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Smart Technologies
Octave Technology's solutions are based
on experience with a multitude of "Smart Technologies".
Otherwise known as Automatic Identification (Auto-ID)
Technology, Octave Technology has expertise in the following
areas:
Wireless Sensor Networks
Still a maturing technology, Wireless Sensor Networks
utilizes tiny "motes" - small, battery powered devices
equipped with a multitude of sensors that, when deployed,
form an ad-hoc wireless mesh network amongst themselves to
sense and analyze their physical environment. This
technology has many exciting possibilities in areas such as
Homeland Defense, Building Control and Security, and
Industrial Automation, and is poised for tremendous growth
in near future. Octave Technology has a Wireless Sensor Network middleware platform
offering that will
allow organizations to quickly and reliably integrate this
technology with their existing systems. With the technology
evolving so rapidly, Octave's Middleware will also allow
users to take advantage of new features as they become
available. Octave Technology is currently pursuing pilot
projects with existing and prospective customers.
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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
RFID is a generic term for technologies that use radio waves to automatically identify
individual items. There are several methods of identifying objects using RFID, but the most
common is to store a serial number that identifies a product, and perhaps other information,
on a microchip that is attached to an antenna (the chip and the antenna together are called
an RFID transponder or an RFID tag). The antenna enables the chip to transmit the identification
information to a reader. The reader converts the radio waves returned from the RFID
tag into a form that can then be passed on to computers that
can make use of it.
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Contact Memory
Contact Memory buttons (CMB) are small, rugged, brass containers with memory chips sealed inside.
Data is written to and from the button using a probe that is touched to the two electrical points
on the CMB, thereby establishing a communication path. A CMB can act as an identifier or as a
portable database in which data can be read and modified. The CMB is available in a variety of memory
configurations and can hold up to 8MB of re-programmable data. Battery-free, each time a CMB is read,
a small amount of additional power is transmitted to it, further extending its memory.
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Barcode Technology
A barcode is a representation of data about an asset so that it can be read optically using a
barcode scanner. The use of barcodes provides an easy and accurate mechanism to enter data into a
computer system for data collection or data lookup. The benefits of barcodes stem from the fact they
streamline data acquisition for use in computer based processing, in ways that are automatic, accurate,
fast and flexible and involve a degree of identification. Barcodes are commonly combined with other
AutoID technologies as part of an integrated solution.
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Bluetooth®
Bluetooth® technology is an wireless specification that enables short-range wireless
connections between desktop and notebook computers, personal digital assistants, mobile phones,
physical assets, peripherals, cameras, keyboards and even a computer mouse. Bluetooth wireless
technology uses a globally available frequency band (2.4GHz) for worldwide compatibility and
drives communication wirelessly, within a 30-foot range.
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Wi-Fi / Wireless Networking
Wireless local area networks (WLANs) are small-scale wireless networks with a typical radius of
several hundred feet. The most prevalent form of WLAN technology is called WiFi, which encompasses
a host of standards including 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g. Wireless Internet via WiFi offers blazing
fast data speeds (11Mbps at the low end with 802.11b and 54 Mbps at the high end for 802.11a and 802.11g).
While WiFi technology does not offer the degree of ubiquity as wide area networks, the fast
data speeds and relatively cheap costs of setting up a WiFi-based WLAN have spurred it ahead in the market.
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