Sesh Murthy, director of IBM's RFID and sensors unit, said that by 2015 all processes will use RFID. There will be other sensors [coming to RFID] - temperature sensors, weight sensors," IBM's Murthy said.
Adding tracking chips to banking brochures and burying RFID sensors within the walls of the branch itself would allow banks to identify which customers are interested in mortgages and enable the bank to target screen advertising accordingly when a...
IBM Research recently provided its Global Technology Outlook (GTO) to chief executive Sam Palmisano and the topics covered included a growing trend for sensors. Sensors Governments, established corporations and start-ups have all shown increasing...
Modern cars contain dozens of sensors that monitor road and meteorological conditions as well as driving style. The NOW project believes that once cars are networked on an ad hoc basis, they could share their sensor and positional data with other...
The devices could range from a steering wheel with embedded sensors that check if the driver is getting too stressed, through to packaging that can tell if the product inside has become too hot or cold.
These sensors can monitor people's movements, capture sleep patterns or measure pulse and respiration, meaning they can identify medical emergencies or diagnose health problems. Using the information gathered by the sensors, fuzzy logic will be...