotel in Chicago, with the panel discussion taking place on April 11 in the Riverside Exhibit Hall from 5:45 to 6:15 PM. Admission to the panel discussion is free; however there is a fee to attend the conference. In addition to sponsoring the panel discussion, WFI will be exhibiting its services at the conference in booth number 412. For more information visit www.rfidjournallive.com. " ...

Headquartered in San Diego, CA, Wireless Facilities, Inc. is an independent provider of systems engineering, network services and technical outsourcing for the world's largest wireless carriers, enterprise customers and for government agencies. The company provides the design, deployment, integration, and the overall management of wired and wireless networks which deliver voice and data communication, and which support advanced security systems. WFI has performed work in over 100 countries since its founding in 1994.

RFID Privacy Discussion

From Congressional Record: March 23, 2004 (Senate), Page S2989-S2990, Mr. Barry Steinhardt, Director of the Technology and Liberty Program, The American Civil Liberties Union ...

... "The privacy issues raised by RFID tags are vitally important because they are representative of a larger trend in the United States: the seemingly inexorable drift toward a surveillance society. As Congress considers the privacy issues posed by RFID chips, I urge you to view them in the larger context -- a world that is increasingly becoming a sea of data and databases, where the government and private corporations alike are gathering more and more details about our everyday existence. The explosion of computers, cameras, sensors, wireless communication, GPS, biometrics, and other technologies in just the last 10 years is feeding what can be described as a surveillance monster that is growing silently in our midst. Scarcely a month goes by in which we don�t read about some new high-tech method for invading privacy, from face recognition to implantable microchips, data-mining to DNA chips, and now RFID identity tags. The fact is, there are no longer any technical barriers to the creation of the surveillance society. While the technological bars are falling away, we should be strengthening the laws and institutions that protect against abuse. Unfortunately, in all too many cases, even as this surveillance monster grows in power, we are weakening the legal chains that keep it from trampling our privacy. " ...