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Point-to-point (mesh)

Ring

Ring (cont'd)

Ring (cont'd)

Bus

Competing needs and solutions

Token ring

Ethernet

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

Real world

Real world (cont'd)

Real world (cont'd)

Real world (cont'd)

Real world (cont'd)

Wireless

Wireless (cont'd)

Protocols

Invisible computing

GPS

Medical applications

RFID

RFID (cont'd)

Medical applications

Medical applications (cont'd)

Medical applications (cont'd)

Medical applications (cont'd)

Medical applications (cont'd)

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Medical applications (cont'd)

Medical applications (cont'd)

Medical applications (cont'd)

Medical applications (cont'd)

Blood tracking (2006 Feb)

self-adhesive 1.5×1" RFID label on each bag of blood
tracked from patient assignment to transfusion
unique ID number, hospital tracking number used by blood bank system, and blood type
match data in patient's bracelet

Medicine tracking (2007 Feb)

patent filed for digestible tags
verifying proper drug usage, monitoring drug interactions, controlling dosage, maintaining inventory control

Manufacturers (2007 Mar)

surgical kits

Drug tracking to fight counterfeiting and diversion:

Trizivir: GlaxoSmithKline (2006 Mar)
Viagra: Pfizer (2006 Jan); update (2007 Feb)
Oxycontin: PurduePharma (2005 May); update (2007 Feb)
Marevan: Orion (2006 Mar)
Two U.S. Bills Might Lead to RFID Mandates (2007 Mar)
FDA Issues New 'Counterfeit Drug Task Force' Report (2006 Jun)

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