| Intro | South African inventor of the precursor to Bluetooth |
| A.K.A. | Terry Ashwin, Terrence Keith Ashwin, Terrence Ashwin, Keith Ashwin |
| Is | Inventor |
| From | South Africa |
| Type | Business |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 8 October 1956, Pretoria, South Africa |
| Age: | 63 years |
| Star sign | Libra |
Terrence “Terry” Keith Ashwin (born October 8, 1956) is a South African inventor based in Johannesburg. He developed several world-first inventions since the late 1970s, including the precursor to Bluetooth technology. He has been the forerunner in new product development in multiple fields.
Terry is the co-founder of Hive Technology, a Dubai based company with subsidiaries in South Africa and Ireland. He won Global Security Industries Finest award in Las Vegas in 2000 with Link-IT.
Career
In 1989 he announced the development of wireless data communication devices including RF devices to wirelessly connect printers to computers, a cordless ultra-sonic mouse, an infra-red keyboard and a time management system with bar-code scanner and RFID integration. The development and testing of these and other devices was completed by 2014.
He patented the first active RFID in 1999 in the United States, South Africa, United Kingdom and Australia.
Terry has registered several patents including:
- Security system
- Identification System
- Identification Device
- Method and apparatus for selecting a wireless reader action as a result of an output data received from a wireless identification device
These patents were granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Inventions
Unifuel – System
In 1989, Terry Ashwin invented the Unifuel system. The system works as follows: The unit is a stainless steel box with 16-key keyboard and LCD display. It transmits an RF signal from the controller unit at the pumps to a “button” in the vehicle which identifies the particular vehicle. The fuel is accessed by pin code allocated to that vehicle.
Link-It
Terry developed the Link-It in 1995 for which he was honored with the security industry’s Finest New Product award. The Link-It product was renamed Wave Trend in 2000 and was the world’s first Active RFID. Terry Invented the miner helmet tag access system in 1997.
Monita
Fleet monitoring system, known as Monita was developed by Terry Ashwin in 1996.
Timetech – Time Management System
Timetech system was developed by Terry in 1990. The Time Tech Series 1 system is a portable time management system for vehicles.
Dialogue Data Logging System
In 2002, he developed the Dialogue Data Logging System.
Awards and recognition
- 2000: Global Security Industries Finest award in Las Vegas.