UniKL Library

Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Spanish Institute welcomed a working visit by Y.B. Dato’ Seri Idris Jusoh, Chairman of Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) who is also UniKL Pro Chancellor at its campus in Kulim, Kedah on May 26, 2010. “RFID for MARA and UniKL”, he said in his speech during the launching ceremony of UniKL MSI Radio Frequency Identification Library Management System (RFID).

The RFID System was designed and developed by Mr. Adinur Abdul Wahab, Senior Executive of Information Technology Department of UniKL MSI. It took him six months to complete this invention which is a theft prevention and alarm system for the library. Y.B. Dato’ Seri Idris Jusoh was full of praise and recorded his esteemed appreciation to Mr. Adinur for this innovative invention and hope UniKL MSI staff both the academicians and service sector staff would strive further in their research and innovation ideas.

IPod for mobile Point of Sales

Imagine using your IPod as a mobile POS in F&B industry. Another new business for the software programmers. How well they work is another story.

Bluebird PDA on Android OS

If you’re an employer looking for an enterprise-level Android device that can withstand a beating you don’t really have many any options. But the folks want to help you by announcing an Android-capable version of the Bluebird Pidion BIP-6000. This BIP-6000 meets the rigorous MIL-STD-810F military standards for drops, vibration, temperature, pressure, moisture, and sand and dust exposure, ensuring it can perform in harsh environments.

Comes with Android OS. Below specs:

* Marvell PXA320 at 806MHz
* GSM / HSDPA voice and data
* 3MP camera with autofocus and flash
* Barcode Scanner (but there’s an app for that!)
* 3.5-inch VGA display
* full QWERTY keyboard

Iphone using RFID to track CDs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmW3K1m2c9s

Tracking pallet thru RFID

LHT Holdings is a supplier of wooden pallets to industry sectors including electronics, petrochemical, pharmaceuticals and warehousing. May Yap, executive director said, “With RFID technology, we are able to keep track of the movements of the pallets which we rent out. Via the use of tags – each identified by a unique serial number – we can determine when the pallets move out from our customers’ premises and arrive at their retailer’s depot. We are also able to tell which pallets have been ‘de-hired’ and returned to us. This allows us to maintain a history and to manage the lifecycle of each pallet. It also helps us to minimize pallet loss.

Tracking Blood using RFID

Alien Technology, supplier of UHF Gen 2 radio frequency identification (RFID) products and services, and Barcelona, Spain based integrator partner Aifos Solutions, have announced the successful implementation of a UHF RFID based hemo-derivative blood bag tracking application. The solution dramatically improves upon efficiency, reduces errors, enhances visibility, and bolsters security within the supply chain at the Blood and Tissue Bank of Balearic Islands in Mallorca, at a fraction of the cost of alternative RFID tag solutions, says Alien.

“Great strides have been made with UHF RFID over the years, positioning the technology in favorable light in what was once considered an unachievable application, namely placement of UHF tags on liquids such as blood bags Today, however, these hurdles have been easily overcome, and UHF RFID performance far surpasses all other RFID tag technology options at a fraction of the cost. Today, high density containers with over 80 blood bags each are virtually instantaneously read, even on liquids in high moisture, frozen environments,” Alien said in a statement..

Explains Joan Xiol, managing director of Aifos, "One issue with using RFID to track blood/hemo-derivative bags has been how and where one could apply an RFID inlay on the plasma bag without any contaminants leeching into the blood itself. We found the correct solution to eliminate any contamination. Additionally, the inlay label needed to survive long durations at freezing temperatures (-35ºC) when the plasma bags are kept in the storage chamber.

“The tagged plasma bag must be readable both in a liquid and frozen state -- this was the second greatest challenge in this application. We are proud to say that we have solved both of these challenges and have installed the world's first such whole vein-to-vein tracking solution at the Blood and Tissue Bank of Balearic Islands in Mallorca (FBSTIB)."

Motorola tops RFID reader vendor ranking

Motorola has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Convergence Systems Limited (CSL) and Psion Teklogix claimed the second and third spots in a worldwide evaluation of passive Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) handheld reader vendors. Taken from www.abiresearch.com

POS Malaysia using RFID

For Pos Malaysia, the Global Monitoring System (GMS) trial will not be its first RFID project. Han Chum Choy, head of international and regulatory affairs at Pos Malaysia, told ZDNet Asia the organization has previously implemented a mail monitoring system between government departments in Putrajaya, which used passive RFID tags.
The postal agency, she added, intends to extend the use of RFID beyond the GMS trial. "Pos Malaysia plans to use RFID for part of its domestic mail service measurement," she said in an e-mail. "The initiative is still in conceptual and planning stage."
For the GMS trial, there will be 34 panelists located in five Malaysian cities, who are expected to
receive some 3,800 test letters. Pos Malaysia handles an average annual inbound mail volume of 1,158 tons.