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Perhaps the biggest news I heard at RFID Journal LIVE! Europe was that the new Gen 2 UHF interrogators work well in the real world.

The key to bringing down the cost and reducing the size of RFID interrogators is to shrink the electronic components on a printed circuit board down to a chipset. Now, WJ Communications has done it.

After spending a little time in Europe, I’ve concluded the idea that terrorists are going to use the RFID transponder in passports to identify and kill Americans is more than a little ludicrous.

Researchers have shown that names, credit card numbers and other data can be skimmed off a contactless card with the holder’s knowledge.

Printronix is aggressively building up its channel, and that’s important if RFID is going to become widespread.

Linking RFID data with other sources of information, such as data about the weather and weather patterns, could prove to be a real competitive advantage.

One sign of just how far RFID has come is that half the new technologies being written about are going to spell RFID’s demise.

The future of RFID is not only bright, but YouTube shows the future is also long.

Three of the five fastest growing startups in Finland happen to be RFID companies.

Concerns about companies abusing RFID technology to spy on customers threaten to prevent consumers from realizing many of the benefits of the technology.

As Motorola integrates Symbol Technology’s products and its own, Motorola should put RFID at the heart of its strategy.

It’s not clear how much emphasis Motorola would give to Symbol’s RFID efforts, if the proposed acquisition goes through, but Motorola doesn’t exactly have a stellar track record in the RFID field.