Catching Up with Advantech on YouTube

It wasn’t long ago that I disdained YouTube as the place people went to catch up on the latest in amateur videos featuring cat antics, bad rap and, well, worse. Shows what little I know. Now, I count online videos among my go-to sources for information on the latest in tech. L-Tron even has a…

RFID and RTLS, What is the Difference?

RFID? RTLS? Are they the same thing? Sure, each acronym has a distinct root meaning, but I still hear and read RFID and RTLS used interchangeably. So, which should we use when? Fortunately, Zebra Technologies has published a white paper, RTLS 101: What It Is and Why You Need It, that distinguishes RTLS from RFID…

Great Things Come In Small Packages

When it comes to scanning performance, it takes an industry leader to be able to design a device that is strong enough for a warehouse environment, but made for one that may be…well…more discrete.  First of all, let me say that the Honeywell Vuquest® 3310g is just adorable.  I mean it.  Its compact size makes…

Zebra’s Dart UWB RTLS System – Head’m Up; Move’m Out!

“Hey, Rowdy, you seen that ol’ brindle cow and her new calf today?” “Naw, Mister Favor, sure ain’t.  Should I ride over to the north pasture – see if she might’a got stuck in that buffalo wallow?  Wouldn’t take more’n four or five hours.  Or, maybe I should ride down to the south pasture?  She…

Dolphin 70e Black – Smart, Sophisticated and Built to Last

Does your mobile workforce need a bit of a makeover? If so, Honeywell’s new Dolphin 70e Black is just what the doctor ordered.  This smartphone is really smart… with an area-imaging scanner, 12 hours of battery life and a 4.4-inch capacitive touch screen.  Don’t be fooled with the exterior of this sleek-looking device.  Weighing in…

How Mobile Devices Are Changing Delivery of Healthcare

A 2012 survey conducted for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) found that: 89% of clinicians use laptops, 53% use smartphones, 49% use cell phones, 47% use tablet computers, and 52% believe mobile technology will “substantially impact the delivery of healthcare.” When asked to rank on a 0-to-5 scale their areas of concern…

The Benefits of CT Scans without the Risks?

It was while reading an August 20, 2012, article in The New York Times’ personal-health section that I first became genuinely concerned about CT-scan radiation. Prior to its revelations, who knew? According to that article, “CT scans alone, which deliver 100 to 500 times the radiation associated with an ordinary X-ray and now provide three-fourths…

MedAdvantech: Wireless Technology and the Future of Healthcare

Advantech provides a number of online resources of interest to enterprises worldwide, including its MedAdvantech Digital Healthcare series devoted to the advancement of patient-centric technologies, and it was there that I came across a June 2012 article contributed by John Koon, publisher of Medical Electronic Device Solution (MEDS), entitled How Wireless Technologies Impact the Future…