| Monday, February 6, 2006 |  |
| LAPD’s Real Life Homing Beacon | 0 comments |
 6 Feb 2006 @ 17:34LAPD’s Real Life Homing Beacon The Los Angeles Police Department plans to install “dart-like” GPS devices from Starchase, LLC, that will be propelled from officers’ cars and attach to fleeing vehicles. Once attached, a GPS sensor kicks, from which officers can monitor the vehicle’s movements via a secure website, as the homing beacon transmits all pertinent data via a wireless transmitter. |
| Teeny Tiny Hitachi RFID Chip | 0 comments |
 6 Feb 2006 @ 17:31Teeny Tiny Hitachi RFID Chip: Smaller than a grain of salt, Hitachi’s newest RFID chip measures .005 x .005 inches and is 7.5 micrometers thin. Using Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) technology, it uses an external antenna to receive radio waves (2.45 GHz), and transforms it to energy to wirelessly transmit a 128 bit unique ID number for a high level of authenticity. But most importantly for Hitachi, it can make more of these chips on one single wafer, increasing production by 4 times. Most importantly for you, expect to see more and more embedded RFID in nearly every product you purchase. |