Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Automated Feeder Monitoring, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Interesting use of RFID

"RFID tags have all kinds of uses—many people tag their pets in case they get lost, new passports use them to store your identity and even your picture, and shipping companies use them to keep track of where merchandise is on its way to you. All it takes is a tiny, battery-free tag and a larger tag reader and antenna. The reader bounces a signal off the tag and gets a unique ID number back in response." - Read more here Automated Feeder Monitoring, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Pittsburgh Researchers Develop Implantable RFID for Orthopedic Device - RFID Journal

Great story about another use of RFID in the medical field.

Pittsburgh Researchers Develop Implantable RFID for Orthopedic Device - RFID Journal

Genting Poker launches first RFID poker table

Here is a cool story about an RFID Poker table.

LIVERPOOL, England -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Genting Poker has today announced that it is testing its first RFID poker table at the Circus Casino Liverpool ahead of the live streaming of the Genting Poker Players Championship 2011.

On the surface it looks like a regular poker table. But hidden inside the table is a system of hi-tech RFID electronics that tracks the movement of playing cards, and superimposes that information on to a live video feed. The cutting edge technology, identifies exactly what cards have been dealt and replaces any need for hole cameras.

The feature table will be streamed on a 15 minute delay at www.gentingpoker.com throughout the tournament, showing viewers the hole cards and the flop, along with the percentage chance of winning the hand. Just like late night poker TV!

To launch the new RFID table, GentingPoker.com has today launched a unique ‘refund freeroll’ worth a guaranteed £10,000, at the Circus Casino, Liverpool at the end of this month.

Gentings innovative ‘refund’ freeroll tournament plays out from 30th June to 3rd July 2011 paying the top twenty players. Places are strictly limited to the first 600 entrants and to secure a place players simply register online at GentingPoker.com. A £10 + £0 buy-in secures a seat, but that deposit is fully refundable to every starting player.

There are 3 starting days, with flights capped at 200 runners per day. Players receive a full refund of their deposit, £5 on the day they play at the club and £5 to their online account after the tournament finishes.

The only way to register for this tournament is online, at Circus Poker or Genting Poker. This is a sensational freeroll, and the tournament can be found in the gentingpoker.com ‘Exclusive Live Events lobby’. Registration closes at 7:30pm on the day.

Find yourself playing on the feature table and the online world will be watching your every move. No pressure!

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Genting Poker launches first RFID poker table