RFID news from Network World http://www.nwfusion.com/topics/rfid.html The latest RFID news and analysis from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2010 Network World, Inc. Internet of Things http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/lans/2010/091610-internet-of-things.html?source=nww_rss The "Internet of Things" is the idea that objects in the world around us can be tagged and connected to the global Internet through those tags. Jeff Caruso 2010-09-16T12:00:00-04:00 IT asset tracking system combines RFID, infrared for rack-level identification http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/090810-it-asset-tracking.html?source=nww_rss RF Code uses a combination of radio frequency identification (RFID) and infrared technology to keep tabs on the location of individual IT assets, right down to the rack level. Ann Bednarz 2010-09-08T12:00:00-04:00 Bad guys could read RFID passports at 217 feet, maybe a lot more http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/072910-black-hat-rfid-passports.html?source=nww_rss LAS VEGAS -- Radio frequency ID tags embedded in U.S. passports can be read hundreds of feet away, potentially making it inexpensive and easy to pick American tourists out of crowds for illicit purposes, "spychips", a demonstration at Black Hat 2010 showed. Tim Greene 2010-07-29T12:00:00-04:00 Silicon cockroaches, 'dirty' IPv4 addresses and other Internet oddities http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/033110-ietf-ipv4.html?source=nww_rss The world's leading Internet engineers see many surprising trends occurring under the covers of this complex network environment. Among their findings are the evolution of silicon cockroaches — tiny, mobile, unattended wireless devices — and "dirty" Internet address space that can't be used by network operators. Here are a few eye-openers about what’s really going on in the Internet infrastructure that were discussed at a meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) held in Anaheim last week. Carolyn Duffy Marsan 2010-03-31T12:00:00-04:00 Edible microchip monitor can tell if you take your medicine http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/033110-edible-rfid.html?source=nww_rss Researchers at the University of Florida have combined two-way radio-frequency communications, microchips and printed nano-particle antennas to make pills that communicate with cell phones or laptops to tell doctors whether patients are taking their medicine. Tim Greene 2010-03-31T12:00:00-04:00