Apocalyptic Hope ......... All VeriChip articles
LOCATION .... LOCATION
.... LOCATION
includes : Wi - Fi mapping
LEO satellite system for hand-helds, PDAs,
laptops etc. plus eXI wireless communication
http://www.aaos.org/wordhtml/bulletin/aug00/cmptr.htm
TRACKING
CAPABILITIES
VeriChip can data-locate persons with ORBCOMM ... using LEO
low-earth-orbiting satellites
for remote monitoring by eXI Wireless telecommunication System (
now owned by VeriChip) ;
There are camouflaged sensors in every place , detecting motion, in the city
and outside the city.
These sensors detect motion and then transmit that data to a
central databank and that information is forwarded on to a LEO
satellite which in turns transmits the information in real time
to any destined web-enabled device
( hand helds or PDAs of authorities ). That person is now
tracked... data-tracked.
The phrase "asset" tracking includes people-tracking.
RFID Local-area location -- May 18, 2007
VeriChip's goal is to become the leading provider
of RFID systems for people in the healthcare industry. VeriChip
sells passive RFID systems for identification purposes and active RFID systems for local-area
location and identification purposes.
VeriChip recently began to market its VeriMed(TM) Patient
Identification System for rapidly and accurately identifying
people who arrive in an emergency room and are unable to
communicate
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070517005923&newsLang=en
Ed: All plastic cards ( etc. ) embedded with active Rfid -- such
as ID cards-- will signal your location. .... not by GPS ... but
through sensors placed anywhere in the environment.
Verichip - Location ( diagram included ) May 19, 2007
The VeriMed chips are
comprised of implantable locating and
identification devices, which can be used to determine
the whereabouts of a patient if they should go missing
from the facility
http://www.dogflu.ca/05182007/15/verimed_chip_tracks_alzheimers_patients
Japan and Germany : DETECTION SENSORS , 900 MHz
ZigBee
is a short-distance wireless communication
standard based on IEEE 802.15.4. It was developed for
control systems for automating homes and offices, communication
applications for healthcare equipment or automated inspection
systems, and data transfer between sensors such
as detectors of various types. It is anticipated that IEEE
802.15.4-based solutions, including ZigBee, will become the
dominant short-distance communication standard in the future. Of
the various communication bands supported by ZigBee, the 900 MHz
band is now being introduced primarily in Europe and North
America. Its advantages include a wide
coverage range, optimized battery life, and minimal
signal interference.
In the future the two companies plan to further strengthen their
collaborative efforts and are considering the development of a
single-chip solution, which combines an MCU [ microController ]
with embedded RF [ radio frequency] functionality.
http://www.industrial-embedded.com/news/db/?5945
Transponder system
The FDA classified the device as an
"implantable radio frequency transponder system" for
patient identification to further effectively gain access to a
person's medical information.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007440005
by RADIO COMMUNICATION
ORBCOMM -- 30 Low- Earth- Orbit ( LEO ) satellites:
TELECOMMUNICATION DATA system
http://www.orbcomm.com/
See GRAPHIC on ground-based tracking with sensors
www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/tracking.html
Law, Gov. officials equipped with wireless rfid badges -- March
3, 2006
SmartShield
The SmartShield system validates badges and
verifies the wearer. The package comprises Blackinton metal
badges equipped with RFID
chips, and Enforcement Identification (Eid) software that
tracks information on each badge in a department’s inventory
The DSVII-SC reader can communicate over wireless
LAN or cellular networks, has biometric capabilities, and reads
PDF bar codes, magnetic strips and RFID chips. It also can
retrieve data from on-board memory or an external database via
wireless 802.11 or Bluetooth
technology, said Stuart Tucker, customer and sales support
manager at Datastrip.
.http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=181500870&subSection=RFID
SPY ROCK in the wilderness
"Russian state TV had shown footage of a fake "rock"
left in a Moscow street and allegedly used by British agents to plant
a transmitter. Data from the rock
was then supposedly downloaded on to a palm-top
computer. The method is similar to one used in a
David Attenborough wildlife programme to hide a tiny
camera inside artificial elephant dung.
Devices like the "rock" have been used in
intelligence gathering to send encrypted messages
for several years, although it remains unclear why agents should
have chosen a Moscow street for their alleged spying operation"
http://www.5o.org/article92.html ( cached)
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article340616.ece
Spy chips from 25 feet away -- Feb. 22, 2006
http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/24/department-of-homeland-security-looking-to-develop-super-rfid-ta/
Homeland Security and rfid -- Feb. 22, 2006
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/02/spychips.html
SENSORS and DRONES
A small airplane [ Ed : a drone ? ] carries a
laser that emits thousands of pulses of light each second toward
the ground. The pulses hit and scatter back to a sensor, allowing software
to gauge the distance between the plane and the terrain,
pinpointing the altitude of each target point.
When combined with GPS coordinates
gathered in part by ground crews, the system also allows the
software to determine the latitude and longitude of each
identified point.
The result: a highly accurate three-dimensional
map that looks something like a photograph, although
trees and other features of the terrain can be stripped off to
reveal only the bare essentials on the topography
Optech, a Canadian company. Used for the first
time on the San Andreas Fault project, the laser can fire up to
167,000 pulses per second
http://www.ccnmag.com/news.php?id=4977
Low power
motion sensor
-- Feb. 21, 2006
Xie believes these sorts of applications are only
the beginning. Cheap, tiny, [ed: sensors] easily made and
paired with wireless technology, motion sensors could
be easily worn or even sewn into clothes, he said
In a three-year-old project originally funded with a $170,000
grant from NASA, they developed a single-chip sensor that can be
manufactured using Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
technology, the industry standard for silicon chip manufacturing.
The chip uses about one-thousandth of a watt of power, meaning it
has the potential to operate for as long as a year on a standard
watch battery. It is also extremely sensitive, so much so that it
can register sound as well as motion.
http://www.mtbeurope.info/news/2006/602023.htm
See
also www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/info.html for more info on
wireless tracking
Wireless Sensor Network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_sensor_network
Sensor Network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensor_network
http://www.mics.org/
http://wasal.epfl.ch/
Mesh networking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesh_networking
Mobile ad-hoc network ( MANET ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_ad-hoc_network
Nodes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node_%28networking%29
A node consists of a small box containing a hard
drive, software written by the researchers, and the same kind of
radio card used in laptops, operating on the Wi-Fi standard.
There's an Ethernet port, into which a user can plug his or her
laptop, and a connection to an antenna
http://www.technologyreview.com/InfoTech-Networks/wtr_16427,258,p1.html
Sensors Can
be configured to READ numbers March 1, 2006
Graafstra has engineered the chips in his hands
to serve the same purpose as the code that opens his apartment
door or the key fob that unlocks his silver 2004 Volkswagen Golf.
He keeps no data on the chips, just a 10-character code.
He waves his hand within a few inches
of a sensor on the windshield, and that
performs the same function as pressing a button on his remote
control, unlocking the car door.....
One advantage to the do-it-yourself approach is
that his system works only with his property, unlike corporate
systems with many users linked to one database. With those
systems, hackers could stage random attacks on anyone in the
database
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002835871_chipimplant01.html
Finding folks in remote places
"Passive infrared (PIR) motion sensors are
sometimes used in wildlife research," said Goldberg, who has
pioneered networked teleoperation systems for more than a decade.
http://www.playfuls.com/news_004780_Robotic_Cameras_Join_Search_For_Ivory_billed_Woodpecker.html
OrbComm..... a "little LEO System"
http://www.compassroseintl.com/pubs/Intro_to_sats.html
LEO and RFID
http://www.apsrfid.com/ProductsAndServices/TheTechnology.asp
Graphic
of LEO http://www.apsrfid.com/ProductsAndServices/Satellite.asp
excellent
graphic top of webpage http://www.apsrfid.com/ProductsAndServices/RFID.asp
Teledesic
-- LEO satellite system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teledesic
VeriChips
"Freedom 4 Wireless" www.freedom4wireless.com
http://www.4g.co.uk/PR2004/June2004/2026.htm
Wireless Mesh
Networking ( nodes ) plus GRAPHIC
http://engtech.ca/resources/2004/mesh_networking_in_simple_terms
RFID comes of age-- July 3,
2006
VeriScan...a $2 billion business
capable of allowing anything -- supplies, factory parts, books,
files, pharmaceuticals, pets and even people -- to be
tracked, provided they are within range of a scanner....
That in turn has given big revenue boosts to emerging market
leaders such as RF Technologies, 3M Co. -- including its Eden
Prairie subsidiary High Jump Software -- and firms such as
VeriChip, Intermec and Texas Instruments. All of them are working
feverishly to find new applications for their burgeoning
technology.
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/070302dnbizRFID.1b6f09a9.html
RF
Code tracking
It is ideal for asset tracking software
applications and security system installations, where running
network cable is not feasible or cost-effective
The new, enhanced dual-port Lantronix WiBox provides 802.11 b/g
wireless capabilities for high bandwidth data throughput. The
WiBox also provides a unique bridging capability which allows
an Ethernet device, such as the Mantis reader, to be connected to
an 802.11 wireless network. The WiBox is an industrial-grade
product with a high operating temperature range and ruggedized
enclosure.
RF Code is the premier developer of Real-Time Location and Sensor
Solutions
http://www.rfcode.com/Press_Release_121106.aspx
Specknetted Smart Dust
-- Feb. 21, 2006 by Bruce
Schneier
"Our world must already be flooded with specknetted
smart dust. There is no privacy, certainly not in the audio
range, and who knows if these things have other sensor
capabilities?"
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/02/19/111529.php
SpeckNets
"This vision is of a future ubiquitous technological
world, where grain-sized (ie millimetre cubed) semiconductor
'specks' or 'nodes' are invisibly distributed within our
environments. Sensing, computing and communicating wirelessly,
these tiny specks collaborate as programmable computational
networks called 'specknets'.
According to Dr DK Arvind,
Director of the Institute for Computing Systems Architecture at
the University of Edinburgh and one of the UK's leading advocates
of speckled computing, specks provide the possibility of seamless
integration between the material and digital world.
Each speck has a sensor, its own processor and memory capability.
This gives the specks a kind of 'computational aura', which can
pick up information from the environment. Collaborating with
other local specks, the data gathered is acted upon. Depending on
the application, the specks can be programmed to read a variety
of information. Working together the specks are powerful enough
to create new forms of pervasive computing
Other important issues around speck-based computing are the
ethical and social implications of pervasive technology."
http://www.nestafuturelab.org/viewpoint/art69.htm
Smart Dust
-- Feb. 2004
A key beneficiary in building ubiquitous wireless networks will
be software radios. Already in use in advanced military radios,
and under development by MIT spin-off Vanu and others, software
radios are certain to be here soon. These replace hard-wired
radios with a computer processor and an antenna using
software-based signal processing. . This means that a software
radio can support different standards and can be upgraded. One
device, for example, could be an FM receiver, a GPS receiver, a
GSM cell phone or an 802.11 wireless network transceiver just by
changing the software application it uses. It enables tremendous
economies of scale which will make radio links cheap enough to
put in pretty much anything.
http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/mobile/showdetail.asp?ArticleID=2632
Smart Dust dropped
from planes
http://www.cieonline.co.uk/cie2/articlen.asp?pid=480&id=4848
Nanotechnology www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/nano.html
Zigbee: wireless networking, monitoring and
control ; www.zigbee.org
wireless ad hoc mesh network ( long and short range)
http://www.meshnetics.com/
bluetooth http://www.e-principles.com/zigbee_-_plugging_the_gap_in_bluetooth_and_wifi.htm
http://homepage.uab.edu/cdiamond/ZigBee%20vs%20Bluetooth.htm
Simplicity that equals multiplicity
"Soon, ZigBee will allow different manufacturers to
create wireless sensors that can be managed over a single network"
http://webreprints.djreprints.com/1196160327191.html
Zigbee: like the
zig-zag of a bee -- April 13, 2006
http://www.edn.com/article/CA6321525.html?industryid=2814
The ZigBee Alliance includes Luxloft Labs and SensiLink
Other Resources: Texas Instruments www.ti.com
Lemos International http://lemosint.com/scripts/zigbee.asp
Ember Corporation www.ember.com
Arrow Europe www.arrow.com
This radio chip can support 65,000 nodes in star, cluster,
or mesh networks, with a range of 1 to 100 meters
(Ed : 328 feet; see below)
http://www.commsdesign.com/new_products/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=21100341
Conversion : meters to feet
100 meters times 3.28084 (feet per meter) =
328.084
feet
100 meters times 39.3701 (inches per meter) = 3,937.01
inches
http://www.ccaurora.edu/astro/backgrounder.htm
Mesh networking (
nodes )
The radio supports up to 65,000 nodes in star,
cluster or mesh networks, with a range of 1 to 100 m.
(Ed : 328 feet, see above )
At 1.8 V, receive current is 14.5 mA and transmit current is 4 mW
while power consumption in sleep mode is 1 ľA.
Zigbee Z-link (
Atmel )
Wireless System Control ; Health Monitoring ..... Read / erase
cycles
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/5056S.pdf
The single-chip transceiver lets designers focus on
low-power very long range applications,
and is optimized for license-free ISM band operations in the 400
to 950 MHz frequency range.
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?FileName=AT86RF211S_5_11.html
Automation with
high functionality
To successfully meet the growing need for an open
standards-based solution, participants must ensure that the
technology adequately meets demands and is appropriately
propagated among consumers — without projecting it as
an ubiquitous technology for all
applications,” says Doraiswamy.
The growing significance of home networking and automation has
triggered the need for a short-range technology for
wireless control.
This has created a healthy atmosphere for the increased
penetration of ZigBee technology and a growing demand for ZigBee
Chipsets.
http://wireless.weblogsinc.com/entry/3971988221142865/
Atmel
microcontrollers; digital radio
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?FileName=Keti_5_3.html
Motes http://computer.howstuffworks.com/mote.htm
WiMax http://computer.howstuffworks.com/wimax2.htm
Homeland Security -
New techniques in monitoring and sensing biological, chemical or
radiation threats have been discussed that are similar to the
deployment of "smoke alarms" within a building. Sensors
that can detect low-levels of contaminants can quickly and easily
be deployed permanently or in response to a potential threat.
Leveraging the Sensicast Sensor Networking Platform,
the sensors can provide a safety net of detection over a
large physical area - indoors or outdoors.
http://www.sensicast.com/solutions/security_apps.php#perimeter
Mesh
Dynamics http://www.meshdynamics.com/WhyStructuredMesh.html
More on Orbcomm
ORBCOMM is a wireless telecommunications company that provides
reliable, cost effective data communications services to
customers around the world through its
unique low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite network and global ground infrastructure.
A diverse customer base, including industry leaders General
Electric, Caterpillar Inc., Volvo Trucks, XATA, and AirIQ, uses
ORBCOMM services to track, monitor and control mobile and fixed
assets including trucks, containers, marine vessels, locomotives,
heavy machinery, pipelines, oil wells, utility meters and storage
tanks anywhere in the world. For more information call
1-800-ORBCOMM or visit its Web site at www.ORBCOMM.com.
FORT LEE, N.J., December 15, 2004 – ORBCOMM, a global
satellite telecommunications company, today announced that it has
executed an agreement with VeriChip™ Corporation, a
subsidiary of Applied Digital (NASDAQ:ADSX), to be its provider
of satellite and telecommunication services for applications to
be developed for use with the world’s first implantable
radio frequency identification (RFID) microchip, also called
VeriChip™.
http://www.orbcomm.com/wwwroot/public/news/readNewsArticle.jsp?ARTICLE_ID=12
Orbcomm – a subsidiary of Orbital Sciences
Corp. of Dulles, VA
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.orbcomm.com/opencms/opencms/system/galleries/pics/orbcomm/howItWorks
.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.orbcomm.com/wwwroot/public/about/technology/howItWorks.html&h=188&w=350&sz=8&tbnid=Ev4f3jRuQBIJ:&tbnh
=62&tbnw=115&hl=en&start=18&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2Bsatellite%2Bto%2Borbcomm%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG
Explaining
Orbcomm
http://www.aviationtoday.com/cgi/av/show_mag.cgi?pub=av&mon=1000&file=asd.htm
Orbcomm
http://www.marimsys.com/pages/orbcomm_system.htm ( Good photos and graphics)
WIRELESS GEO - LOCATION by
Carolyn Heinze -- March 1, 2005
portability, real-time, interoperability
VeriChip Health Information MicroTransponder System
Mehra divides wireless use among hospitals into
two main categories:
1. data [ text: facts,
figures etc. ] management and
2. voice communications.
“On the data side, doctors and other
healthcare workers use notebooks and handheld devices such as
PDAs and tablet PCs, providing them with instant access
to all of their information and applications, wherever
they are—whether it’s an electronic medical
record, patient database or administrative database,”
he explains.
Barcode scanners and RFID tags are used to track medications,
equipment and even patients.
For voice communications, hospitals are making use of Voice over
IP (VoIP) through the application of VoIP phones—similar to
traditional cell phones—and badges that are not unlike the
communicators worn by Federation members on Star Trek.
At Beth Israel Deaconess, we realized that there
was a great utility in wireless data,” says John
Halamka, M.D., CIO at Beth Israel Deaconess (and Harvard
Medical School).
“We wanted doctors to be able to wander through various
parts of the hospital, place orders for their patients, look up
test results and look at X-rays. Wireless provides
that ubiquitous access to the Web, and if
100 percent of your clinical systems are Web-enabled, this is
something that is very empowering to the doctors.”
The network at Beth Israel Deaconess is made up
of 216 access points covering the 2 million square foot
facility.
For what Halamka refers to as “geo-location,”
the hospital partnered with Pango Networks to
outfit patient wristbands and equipment with RFID tags. ..... “It’s
all done over the Wi-Fi network.” Patients are also
able to access the Internet from their hospital beds, making it a
little bit easier to pass the time.
To get around this, Beth Israel Deaconess is
outfitted with Layer 3 Roaming technology by Cisco
Systems.
“Layer 3 Roaming allows us to use routers,”
Halamka explains. “A doctor can walk through the hospital
and use his or her mobile device anywhere—it’s
like roaming between cell sites, where you can go from
one place to another without having your signal cut out.”
Because the signals travel through routers, if there is an
intrusion on the network, it remains isolated.
The VeriChip Health Information
Microtransponder System, which is about the
size of a grain of rice, features a secure database
that stores patient-approved healthcare information and received
clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration during the
fall of 2004. While advocates of privacy may take issue with the
technology, the benefit to the healthcare profession is clear:
With this system, there is no guessing—especially in
emergency situations. With the VeriChip, victims of natural
disasters, sporting accidents and other traumatic events are able
to provide their medical history, allergies and other important
statistics without even being conscious.
http://www.mobileenterprisemag.com/APCM/APCMviewer.asp?a=1517&print=yes
So, how are the adsx VeriChip people going to keep track of you ?
Well they have devised a system in order to "track"
you...which is not visual
tracking, but can indirectly locate
you whenever you pass one of their sensors (
scanners from 3--10 feet) which transmits data to their own
telecommunication system of LEO (
low-earth-orbit ) satellites.
System for locating an
individual with VeriChip:
Location Technology by
telecommunication
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/ubiquitous-network1.htm
"ceiling" = LEO satellite system
Embed Sensors http://www.microstrain.com/wireless-sensors.aspx
___________________________________
Another tracking solution
How to "track" a person without a subdermal VeriChip.
They are placing sensors
( motes ) with "mesh networking" in the wilderness that cannot be seen. If a
person walks across that monitoring- field, they could be
detected.
Active tags on clothing
and other things do activate sensors camouflaged in the
wilderness
"Radio-frequency ID tags contain a computer
chip that emits a signal a scanner can read."
Press-Enterprise -- Jan 24, 2006 www.pe.com
NYC
heavy surveillance --Aug 23, 2005
mesh networking ( web-enabled ) ... data-tracking ...
New York will install 1,000 surveillance cameras
and 3,000 motion sensors
in its sprawling network of subways and commuter rail stations as
part of a $212 million security upgrade announced Tuesday
The security upgrades will be made to subway
stations, bridges and tunnels operated by the MTA, and the
Metro-North and Long Island Railroad commuter lines. None of the
devices will be deployed in train cars or buses.
Sophisticated computer software will be used to
integrate information from the system and link it to new MTA
police department mobile
command centers, Lapp said. For
example, alarms will be set off at the command centers
if the system detects an unattended package on a subway platform
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050823/ap_on_re_us/nyc_transit_security;_ylt=Arsew100Od6N7Ev1c.tnuVSs0NUE;_ylu=X3oD
MTA3MjBwMWtkBHNlYwM3MTg-
100
Million sensors in the wilderness : "motes"
..."mesh networking"
Sensors
Everywhere http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=57702816
http://www.smartmobs.com/archive/2005/02/03/sensors_everywh.html
Data-tracking ...wireless telecommunication ...everywhere -- July
2005
Big Brother
could be tracking you -- July 16, 2005
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/07/14/tech/main709135.shtml
Wireless
Sensor Networks
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=GACXMXIZ41H5GQSNDBGCKHSCJUMEKJVN?articleID=57702293
http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=GW2Q3SN2RWGRWQSNDBGCKHSCJUMEKJVN?articleID=57702293&pgno=2
Dust networks
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-12-2005/0003597029&EDATE=
Built in GPS buoy with GPS receiver and antenna
http://www.soi.wide.ad.jp/class/20020017/slides/05/img/30.png
http://www.soi.wide.ad.jp/class/20020017/slides/05/28.html (map and
video)
http://www.cellular.co.za/orbcomm_satellites.htm
Telemetry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telemetry
* * * * * * * * *
The REAL Reason for
REAL ID .......
Applied Digital Solutions ( ADS ) has successfully
worked around GPS for locating and tracking
individuals.
Whenever persons who have the VeriChip in them ---
a contactless rfid chip --
pass by a sensor, they can be located.
This is not the same as visual
tracking, however by communicating
points of movement sporadically, the System can have an idea of
where you are.
And, the System can also track those without the VeriChip, due to
REAL ID.
Since
the System knows that many people will not take the internal
VeriChip, they now have a way of tracking and locating those
people through a "smart rfid contactless chip" in a
card which transmits a code, along with one's unique
identifying number.
That code opens up the mega-database.
The contactless chip in that case is external, since it will be
embedded in one's National ID Card ... the REAL ID
( reformatted driver's license ). It will not be implanted in the
body.
Now *
ALL * people --
whether they have an internal contactless chip, or an external
contactless chip ---
can be tracked, monitored, located and eventually controlled.
Sensor tags
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2005-07-11-csm-rfid_x.htm
Smart contactless RFID .... more info at
www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/cchip.html
GPS tracking of
individuals over the entire state of Tennessee-- Sept. 2, 2005
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-01-2005/0004098160&EDATE=
City Talk
etc.
One nation, under broadband for all--May 25, 2006
In an ambitious proposal, a Silicon Valley company has
asked the U.S. government to give it a band of radio spectrum for
a free high-speed wireless Internet network that would cover most
of the United States and be supported by advertising. The
idea is to create something like an Internet version of broadcast
television, using local and national sponsors to pay for what its
promoters say would be nearly ubiquitous high-speed access.
The company, M2Z Networks, is backed by several prominent
Silicon Valley venture capitalists. It is making a case that its
plan could hasten the spread of broadband Internet use and lead
to lower prices by spurring competition with the cable and
telephone giants that dominate the Internet market
The proposal comes as several cities, including San
Francisco and Philadelphia, are working with companies to build
local Wi-Fi networks to provide free or subsidized Internet
access
But the spectrum would be enough to deliver the company's
proposed free Internet access at 384 kilobits a second, about six
times the speed of dial-up, said Bruce Sachs, a partner with the
venture capital firm Charles River Ventures.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/05/24/business/radio.php
Digital "U" cities -- Nov. 23, 2006
Built from scratch, it will boast the most advanced
digital infrastructure imaginable, from blanket
wireless Internet coverage and automated recycling to universal smart cards that can be used to pay bills, access medical records, and open doors.
Songdo will merge
medical, business, residential and government data systems into a
so-called ubiquitous, or "U" city, on a
scale never seen before. There are smaller ubiquitous projects,
but they are not the size of Songdo.
Homes and offices will have built-in computers
that will collect data from swipe cards and sensors for the
"U-life" management center. It will be run
by Songdo U-Life L.L.C., a joint venture of Songdo's U.S.
developer, Gale International, and LG Electronics subsidiary LG
CNS, the creator of Songdo's digital backbone
Liz McIntyre, coauthor of a book on consumer privacy and
corporations called Spychips, said South Koreans should be
wary.
"Songdo City's anonymous tracking infrastructure could
quickly be turned to new purposes, and its people could become
virtual prisoners of their own technological creations,"
McIntyre wrote in an e-mail.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/business/16081467.htm
"CityTalk" to Acquire 3 Companies: Wireless Tower, Spectrum and
Network Assets
acquiring wireless
networks to coalesce rapidly -- Nov. 30, 2006
Move Follows Recent Merger with Semotus
(software ) , Inc. and Hiring of Stephens ( Investment
Bank ) Inc.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CityTalk,
Inc. (CTI), an emerging player in the fast-growing
cellular market, announced today it has
signed a definitive agreement with a U.S.
regional flat rate wireless company to acquire selected wireless
infrastructure assets
[ Richard] Sullivan ..." The experience
of the CTI team in executing
acquisitions, growing operations, building networks
and accessing the capital markets should coalesce
to provide exciting growth opportunities for our shareholders. Key
acquisitions are an important part of our strategy. In
addition to the agreement we are announcing today, we are in
various levels of discussion with a number of regional wireless
carriers, each of which will add important experience, reach and
financial results in support of our plans.
Stephens Inc. is a full service investment
banking firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20061130005278&newsLang=en
Towers
And as wireless-service providers roll out a new
technology called WiMax, allowing for broadband access from
within a 30-mile radius of its antenna, they will likely attach
the new antennas required for that technology to existing
wireless towers, which they will lease. After all, building
wireless towers can be costly, to the tune of $200,000 per site,
and gaining municipal permits for construction can turn into a
multiyear headache. As a result, it's much easier to rent tower
space from existing companies.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2005/tc2005081_1810_tc024.htm
Semotus ( software) merges with Richard Sullivan's CityTalk --- Nov. 15, 2006
causing all to go wireless
LOS GATOS, Calif., Nov. 15, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Semotus Solutions, Inc. (AMEX:DLK), a
software solutions company for enterprise mobility, today
announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to
merge with Citytalk, Inc. ("CTI"), an emerging
player in the fast-growing cellular market. Privately held CTI
was founded by Richard Sullivan, former Chairman and CEO of Applied Digitial Solutions (Nasdaq:ADSX) and
Digital Angel Corporation (AMEX:DOC), and Steve
Keaveney, an experienced telecommunications entrepreneur.
LaPine : " We have carefully
examined CTI's strategy to acquire tower infrastructure and
cellular operations in key markets in the continental U.S.
and we've concluded that CTI's proven management team is poised
to take advantage of the growth potential in the wireless
space."
Richard Sullivan, Citytalk Chairman and CEO, added: "The
experience of the CTI team in executing acquisitions, growing
operations, building networks and
accessing the capital markets should coalesce to
provide for exciting growth opportunities for both Semotus and
CTI shareholders. Key acquisitions are an important part of our
strategy.
Sullivan launched and oversaw the strategic development of VeriChip, the world's first human
implantable RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) microchip with
a wide range of medical information, security, and financial
verification applications. Sullivan also served as Chairman and
CEO of Digital Angel Corporation (AMEX:DOC). In 1970, he was
a founding member of the management team of Manufacturing Data
Systems
Concluding, Richard Sullivan stated, "CTI is eager to
leverage the strong Semotus software technology platform and the
executive talents of Mr. LaPine. I have requested that Mr. LaPine
serve as Vice Chairman of the combined company and have secured a
commitment from him to remain for at least three years to help execute the ambitious plans I have for the future.
CityTalk ("CTI") is a merger
vehicle founded by Richard Sullivan, former CEO and
Chairman of Applied Digitial Solutions and Digital Angel
Corporation and telecom business entrepreneur Steve Keaveney to
acquire tower infrastructure and flat rate cellular operations
in key markets in the continental U.S. CTI is in advanced
negotiations for the acquisition of a significant tower asset,
spectrum and cellular portfolio.
Founded in 1993, Semotus
Solutions (AMEX:DLK) is a provider of software for the mobile
enterprise, connecting people to critical business systems,
information and processes. Semotus has a Fortune 1000 customer
base including Lockheed Martin, Blue Cross Blue Shield,
Coca-Cola, Hewlett Packard, Nextel Communications, JP Morgan
Chase and The United Nations. Semotus Solutions' software
provides mobility, convenience, efficiency and profitability in
the areas of workforce automation, finance, health care and
m-commerce.
http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/news.html?d=108826
Founded in 1993, Semotus Solutions (AMEX:DLK) is a provider of software for the mobile
enterprise, connecting people to critical business systems,
information and processes.
Semotus Solutions -- wireless everywhere http://www.semotus.com/
Hiplink wireless www.hiplinkwireless.com
Clickmarks www.clickmarks.com ..remote control
XB www.xb.com ..remote
control
AeroScout WiMax
http://www.aeroscout.com/
Canadians warn of loss of
greater privacy -- Nov. 14, 2006
Kerr, a professor at the University of Ottawa,
portrayed a universe in the near future where people use
implantable microchips to communicate with each other and with
electronic devices through an ad hoc personal wireless network, a
universe where receivers tracking that information are a fixture
of public venues. [ Ed:
Zigbee and wOznet ]
http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=41099&cid=3
International
Wi-Fi mapping -- rms (
location-tracking without GPS ) August 1,
2005
"In a new initiative, Microsoft has
dispatched cars to trawl many city and suburban streets across
the U.S. to locate the signals
sent out by millions of short-range home and office wireless (or
WiFi) networks.
(MSNBC is a Microsoft-NBC joint venture.)
The unusual move, now being repeated in the U.K. and some other
countries, is part of a plan to create a ground-based
location system as an alternative to the GPS satellite system.
This echoes an effort by A9, a search engine owned by Amazon.com,
the online retailer, to use trucks with cameras mounted on the
roof to photograph millions of store fronts in the U.S.
Microsoft has also used low-flying aircraft to catch big
urban centers on film, while the software company and Google, the
search company, are racing to make widely available the most
detailed satellite images of every corner of the earth's surface.
Microsoft said that, by recording the position of every
MAC address on a giant map, it had created a
positioning system that would make it possible for anyone with a
WiFi-enabled laptop computer to identify their location to within
30.5 meters.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8702329
Siemens and Infineon -- Nov. 18, 2006
Munich, Nov 15, 2006, Siemens and Infineon
jointly present a unique solution for the fast and reliable transmission of broadband services such
as IPTV and HD-TV with LAN-compatible devices in
private households. This cutting edge product is based
on Polymer Optical Fibers (POF), which are especially easy to lay
and install. Similar to glass fibers, data is
transmitted via light waves that reach a constant
bandwidth of 100 Mbps. The use of optical-electrical LAN adapters
results in a Plug&Play solution that can connect to any LAN
compatible device found in the home. T-Com,
the Fixed Network business unit of Deutsche Telekom AG, now
offers this solution to its IPTV customers in a package that
includes two optical LAN adapters, LAN wires as well as a polymer
optical cable.
This new solution offers a high level of service
that’s similar to Ethernet
wiring and is therefore well suited for streaming high bandwidth
applications. Since POF is immune to electromagnetic interference
(EMI) the data stream remains constant – furthermore, the
transmission is also tap-proof due to the fact that it is a
point-to-point connection.
http://www.infineon.com/cgi-bin/ifx/portal/ep/contentView.do?channelId=-87193&contentId=212207&programId=61238&channelPage=%2Fep%2Fchannel%2
FnewsChannel.jsp&pageTypeId=17226&contentType=NEWS
Converting devices to Ethernet
eCOV-110 easily connects to RS-232 serial devices
like barcode scanners, swipe-card readers,
proximity card readers, electronic door- locks,
medical and security equipment. Connect any serial output to an
Ethernet network that consists of a single Computer host or your
complete LAN or WAN.
Automation - POS peripherals, factory automation, barcode
scanners Home/Building Monitoring for controlling any serial
(RS-232C) device.
http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/497355/264
What is ethernet ?
Computers communicating over co-axial cable and twisted pair
wires
Ethernet cards are being
built into computers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet
From the
Newswire: fair
educational use
Mass production of tiny motion-sensors -- Feb. 9, 2006
The sensor, which measures about 3 square
millimeters or one-tenth of an inch, is not the smallest motion
sensor ever invented. But it is extremely sensitive,
draws only a tiny amount of electrical power and -- most
important – is one of a new generation of sensors that can
be made using the computer chip manufacturing industry's standard
techniques and equipment
That means that in the near future "the
application range can be expanded a lot," said Huikai Xie,
a UF assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering.
Cheap, tiny, easily made and paired with wireless
technology, motion sensors could be easily worn or even sewn
into clothes, he said. That could help coaches zero in on the
movements of athletes, or nurses working at a distance monitor
elderly people in their homes.
The chip uses about one-thousandth of a watt of power, meaning it
has the potential to operate for as long as a year on a standard
watch battery. It is also extremely
sensitive, so much so that it can register sound as well as
motion
Although developing the first few sensors was expensive, Xie
estimated it could cost $10 or less if mass produced. He and his
graduate students have installed several sensors in a cigarette
pack-sized board of electronics to test their capabilities. UF
also is pursuing a patent on the sensor.
"Eventually, you can wear all kinds of sensors with
you to monitor everything you want to know - your heartbeat, your
blood pressure or even something like your glucose
concentration," Xie said. "I think this is a very
interesting, exciting field that will eventually help people live
much higher quality of life
http://www.physorg.com/news10706.html
http://www.ferret.com.au/articles/ad/0c03e9ad.asp
Satellite-monitoring
( BIG BROTHER on steroids)
" US-based Digital Angel is
developing products and services which combine biosensor
technology with web-enabled wireless
telecommunications linked to Global Positioning Systems.
Accordingly, they can monitor the key
body functions of a human or animal, and transmit
that data along with accurate location
information, to a ground station or monitoring facility so that
they can be monitored and tracked by loved ones ( Ed : as well as by unloved ones
) .
Their whereabouts can even be viewed on a map over the
internet - sort of like tracking your freight on
fedex.com - only this monitors the
condition of the person being tracked too"
http://www.gizmag.com/go/1167/
Tracking info on Internet users -- Nov. 3, 2005
MIT's newly upgraded wireless network — extended this month
to cover the entire school — doesn't merely get you online
in study halls, stairwells or any other spot on the 9.4 million
square foot campus. It also provides information on exactly how
many people are logged on at any given location at any given
time.
It even reveals a user's identity if the individual has
opted to make that data public.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051103/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_campus
Wi - Fi mapping
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The
Massachusetts Institute of Technology "unwired" last
month when Information Services & Technology installed the
last of 2,800 wireless access points, making the
MIT campus one of the largest geographic entities -
about 9.4 million square feet - served by a single wireless
network.
http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20051102.074526&time=08%2047%20PST&year=2005&public=0
Novation medical tracking with eXI -- June 28, 2005
June 28, 2005 -- VeriChip Corp.'s recent
acquisition, eXI Wireless Inc., has signed a
three-year, dual-source agreement with Novation,
the supply company of VHA Inc. and the University HealthSystem
Consortium (UHC). With this contract, two of eXI's RFID solutions
for the healthcare industry will now be made accessible to more
than 2,500 VHA and UHC members as top-of-the-line protection
solutions
http://www.frontlinetoday.com/frontline/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=168096
RFID for [
finding ] people
-- May 3, 2005
" With the integration of eXI Wireless' external
[ Ed : location devices ]
security solutions for people, VeriChip Corporation now provides
leading edge security solutions utilizing both implanted
and external RFID products for people.
[ Ed: Internal location by telecomm ---
ORBCOMM ; external location by GPS receiver ]
The company now, through the introduction of improved external
products, offers a complete wander protection system in the
healthcare industry.
VeriChip is a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied
Digital and the only company to provide both implanted and
external RFID security solutions for people, their assets, and
their environments. From the world's first and only FDA-cleared, human-implantable
RFID microchip to the only patented active
RFID tag with skin-sensing capabilities,
VeriChip leads the way in next-generation RFID technologies.
Today, over 3,000 installations worldwide in healthcare,
security, industrial, and government markets benefit from both
the protection and cost savings VeriChip's innovation
delivers."
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050503005803&newsLang=en
Next Generation Thermo
Life -- May 10, 2005
Thermo Life produces power (currently 3V) by
converting heat energy into electrical energy. The
next-generation round-shaped Thermo Life is a micro-technology
device that is the culmination of 8 years of research and
development. The new round Thermo Life measures 9.3 mm in
diameter, and weighs 230 mg, nearly 50% lighter and smaller than
the original Thermo Life.
The new Thermo Life design creates a more efficient power output
and contributes to higher conversion efficiency. The new design
also increases potential applications for Thermo Life such as a
viable energy source for active
RFID tags, ZigBee Chipsets, wearable electronics, medical devices
and micro-sensor systems
With the recent acquisition of eXI wireless,
VeriChip Corporation now offers active RFID tags in a
healthcare-security environment. As
VeriChip - an RFID Company for People - evolves, Thermo Life can
be used as an alternative power source for external RFID tags in
a healthcare environment providing a lifetime power source and
negating the need for a change of batteries.
Commenting on this development, Chairman and CEO
of Applied Digital, Scott R. Silverman stated, "This
next-generation Thermo Life is a direct
result of VeriChip's acquisition of eXI Wireless.
Knowing that the acquisition was in the process, our research and
development personnel aimed to improve the Thermo Life product to
provide a potential power source for an active RFID tag for
People
http://www.wirelessiq.info/content/newsfeed/3197.html
Thermo Life, eXI and Zigbee 802.15.4
Marc Poulshock, the President of Thermo Life(TM)
Energy Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital,
commended the achievement of the technology development team on
the Next-Generation Thermo Life(TM). He also stated, "Thermo
Life(TM) is now positioned to become an integral part of the
power supply requirements for many real world applications
including active RFID tags and ZigBee enabled devices. With the
recent acquisition of eXI Wireless by VeriChip, we have the
ability to move forward in an aggressive fashion to establish
Thermo Life(TM) as the power source for the active RFID tags
presented by VeriChip. We also have a strong ZigBee ally that
stems from eXI's involvement, since 2001, in the establishment of
the 802.15.4 ZigBee wireless standard. Since Thermo Life(TM) has
greater access to this expansive technology team at VeriChip, we
will be working to develop a power supply for ZigBee enabled
devices in a more expeditious fashion. Ultimately, Thermo
Life(TM) can play a leading role in removing the enormous hurdle
presented after deploying thousands of ZigBee enabled devices...
the requirement to change the batteries."
For more information on ZigBee and the ZigBee Alliance see www.ZigBee.org
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050510/105497.html?.v=1
VeriChip to add 200 more
dealers and distributors -- April 25, 2005
The agreement also calls for eXI's 200 dealers and distributors
in North America to begin offering VeriChip products. VeriChip
expects to bring in $8 million-$10 million in revenue this year.
1.
HALO, an infant security
system for hospitals;
2. RoamAlert Wander Protection System,
a tracking application for long-term care facilities; elderly
3. Assetrac Location & Protection System,
which is designed to help health care organizations track supplies
and medical equipment (
objects)
http://www.mobilehealthdata.com/article.cfm?articleid=1394
Roam Alert Wander Protection System ( Alzheimers etc. ) -- May 3,
2005
VeriChip Corporation now provides leading
edge security solutions utilizing both
implanted and external RFID products
for people. The company now, through the introduction of improved
external
products, offers a complete wander protection
system in the healthcare industry.
RoamAlert,
the external next-generation patient wandering protection system
utilizing wearable and
attachable RFID tagging technology, now
offers increased levels of patient safety and freedom while
saving time and money associated with the tedious task of
locating:
patients that have wandered,
equipment that has been
misplaced or stolen,
and staff
that may need immediate assistance.
The new functionality already in use with RoamAlert
Integrity product installations throughout
North American nursing homes and
assisted living facilities, extends beyond the standard automatic
alerting when patients leave or enter pre-defined exits or areas
and includes:
1. Real-time location of patients and residents,
2. Facility-defined containment
zones for different classes of
patient wanderers,
3. One-touch distress alerting for staff or patients
enabling a quick call for help,
4. Equipment tracking for the protection and locating of such
common assets as wheelchairs, IV stands, or expensive multimedia
equipment.
Assisted Living Federation of America's National
Conference in Atlanta, Georgia running May 4-6, 2005.
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050503005803&newsLang=en
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050503/35803.html?.v=1
Progress from eXI -- May 3, 2005
" and completed the acquisition of eXI
Wireless, which will dramatically increase VeriChip Corporation's
revenue and access to distributors for VeriChip's implantable
product. With this acquisition, VeriChip Corporation has become
an RFID company for people and their environments, which is a
clear differentiator in the RFID sector."
Completion of eXI Wireless acquisition.
Transaction enhances Company's product offerings and positions
VeriChip as the first RFID company for people.
Applied Digital develops
innovative security products for consumer, commercial, and
government sectors worldwide. The Company's unique and often
proprietary products provide security for people, animals, the
food supply, government/military arena, and commercial assets.
Included in this diversified product line are RFID applications,
end-to-end food safety systems, GPS/Satellite communications, and
telecomm and security infrastructure, positioning
Applied Digital as the leader of Security Through Innovation.
Applied Digital is the owner of a majority position in Digital
Angel Corporation
(AMEX: DOC).
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050505005738&newsLang=en
Ed note: We believe
that Dr. Halamka was implanted with two chips... one passive
RF for ID ;
Dr. Halamka's chip is the size of "two grains of rice"
... TWICE the size of the regular VeriChip .
Why ??
One grain of rice for ID ? ...
Does the other "grain of rice" chip contain Thermo Life
sensors to report physiological data ?
( eXI - ORBCOMM )
FEBRUARY 11, 2005 (COMPUTERWORLD) - An RFID
chip the size of two grains of rice and
encased in a glass container was implanted in back of the right
arm near the elbow of John Halamka, CIO of Harvard Medical
School, just before Christmas.
http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,99710,00.html
Ed : the muscle in the arm
causes excitation that generates the in-arm verichip.
Applied Digital Buys eXI -- March 18, 2005
http://www.frontlinetoday.com/frontline/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=152167
Adsx aquires eXI wireless telecommunication -- March 15, 2005
RICHMOND, BC, March 14 /CNW/ - eXI Wireless Inc.
(TSX Venture Exchange: EXI), a pioneer in wireless
identification, control, and location technologies, announced
that at a special shareholder meeting held today eXI shareholders
approved the proposed acquisition by Applied Digital Solutions,
Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSX) of all of the outstanding shares of eXI
Wireless Inc
We are pleased that eXI shareholders recognize
the potential that we believe this transaction creates,"
said
Kevin McLaughlin, VeriChip's Chief Executive Officer.
"We are excited that this transaction will close at the end
of the month.
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2005/14/c4589.html
Agility and eXI Sign Agreement
Agility
Healthcare Solutions, a Denver-based subsidiary of Trenstar
that provides RFID-enabled asset management solutions, has an
agreement with eXI
Wireless, a Richmond, British Columbia, company that makes
RFID asset management and security systems, to incorporate eXI's
RFID infrastructure, tags and software into AgileTrac, Agility's
Web-based, RFID-enabled equipment management solution (see Hospitals Get Healthy Dose of RFID).
Under the agreement, AgileTrac will be branded "Powered by
eXI," referring to eXI's recently announced e-Tegra software
platform (see EXI
Broadens Its RTLS Platform.) Agility will also use a range of
eXI's 433 MHz and 125 KHz RFID tags and readers
http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/1397/1/1/
ADSX aquires eXI wireless .... acquisition by
Applied Digital -- Jan. 28, 2005
eXI will be joining forces with Verichip Corporation, a
subsidiary of Applied Digital, whose primary focus is to build an
RFID company focused on human applications.
We at eXI have built a robust technology and look forward to
joining forces with the Verichip team to expand the
market opportunity for our collective
technology (
data ) and products."
eXI Wireless Inc. is a pioneer in wireless
identification, control, and location technologies
that provide peace of mind to groups wanting to protect,
track, and locate their individuals and
assets.
With over 20 years experience, eXI is behind some of the
industry's first patient wandering, infant
protection, and tool tracking systems uniquely
combining Auto-ID (e.g. RFID, bar code)
and real-time location technologies in its
state-of-the-art,
unobtrusive[ Ed. note: hidden] solutions.
Through eXI's continued wireless innovation, end customers gain
the protection, cost savings, operating efficiencies, and overall
peace of mind they require when it comes to their people and
assets.
Vendors looking to improve their product offerings through the
use of eXI's RFID technology gain the expertise
and end result they require quickly and cost
effectively.
For more information on eXI Wireless Inc., please visit http://www.exi.com
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2005/27/c7768.html
a protected, controlled area
http://www.freedomcomm.com/page25/page25.html
a Communications-Data
device
ORBCOMM signs agreement with VeriChip -- Dec. 15, 2004
Companies Will Jointly Develop and Market Innovative
Military, Security and Healthcare Applications for VeriChip(TM),
the World's First Implantable Microchip
ORBCOMM, a global satellite
telecommunications company, today announced that it has executed
an agreement with VeriChip(TM) Corporation, a subsidiary of
Applied Digital (NASDAQ:ADSX), to be its
provider of satellite and telecommunication services for
applications to be
developed for use with the world's first implantable radio
frequency identification (RFID) microchip, also called
VeriChip(TM).
ORBCOMM's relationship with VeriChip(TM) provides yet
another new and important industry that will use the ORBCOMM satellite system and its
ground infrastructure network to transmit messages globally,"
Jerry Eisenberg, CEO of ORBCOMM, said.
ORBCOMM is a wireless telecommunications company that
provides reliable, cost effective data communications
services to customers around the world through its
unique low-earth orbit (LEO)
satellite network and global ground infrastructure.
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20041215005618&newsLang=en
The LEO system uses triangulation, only if the data is put in.
ORBCOMM is a LEO system (
low earth orbit system ) that is in the communication business
only. ( works well with Blackberry and law enforcement)
Once a proprietary scanner is scanned over a person's verichip,
the number is then made web-enabled and transmitted by ORBCOMM to
receivers. ( cell phones etc.)
The advantage of doing this is the fact that beforehand the info
was one-on-one. Only the reader had access to your chip's number.
Now that they are linking up with ORBCOMM and eXI wireless, the
playing field is vastly widened, and if anyone is looking for
you, they can more or less find you with the VeriChip. But only
when it is scanned by a reader or a queried by a sensor.
Communication helps in locating a person. This is data-tracking.
Other LEO
Systems
Diagram of NOAA system
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/proj_over/diagrams/
Location tracking with PlaceLab triangulation rms June 2004
Be
sure to read the comments below the article
http://engadget.com/entry/3981190443365299/
Motorola's Teledesic - LEO satellites
http://www.mobilecomms-technology.com/projects/teledesic/
http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/pozar/leos.htm
http://www.isoc.org/inet96/proceedings/g1/g1_3.htm
66 Iridium low earth orbit ( LEO ) satellites -- Nov.
2004
Iridium Satellite LLC http://www.iridium.com is the
only provider of truly global satellite voice and data solutions
with complete coverage of the earth
(including oceans, airways and Polar Regions). Iridium delivers
essential communications services to and from remote areas where
no other form of communication is available. Iridium makes this
possible through its constellation of 66 low-earth
orbiting (LEO) satellites. The Iridium service is
ideally suited for industries such as maritime, aviation,
government/military, emergency/humanitarian services, mining,
forestry, oil and gas, and heavy construction.
Iridium currently provides service to the U.S. Department of
Defense under a multi-year contract. Iridium sells equipment and
services through 44 service providers. In addition, 28 value-
added manufacturers build Iridium-based products, and 22
value-added resellers build and sell Iridium-based solutions.
http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=106783
Articles
pertaining to the above :
Home
HeartBeat -- Zigbee - automation
http://www.cieonline.co.uk/cie2/articlen.asp?pid=&id=4373
As of April 1, 2005 VeriChip bought out eXI wireless
http://www.secureidnews.com/news/2005/04/01/-verichip-acquires-exi-wireless/
eXI wireless telecommunication
"eXI Wireless Inc. is a pioneer in wireless
identification, control, and location technologies that provide
peace of mind to groups wanting to protect, track, and locate
their individuals and assets. With over 20 years experience, eXI
is behind some of the industry's first patient wandering, infant
protection, and tool tracking systems uniquely combining radio
frequency identification (RFID) and real-time location system
(RTLS) technologies in its state-of-the-art, unobtrusive
solutions. Through eXI's continued wireless innovation, end
customers gain the protection, cost savings, operating
efficiencies, and overall peace of mind they require when it
comes to their people and assets. And vendors looking to improve
their product offerings through the use of eXI's RFID technology
gain the expertise and end result they require quickly and cost
effectively.
"tracking systems uniquely combining radio frequency
identification (RFID) and real-time location system (RTLS)
technologies in its state-of-the-art, unobtrusive solutions."
www.exi.com http://www.exi.com/company.html ( no
longer working)
e-Tegra ( TM) auto ID http://www.exi.com/content/solutions/1092020277
GlobalStar
-- 48 LEO telecommunication satellites in conjunction with OUTERLINK
see www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/gov.html
Outerlink
works with an rfid antennae location system
Graphic http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/tpr/1999/its_t/symposium/symposium.html
China working on ASAT ( anti satellite) systems -- July 27, 2005
Given this technology — at lower power thresholds
– "Chinese researchers may believe that low-energy
lasers can 'blind' sensors on low-Earth-orbiting
satellites," the report suggests, but whether Beijing has
tested such a capability is unclear.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2005-07-27-china-satellites_x.htm
Genex Smart Surveillance
http://www.przoom.com/view.php?id=534&type=search&auth_sess=fe9a08d1db4e922fbe961c91d7cd0fa5&ref=51d9853939c40ffdeda1a78ab
Sensing the World
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/002694.html
Smart mass -transit
http://www.suntimes.com/output/otherviews/cst-edt-ref14.html
Smart Borders --
Global Hawk
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/11644890.htm
Smart Buildings
http://www.computerworld.com/networkingtopics/networking/story/0,10801,100318,00.html
Ultrasonic
Transducers
http://www.panametrics-ndt.com/ndt/ndt_transducers/index.html
The End of the world
http://www.economist.com/diversions/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=3490697
" Knowing this first, that there shall come
in the Last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and
saying,
"Where is the promise of His coming ?
For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they
were from the beginning of the creation."
2 Peter 3: 3,4
BIG BRO
This article tells how Mexico has VeriGuard readers placed on
walls walls for locating people.
They also have implemented the VeriKid program.
http://www.sierratimes.com/03/10/28/article_tn_blanton.htm
Cellphones with GPS
receivers -- Dec. 9, 2004 ... cellular vs. satellite
triangulation and gyroscopes
But cellphones with GPS receivers
have brought the cost within reach of almost anyone. Leong says
the monthly cost of the application is now around $20 to $25 per
phone, plus airtime charges. Prices vary, depending on how often
the location is reported, but Leong says a $20-a-month,
1.5-megabyte package serves most needs.
Even in-vehicle systems
today can use the cellular network to
report their location to a central point, instead of transmitting
that information by satellite as early systems did. That reduces
costs noticeably.
Most advances in this area can be attributed to
the U.S. government's requirement that cellular carriers
develop the ability to pinpoint the locations of
cellphones that call 911 emergency services to within 150 metres
95 per cent of the time. That has accelerated the arrival of GPS-equipped
phones and led carriers to explore using the cellular
network itself to locate phones more accurately.
http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&lid=1&sid=57604&adBanner=Networking
Click Commerce
http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2004/commentary04121601.htm
Disinformation; mis-leading ; preying upon fears and emotions ... Dec. 15, 2004
"It only costs a couple hundred
dollars, after all – a small price to pay for security"
[ Ed. note: How are they secure ?]
" If their children are kidnapped they
can be found, hopefully, before they are brutalized or
tortured."
"They will want to be found.
They will want the convenience. They will want to feel safe. They
will want to know where they are. They will want to know someone
is watching over them."
http://www.useless-knowledge.com/1234/dec/article233.html
RFDump -- Dec. 15, 2004
But there are grey clouds on the horizon. Earlier this
year, reports abounded of the development of a tool called RFDump
that allows someone with the right equipment
to read and even change the underlying information on an RFID
chip. Most chips are also thought to have a life
span of about 20 years, adding to privacy fears.
http://www.vnunet.com/features/1160085
e-Tegra and eLink
http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleprint/1221/-1/1/
Salvation
www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/sal.htm
Bible
www.blueletterbible.org
