I’ve learned many valuable lessons from my experiences, whether I was earning my BS at Caltech, my Masters and PhD at UCSD, working in a corporate environment for ten years at Cubic Corporation, or founding my own company, Telaeris. But as I look back, I find that I learned some of my most valuable lessons […]
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What Is “Mobile Access Control”?
Telaeris and Mobile Access Control Starting in 2008, Telaeris has coined our XPressEntry system as a “Mobile Access Control System.” Our handheld badge readers perform most of the functions that a Physical Access Control System (PACS) provides, including: Badge verification Entry/Exit tracking Remote opening of doors Visitor management Emergency rostering It made perfect sense to […]
Read MoreTiny Barcodes
Recently, a question stretching the limits of barcodes was posed to us. “How small can a barcode get?” This customer has a need for barcodes as small as we can make them. As this is not a question we receive every day, we decided to do some testing to find out. We already knew the […]
Read MoreBlinded by the Light – Benefit and Drawbacks of High-Intensity Displays
There is nothing like real-world feedback to allow you to find ways that your product might be improved. One of our customers sent us this feedback regarding mustering using our old Windows mobile-based handheld system: “Our biggest issue was the inability to see anything on the device screen. It was a very sunny day out […]
Read MoreDown the Rabbit Hole with Casi-Rusco
We got knee deep into a couple employee identification projects over the summer. Both systems said that they were using standard HID Prox cards, but as we went through the deploy, we found out that both customers were using HID Prox and another technology badge that our readers could not interpret correctly. As we took […]
Read MoreIs RFID Watching You? Concerns with RFID and Privacy
While describing Telaeris and our products, I often discuss how we track people during emergency evacuations. This requires us to monitor access control systems, when & where people scan their badges and sometimes provide RFID systems which actively track where in a facility people are. This often leads people to ask me – isn’t this […]
Read MoreLogistics Service at Camp Pendleton
From 2015 through 2016, Telaeris executed a service contract with Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to assist the Marines with labeling 30,000 Base Property (BP) assets. The Marine Corps needed to achieve inventory accountability and visibility of property in accordance with Department of Defense (DoD) laws and regulations for resource management. This required working through […]
Read MoreThe Lazy Man’s Approach to 10x Productivity
From 2015 through 2016, Telaeris executed a service contract with Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to assist them with labeling 30000 Base Property assets. This article is a high-level discussion of how Telaeris sped up the work process. For more detailed information of the actual work, please read the accompanying blog article, Logistics Service at Camp Pendleton. There is a […]
Read MoreIntroduction to RFID
About a year ago, Telaeris hosted a hands-on RFID Lunch & Learn, co-sponsored by IEEE. We had a full house filled with engineers, managers, and business owners. Many questions were asked, and our attendees learned how to utilize RFID to streamline their business processes. There is no beauty in hoarding good knowledge, so we want […]
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