Latest RFID News & Analysis from IDTechEx

INSIDE Secure announced that its family of NFC solutions can now be used to interact with the Kovio RF Barcode™ wireless tag, an affordable NFC tag solution based on Kovio's printed silicon technology platform. (07 Feb 2012)

Blue Spark Technologies, the leading supplier of thin, flexible, eco-friendly printed batteries, announced it has opened a new high-volume printing and production facility located in West Bend, Wisconsin. (01 Feb 2012)

This week, Printed Electronics World visited Mr Etsuo Nakagawa and Mr Kiichiro Ito of JNC Corporation (parent company Chisso) in Japan. JNC Corporation manufactures worldwide and that includes structural plastics and Li-ion battery materials for electric vehicles. In printed electronics, it is about to sell RFID inlays with a secret new antenna deposition process on plastic film. (27 Jan 2012)

One of the best examples of a niche billion dollar and highly profitable market in RFID is that for animals, food and farming. In the IDTechEx research report "RFID for Animals, Food and Farming 2011-2021." IDTechEx find that by 2021 the market will have increased 3.7 fold from $1.17 billion in 2011 to $4.09 billion. (15 Nov 2011)

This article shares some of the research carried out for the new IDTechEx report, {{RFID in Russia, CIS, Baltic States 2012-2022| http://www.idtechex.com/research/reports/rfid-in-russia-cis-baltic-states-2012-2022-000285.asp}}. (10 Nov 2011)

Scientists from Singapore's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), an institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have created a new polymer with both high charge mobility and high power conversion efficiency for application in both plastic electronics and organic solar cells.  (07 Sep 2011)

IDTechEx began exploring energy harvesting for small devices four years ago when it was obvious that conventional batteries were a dead end for many wireless sensor applications. (27 May 2011)

IDTechEx has recently completed its survey of the global RFID industry which provides detailed market forecasts segmented in many different ways. In this article, report author Raghu Das summarizes some of the findings from the report "RFID Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2011-2021". (22 Jul 2010)