August 2009
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Engineering TV →
Focused on technical B2B engineering topics, Engineering TV covers emerging technologies, best practices, new products, the latest developments, behind-the-scenes footage, and insights into the people at the forefront of design engineering.
July 2009
11 posts
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The End of Lost Luggage? →
Tracking luggage by RFID
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WatchTED Talks: Pattie Maes demos the Sixth Sense.
See also: MIT Students Turn Internet Into a Sixth Human Sense | Kim Zetter, Wired, February 5, 2009.
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WebSphere RFID Information Center
IBM WebSphere RFID Information Center Version 1.0 information roadmap
Outlines the information resources available for evaluating, installing, deploying, and administering the WebSphere RFID Information Center Version 1.0.
Download IBM InfoSphere Traceability Server V2.0.3 (Red Hat Linux)
iControl Networks →
Cisco Systems, Inc., Comcast Corp., General Electric Co. and ADT Security Services are joining investors in a $23 million funding round for iControl Networks Inc., a start-up whose software allows customers to control a home’s lights, thermostat, and security system via the Web. ~ Ben Worthen, “Chasing Promise of High-Tech Homes,” Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2009.
IBM - Sensor solutions →
Distribution Supply Chain and Logistics
retailers, distributors, consumer products and transportation companies
Industrial Tracking and Visibility
automotive, industrial manufacturing, and aerospace & defense companies
Pharmaceutical Track and Trace solution from IBM
pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors and retailers
Data Center Resource Management
financial services and companies...
“The problem for most organizations, including government, is that they...”
– Richard MacManus | July 21, 2009| The Tweeting House | ReadWriteWeb
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The Tweeting House →
Twitter + Internet of Things
Stanford-Clark has set up various systems for real-time monitoring of the Internet of Things, many of them using Twitter (he calls the resulting tweets “tweetjects”). One example got a bit of mainstream media coverage lately: a house that uses Twitter to monitor its energy consumption.
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A Smarter Planet →
Instrumented, Interconnected, and Intelligent
This IBM website is devoted to REAL-TIME WEB and the INTERNET OF THINGS. Sensors, RFID tags and real-time messaging software are major parts of IBM’s smarter planet strategy.
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IBM and Matiq Partnering →
IBM Press Rekease: IBM and Matiq to Develop First of a Kind Tracking Solution for the Norwegian Food Industry
OSLO, NORWAY - 09 Jul 2008: IBM (NYSE: IBM) has signed an agreement with Matiq, the information technology subsidiary of Nortura, Norway’s largest food supplier, to use...
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IBM and The Internet of Things →
ReadWriteWeb, Written by Richard MacManus / July 22, 2009.
“IBM has a whole set of RFID and sensor technology solutions. But more importantly it has been busy working with various manufacturers and goods suppliers in recent months, to introduce those solutions to the world.”