The internet of things is a decade old concept that suggests all things can ultimately be tracked, understood and analyzed in their physical and temporal spaces by identifying them to the internet. Every item has its identifier and is linked via sensors to the Web. It is quite natural that a company like Fedex should continue to experiment with this idea. Now they have released a system called Senseaware ' ... it keeps tabs on the temperature, location and other vital signs of a package - including when it's opened and whether it was tampered with along the way. Fedex is running a trial period of about a year with 50 health care and life science companies, for tracking delivery of surgery kits, medical equipment - and even live organs ... ' . More details in ReadWriteWeb.
Saturday, December 05, 2009
Fedex and SenseAware
The internet of things is a decade old concept that suggests all things can ultimately be tracked, understood and analyzed in their physical and temporal spaces by identifying them to the internet. Every item has its identifier and is linked via sensors to the Web. It is quite natural that a company like Fedex should continue to experiment with this idea. Now they have released a system called Senseaware ' ... it keeps tabs on the temperature, location and other vital signs of a package - including when it's opened and whether it was tampered with along the way. Fedex is running a trial period of about a year with 50 health care and life science companies, for tracking delivery of surgery kits, medical equipment - and even live organs ... ' . More details in ReadWriteWeb.
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