Partners Unveil Retail EPC Tag
Tagsys, a French RFID systems developer, and Philips Semiconductor have teamed up to create the first 13.56 MHz RFID tag based on the Auto-ID Center’s electronic product code specification. They recently showed how the shorter-range tags could be used to track products on shelves.
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Smart Sensors Use on the Rise
The cost of smart sensors built on microchips has fallen dramatically over the past few years. Manufacturers are now incorporating them in everything from washing machines to cars. Sales of just two common sensors will to top $1.5 billion next year, according to Frost & Sullivan.
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Matrics To Sell New EPC Tag
Matrics, a startup in Columbus, Md., says that it is producing a low-cost UHF chip based on an Auto-ID Center specification. The company is also working with KSW Microtec and Mühlbaeur of Germany on a high-speed, low-cost machine for attaching antennas to microchips.
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AWID Readies PCMCIA Card Reader
AWID, a Monsey, N.Y., maker of RFID components and subsystems, is developing a multi-protocol UHF reader in a PCMCIA card for a major auto-ID systems provider. The reader, which can be popped into a handheld computer, should be available in the second quarter of next year.
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RFID Journal Launches Conference
RFID Journal announced that it will hold a high-end executive conference in Chicago from June 11 to June 13, 2003. RFID Journal Live! will give leaders from both Global 1000 companies and midsize enterprises a deeper understanding of the latest advances in RFID and the business benefits and challenges the technology presents.
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Breakthrough on 1-Cent RFID Tag
Researchers at Infineon have found a way to create microchips on common packaging materials. The technology should make it possible, within a few years, to print RFID tags on products for less than a penny.
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OP-ED: Pieces of the Puzzle, II
The coalescing of the supply side of the market continues to gather momentum. Companies are moving in to meet the expected market demand for low-cost RFID systems, and a new breakthrough may make it possible to mass produce one-cent RFID tags in just a few years.
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