RFID: a mechanics dream
05 December, 2007
Radio frequency tagging has reached the motor vehicle manufacturing industry but not just as a guide to warehouse parts: the latest tags are actually attached to components inside a working car
Smart antennas key to 4G mobile broadband adoption
15 November, 2007
Smart and adaptive antenna technologies are entering a stage of full market acceptance, according to a report from West Technology Research Solutions (WTRS), a Silicon Valley-based research, publishing and consultancy company focused on emerging wireless technologies.
Student blasts away international opposition with 10 watts
09 November, 2007
Macquarie University electronics PhD student Michael Boers has defeated competitors from universities in the US, Canada and Korea by designing and building an ultra-efficient radio frequency (RF) power amplifier.
Internet multicasting
05 November, 2007 | Supplied by: Omnitronics Pty Ltd
Until now, the ability to perform multicasting over the internet has not been possible. Omnitronics has implemented a technique to overcome this issue to enable a number of radios to be linked together over the internet in a peer-to-peer arrangement. Once in operation, audio received from any radio will be transmitted to every other radio.
Radio dishes activated and collecting
05 November, 2007 by Elizabeth Latham, Journalist
The first 42 radio dishes of the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) are working and collecting data from outer space, according to the University of California, Berkeley and the SETI Institute
Wireless, flexible and stretchable ECG patch
05 November, 2007 by Elizabeth Latham, Journalist
Wearable, wire free and easy to set up do not usually describe devices that monitor heart rate and cardiac activity
Joint development to empower portable UHF RFID readers
01 November, 2007
IDS Microchip and austriamicrosystems have partnered to develop a UHF RFID reader IC targeted at the portable reader market. These readers would be used to interrogate Gen 2 RFID tags allowing contactless identification of goods or materials in a broad range of applications.
Speakers announced for active RFID conference
25 October, 2007
IDTechEx will stage the conference Active RFID and RTLS in Dallas, USA. The conference’s title emphasises the fast growing real-time locating systems (RTLS) used from hospitals to dockyards for locating people and assets.
Apparel manufacturer converts RFID program
22 October, 2007
Reva Systems, an RFID network infrastructure provider, has announced that Lemmi Fashion, a Fritzlar, Germany-based supplier of children's apparel, is deploying the Tag Acquisition Processor (TAP) products as the cornerstone of its RFID program conversion from high frequency (HF) to ultra high frequency (UHF) passive RFID within its global supply chain.
WCDMA achieves 70% market share
18 October, 2007
WCDMA has achieved 70% market share of all commercial 3G networks, according to GSA, the Global mobile Suppliers Association.
Keynote speakers announced
15 October, 2007
The WiMAX Forum and Informa Telecoms & Media announced participation commitments from 10 keynote speakers and more than 30 sponsors and exhibitors for their 2008 Events Series.
Marine chartplotter
03 October, 2007 | Supplied by: GME Pty Ltd
When BlueChart g2 Vision is plugged into a Garmin chartplotter full graphical capabilities are expanded.
The strengths of mobile radio
03 October, 2007 by Paul Elmes, Tait Electronics | Supplied by: Tait Electronics (Aust) Pty Ltd
When Cyclone Larry ripped through the northern Queensland coast last year, crops were left ravaged, homes destroyed and local infrastructure severely damaged
Anti-landmine radar
20 September, 2007
A radar system that might one day see through solid earth and could be used to clear conflict zones of landmines, is being developed by researchers in The Netherlands.
Radar level transmitter
05 September, 2007 | Supplied by: Siemens Ltd
Sitrans LR460 is a continuous radar level measurement transmitter featuring 24 GHz frequency-modulated continuous wave technology and process intelligence echo processing.
