RFID in Japan

Sounds like an interesting project...

Fish Olympics is an RFID-enabled interactive installation for the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach that enables participants to construct a fish by assembling parts from various fish in the Tropical section of the aquarium. They then have the opportunity to pit their fish against the fish of others in various tests of prowess and survival.

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thanks regine!

DailyMail reports:

Teenagers are more open to the idea of having a high-tech shopping experience, the Tomorrow's Shopping World report suggests.

Around 8 per cent of 13 to 19-year-olds were open to the idea of microchip implants while 16 per cent wanted trolleys to be fitted with SatNav systems.

via spychip blog

Universal Studio Japan (USJ) will soon introduce RFID (phone) tickets -- as early as later this year. Visitors buy entrance tickets on the internet and, when they visit USJ, they can just wave their RFID-chipped cell phones to get in. This way, they will likely be able to get in a lot faster than people with regular tickets. The system is compatible with Sony's mobile felica technology. NEC and USJ will co-develop the system.

via Nikkei Shimbun, September 7, 2006.

Acca Networks, Willcom and Microsoft together initiated so-called M2M (Machine to Machine) Consortium on Septermber 6. It's about services using machines communicating with each other. What kinds of machines? Computers (of course), printers, POS (Point of Sale) terminals, vending machines, cameras, RFIDs, sensors, air conditioners, lighting, elevators, robots, manufacturing machinery, gas meters, home appliances, cars, and any other digitally capable machines. More than 20 companies were joining the consortium (as of Sep 6).

via japan.internet.com, September 6, 2006.

via Forbes:

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications plans to approve the use of active radio frequency identification (RFID) chips that are capable of sending data across a distance of more than 100 meters, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported at the weekend

HP Japan and BEA Japan proposed a new architecture for building business RFID applications, dubbed "RFID 2.0."

According to their definition, "edge" systems that locally and independently use RFID for data input/output at distribution centers, etc. are "RFID 1.X."

Systems that allow for a company to integrate the data with existing business applications (and share the data with other companies) are "RFID 2.0."

The two companies also propose an "RFID 2.0" system (based on the EPCglobal standards) that combines their software products and services.

via nikkei, sept 4, 2006

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