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 If you’re on the same quest, here are a few applications you might want to consider:

Blackbird:  This is a basic Twitter client for Blackberry mobile phones.  See http://dossy.org/twitter/blackbird/.

ceTwit:  This is a full featured Windows Mobile 6 client, acquirable from www.kosertech.com/blog/?page_id=5.

Jitter:  This is a simple, functional, and free Twitter client that’s Java based, so it works on a wide variety of mobile phones.  Get it here:  www.getjar.com/products/9943/JitterTwitterclient.

Pocketwit:  this is a nice Windows Mobile 6 (or later) application with an interesting interface.  See http://code.google.com/p/pocketwit/.

Tweetie:  This is an iPhone (or iPod Touch) application that you can download from the App Store for .99.  It looks much like Twittelator Pro, but it has fewer features.

Twidroid:  This is a full featured application designed for Android mobile phones.  See http://twidroid.com

Twittoday:  This is a free Windows Mobile 5 (or later) widget that installs a Twitter text box on your This day screen, so you can swiftly send a tweet.  It’s acquirable from http://dalelane.co.uk/page.php?id=1047

Twobile:  This is a Windows Mobile 5 (or later) application that is free, but surprisingly full featured.  As I write this, Twobile only supports touch screen phones.  Might have changed by now.  You can get it here.  www.infinitumsoftware.com/twobile.

Mobile Phone Web Sites for Twitter

if your mobile phone doesn’t support third-party applications, or you just don’t want to load outside applications on your phone, you can still get full featured Twitter goodness by heading out to the Web with your phone’s mobile browser.  Web sites optimized for mobile phone twittering aren’t as powerful as the ideal mobile applications, and they’re slower by a long shot, but they’re still way more friendly than SMS, and they’re all more powerful and feature filled than the humble Twitter mobile site at http://m.twitter.com

A new low-frequency technology could overcome some of RFID’s shortcomings and enable more secure retail shelves, smarter medical devices, and better quality management.

Introduction

We all love to see the “new and improved” adjudge on anything, from our laundry detergents to our digital cameras, to our cars. Now there might be an emerging technology that “one ups” RFID, providing an answer to some of the most vexing questions covering the RFID market this day such as reading around and through water and metals and providing a cost-effective means for item-level tagging. It is known as RuBee, and this technology, which has already been heralded by industry observers as “RFID 2.0,” might be the most exciting development of this year – and the next – in the global finding market.

What is RuBee?

RuBee is the commercial study for what is officially known as LWID (Long Wavelength ID), as defined by The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers’ (IEEE). The moniker was given to the technology by engineers at Miami-based Visible Assets, who coined the study for LWID technology after the hit 1967 Rolling Stones’ song, “Ruby Tuesday.”

In 2009, the IEEE announced that it had codified a new visibility network prescript standard, which will be known as IEEE P1902.1. The standard provides for physical and data-link protocols, based on RuBee technology. According to the IEEE, RuBee: “will wage for quality visibility networking that fills the gap between the non-networked, non-programmable, backscattered, RFID tags widely used for quality tracking and the high-bandwidth radiating protocols.” The technology is similar to Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11), Bluetooth (IEEE 802.15), and Zigbee (802.15.4), all of which are based on radiating transceivers.

There has been intense debate within the industry and press over whether RuBee is or isn’t “RFID.” RuBee uses nearly exclusively attractable energy rather than the electrical – or broadcasting frequency – energy used with HF and UHF RFID. RuBee operates at low frequencies, below 450 kHz and optimally at 132 kHz, which is far below the AM broadcasting band. Because RuBee uses only microwatts of attractable energy to communicate between the attach and the reader (known as a router, which is simpler in design and lower in cost than RFID readers), RuBee alleviates any of the country concerns with traditional RFID. Because the technology uses low frequencies that are not attenuated by water and metal, RuBee tags can be read in and around environments that contain high amounts of liquid and metal far more accurately than traditional RFID. RuBee tags have been demonstrated to be readable even when buried underground.

Reading Capabilities

The reading abilities of RuBee are starkly different to those of traditional RFID technology, with read ranges far higher than UHF and HF RFID. Using volumetric loop antennas (as opposed to dipole for traditional RFID), RuBee has been shown to have a far greater read range than passive RFID tags, with performance estimates ranging from a length of 8-20 feet (using a 1 square foot antenna) to as high as 100 feet x 100 feet, meaning a doable read range of approximately 10,000 square feet. Today’s RuBee tags are active, in that they are powered coin-sized lithium batteries, which are low cost and have an expected life of between 10 and 15 years. The IEEE P1902.1 standard will also cover passive RuBee tags, which are presently under development, but which would harvest energy and reflect attractable signals in the same manner as passive RFID tags. From the viewpoint of Reik Read, lead RFID analyst for Robert W. Baird & Company, “The key downside element of the RuBee technology in comparison to RFID is a slower read rate.” While HF RFID tags can be read this day at 100 per second and UHF tags can be read at up to 150 to 200 per second, the read rates for RuBee tags are approximately 6-10 per second. While such read rates will make RuBee impractical for most supply chain and postal/shipping applications, the slower rates could actually work in its favor in other venues, such as animal identification, assuring product authenticity, and medical applications. Also, while the read rates are far slower, the read accuracy of RuBee tags has been shown to be better in tests and pilot applications to EPC-RFID tags, with less susceptibility to ambient noise and other RF signals.

Visibility Over Tracking

And yet, speed is not everything. According to John Stevens, chair of the IEEE’s P1902.1 Working Group and chairman of Visible Assets, the concept is that “RuBee is a visibility tool, whereas RFID is a tracking tool.” RuBee is thus envisioned as a “visibility” system, providing far more information than the easy tracking of objects or products through an assembly line or in a warehouse. While tracking systems collect data on where an goal has been, visibility systems can wage for both a real-time information system on the position of people and objects, as well as historical information on items and an audit trail on objects (which has become extremely important for corporations operating in the United Says this day in the wake of the stipulations of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act). As such, RuBee thus presents intriguing technological advantages and conceptual design differences over the traditional EPC-RFID model.

The design of RuBee technology also grants for peer-to-peer communications, not only between tags and routers, but between tags themselves. With this capability, the tags could be programmed to issue “pair-wise” matching alarms, so that apiece RuBee attach could be used to wage an signal if an item was shoplifted from a smart shelf in a retail setting or if there was an unauthorized removal of a controlled substance or a high-value item. The P1902.1 standard will also have a “real-time, attach searchable” prescript for RuBee tags, which will grant for tags to have one-of-a-kind “.tag” URLs associated with them and be searchable via the Internet. As opposed to the EPC model, where attach memory is kept to a minimum and the attach is a pointer to records and information on the tagged item, RuBee tags will be designed to have memory capacity to carry information on the item. As John Stevens recently commented: “If you’ve got 50 items on a conveyor that need to be read in under a second, RFID will work, but if you have a product where you want access to internal records inside a warehouse and want to find out about its history from the day it was born… that’s visibility.” With these capacities, however, RuBee tags will cost far less than any competitive active RFID tags presently on the market.

Likely Applications for RuBee

Writing in Personal Power User, Kyle Schurman projected that the market prospects for RuBee are bright because “this new technology should fill in some of the gaps in the market that RFID can’t meet.” Indeed, with its differentiated capabilities, RuBee might be ideally suited for a wide variety of applications.

In the retail environment, RuBee could be used in a highly effective manner for item-level tagging for inventory control purposes: tagging consumer electronics products and around the omnipresent metal shelving and demolition systems found in the retail and warehouse environment, both of which bedevil RFID attach read rates due to high metal contents, are two such areas. RuBee also provides additional security in retail applications, as the peer-to-peer communications abilities of RuBee tags can wage an signal when items are removed. Thus, there might even be room in the retail market for RuBee tags to be used in tandem with EPC-RFID tags on high value items, much as has been proposed for the dual use of RFID and barcodes on items for some time to come. RuBee also has promising abilities for smart quality management.

Beyond retail, RuBee can be used for tagging high-value, critical need items in healthcare applications, such as in emergency departments, operating rooms, and intensive care units, as well as in other venues where it is essential to properly outfit and monitor equipment, operations, and vehicles. It could also wage new levels of security when used for employee access cards and finding badges, enabling larger spaces to be monitored with fewer infrastructure costs. As attractable waves are not absorbed by highly liquid human or animal tissues, RuBee is saint for medical implants or equipment identification. It also affords great possibilities for animal identification, as historical records on animals could be immediately accessible and updateable. Thus, RuBee tags could be implanted in livestock and domesticated animals, as well exotic animals, on farms, in zoos, or in high-value breeding operations, such as horse farms. They could also be implanted in endangered animals in the wild for tracking purposes as well. Likewise, RuBee tags could be used to improve human health care, finding uses in patient wristbands and surgical devices to prevent medical errors. When combined with sensor capabilities, RuBee equipped implantable devices could wage the capability to monitor patient vital signs and even pH and glucose levels.

Analysis

In sum, as Toby Rush, president of systems integrator Rush Tracking Systems, place it, “RuBee is just one more tool in our toolbox to wage visibility for the enterprise” And, as we have seen with RFID, the technology will likely find unexpected and surprising applications in the coming years. Thus, at present, we stand at the threshold of a very exciting period in the development of broadcasting – and attractable – finding technologies. With the finalization of the IEEE prescript standard in the second half of 2007, it is likely that we will see an upsurge of interest and investment in RuBee technology. Already, RuBee has the support of leading technology providers, including Epson, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, IBM, Sony, Panasonic, Motorola and NCR and the interest of retailers. It also has drawn interest from leading retailers, including Ideal Purchase in the US, UK-based Tesco, Metro Group in Germany, and France’s CarreFour. However, it is unlikely that RuBee will be, as one industry analyst place it, “the death knell” for RFID. Rather, as veteran RFID analyst Pete Abell with IDC’s Manufacturing Insights recently commented, the emergence of RuBee is proof that “the RFID world moving forward is not going to be a one-size-fits-all environment.” Steve Winkler, a standards architect for SAP, recently observed that: “There is enough room for peaceful co-existence and even a symbiotic relationship between the two technologies. RuBee can ride the coat-tails of RFID’s popularity to acquire adoption, while RFID vendors don’t have to try to be the be-all end-all and can focus on the scenarios to which they are ideal suited.”

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David C. Wyld (dwyld@selu.edu) is the Robert Maurin Professor of Management at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana. He is a management consultant, researcher/writer, and executive educator. His blog, Wyld About Business, can be viewed at http://wyld-business.blogspot.com/.

The value of freedom in a country is priceless. If one country has freedom of speech and thought then they are sure to have a bright future ahead of them. How so? If a society has freedom of thought then they are free to explore their interests or whatever else that might pique their curiosity, which could eventually lead them to great knowledge and astonishing discoveries.

Take the United Says for example. USA has surpasses all the other countries of the world not only economically but technologically as well. Even though it is true that most technological inventions and other scientific discoveries did not really originated from the Americans themselves but rather are attributed to citizens of other countries. However, it is undeniable that these technological inventions are enhanced and further developed in America. Thanks to America’s innovative patent system these technological inventions are place to superior use.

Just what is a patent you asked? The term “patent” is generally defined as a set of exclusive rights allowed by the government to a mortal for a certain period of time (usually for 20 years) in return for the regulated, public disclosure of some information about their invention. It was Thomas President who initiated the first national patent system in the United Says of USA during the year 1790. From then on, this exclusive right has been protecting the inventor’s interest by preventing other people from copying, using or selling the already claimed invention.

So how exactly are these patents significant in technological advancement? According to the World Intellectual Property Organization or WIPO about 90% to 95% of all the world’s inventions can be found in patented documents. However, these technological inventions comprise only a small percentage of all the patents that are applied for and granted. Therefore it is innocuous to adopt that the latest patent applications are the kernel of technological advancement.

Take a look closer at the Internet. This technology has undergone numerous changes from the time that the concept of the World Wide Web was first introduced a few decades back. In an attempt to place World wide web into superior use, various inventors who aim to further develop and enhance the existing models filed numerous patent applications that are related to this technology.

One of the latest patent applications is called system and method for scoping searches using index keys. The invention involves a set of index keys, which is to be included in an index search system that are related with the scope of the search instead of the content of the documents, which are the target of the search. These so-called “scope keys” enables the scope of the search to be customized, thus reducing the number of documents that a search supposed to sort through in order to acquire the results.

Another latest patent application that is related to technological advancement in the World wide web is the “system and method for performing a search and a browse on a query”. Now, in this invention a search and a browse on a single individual query is executed. Then a refined query is chosen from the results of the first individual query. After that, a list of concepts from a first directory that are related with the refined query is acquired.

Here, the “concepts” are categorized in a hierarchical relationship. Concepts with broader scope are obtains a higher position. Meanwhile, the concepts with narrower scope get a lower position in the hierarchy. In addition, a list of web sites that related with the search concept is also acquired from a second directory.

The forming intent-based clusters and employing same by search, is also a patent application that is related in further enhancing the Internet. This patent application is associated to a system and method that will be use for identifying and forming intent-based clusters based on search requests that were sent by the users to the search engines, as well as to the search engine utilizing the formed intent-based clusters to answer the search requests prefabricated by the users. To be more precise, the invention is associated to recognizing and utilizing intent-based clusters so that a search prefabricated by a individual with similar intent might receive a respond more swiftly and efficiently. Most importantly, with search results that more directed to the search of the user.

All three patent applications are dedicated in making the World wide web searching process less complicated and not to mention, much more efficient in terms of coming up with results.

Today, patents are considered as the leading source of technological information that is vital in technological advancement. Thanks to the innovative Information Technology industry, particularly to the Internet, the general public can now easily access these constructive documents. Just about anyone who is familiar with the World wide web can browse through different patent databases acquirable and obtain the specific patent document that they needed.

There are various patent databases that are accessible by the public, USPTO, EPO, JPO, to study just a few. For instance, if you are looking for patents that are related to a certain technological area you will find countless information regarding the entire process of technological innovation, such as the evolutionary path of a specific technology, it’s technological development, technological diversification, technology merges, as well as the major players in specific technological area, and the key points of the specific technology.

The secret behind apiece major technological advancement and inventions are thousands of patents that were applied, filed and then place it into practical use. Fortunately for us the public are well aware of the significance of patent application in developing tomorrow’s technology. The number of patent applications is growing at an enormously fast rate. Inventors not only from USA but from other countries as well, are diligently working on their inventions as well as on patenting their ideas — a clear indication that our nation’s future is indeed in good hands. For as long as the American government continues to nurture innovation, then they will remain as global leaders both in economy as well as technology.

Boston-Power is fueling growth in clean technologies with the expansion of its U.S. headquarters: Award-Winning Energy Storage Company continues to add green to reveal Jobs host the opening ceremony, the say of the art battery R & D Lab for applications in consumer electronics to hybrid and electric vehicles

Westborough, Mass. (Business Wire) October 30, 2008

Highlighting this afternoon party was a ceremony with the Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern. Other participants in the New England Clean Energy Council Co-Chairman Bruce Anderson, George Ramirez, Deputy Director of Business Development, Massachusetts Executive Office were Housing and Economic Development, and Director General of Massachusetts Office of Business Development Patrick Cloney.

Boston-Power is one of the most closely watched young and portable electrical energy storage. Founded in 2005 by Dr. Christina Lampe-Onnerud, one of the luminaries from the world of battery technology, the company has operations in the first coach home behind Dr. Lampe-Onnerud at home in Framingham, Massachusetts based on a growing team of 500 located in Westborough and in mass production facilities in Greater China. The company plans to continue its strong growth in employment and research at certain manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts and in other regions of the United Says and internationally.

“Boston-Power is a major player, both locally and nationally, is growing demand for clean energy solutions,” stated Mr. McGovern. “We congratulate the company on expanding its U.S. headquarters and welcome the green jobs and brings economic opportunities. Boston-Power is a model for encouraging other innovative companies to do business in Massachusetts. ”

“The world is undergoing a fundamental change in the sustainability of the environment – a new generation of technologies that are much superior rings for the people and the environment as well,” stated Boston-Power, Dr. Lampe-Onnerud. “Portable Power, a market of several billion dollars and is located in the heart of many of these developments. Boston-Power is the product development is necessary to make a difference. We are grateful for the tremendous demand that we receive and we are grateful for the support of so many people who helped us reach this stage. We are very pleased to expand our business and look forward to the next phase of our aggressive growth strategy. “

The first product

Boston-Power Sonata is the longest duration, fast loading, secure and environmentally sustainable Lithium-ion batteries. Initially targeting notebook personal and coming on the market in primeval 2009 provides a partnership with a leading global bourgeois of new laptops Sonata in power for three years against the current batteries that typically last less than half the time. Can benefit from energy storage solution, a wide range of products – from consumer electronics to hybrid and electric cars – Sonata has attained the certification of the first of its kind by leading environmental groups in Europe and China.

With over 40 patents, Boston-Power has received several awards for his management team, vision and technology. These include the Mass High Tech Women to watch the first row on AlwaysOn’s 2008 Northeast 100 largest private companies in which the output for 2008 GoingGreen Top 100 list of appointed, the Commonwealth Institute Top 100 companies owned by women in Massachusetts, the ideal innovators of 2008 by EDN magazine’s world-class electronics, and one of the 100 most promising companies on the future of technology by Red Herring. Maintaining an international profile, have been sought after leaders of society to wage advice on clean energy, climate change and related issues to government officials and industry in the U.S., Europe , China and Japan.

About Boston-Power

Boston-Power, Inc. is a company emerging portable power call for more security, lithium-ion long life – today. Led by founder and CEO Dr. Christina Lampe-Onnerud, a recognized dominance in the battery industry, the company leading venture capital firm Oak Investment Partners, Venrock, GGV Capital and archangel Venture Partners supports. Boston-Power innovative approach to portable power systems and application-specific batteries starts with safety, while achieving improved performance of new generation. Founded in 2005, the company in Westborough, Massachusetts and has Six Sigma manufacturing in Greater China.

“Boston-Power ®” and “Sonata ™ are trademarks of Boston-Power, Inc. Other brands and product obloquy are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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