8 May 2007
Printed Electronics Overview
Printed electronics is a term that encompasses thin film transistor circuits (TFTCs), displays, interconnects, power, sensors and even actuators. Thousands of companies have now entered this market. The printing companies today will be the new electronic giants tomorrow.
3 May 2007
The myth and reality of baggage tagging
Airports and airlines have been trialling RFID baggage tagging for at least fifteen years. There has been significant delay while they kept trialling incompatible solutions. However, that has now changed.
1 May 2007
League Table of RFID Specifications
With about $5 billion being spent on RFID in 2007, of which about $2.24 billion is for tags, what are the favourite RFID specifications?
30 Apr 2007
Progress with Printed Electronics
The annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe conference held in Cambridge in April had grown very strongly to over 330 delegates from 20 countries. The first day of the conference was opened by Dr Peter Harrop of IDTechEx, who took the pulse of the industry.
22 Apr 2007
Printed Electronics - Overcoming Barriers
Nowadays, the term printed electronics is taken to include truly printed electronics but also thin film electronics that is potentially printable. Anything less and you miss the big picture. Here we consider the barriers to commercialization for printed electronics.
18 Apr 2007
Printed Electronics Awards Winners
Over 330 delegates from 30 countries attended the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe event in Cambridge, UK this week. The event hosted the inaugural IDTechEx Printed Electronics Awards in recognition of outstanding achievement. Here are the winners.
8 Apr 2007
Power
An introduction to printed photovoltaics and batteries
29 Mar 2007
Printed Electronics - the Giants Get Involved
Printed electronics often involves simple things such as printed conductive patterns to counter the pollution, unreliability, bulk, weight and cost of wires, solder and etched patterns. Most commonly, printed electronics will be used where traditional technology is simply not a feasible solution, such as wallpaper that generates power and doubles as a television and lighting or electronic anti-counterfeiting on 100 billion cigarette packets yearly, giving traceability at a cost of only 0.1 cents per package.
27 Mar 2007
RFID - Best to be on the Right Side of the Law
The prices of RFID tags and systems vary widely between applicational sectors. To some extent this is driven by their various levels of required complexity but the primary driving force is the competitive landscape of both the user and the supplier.
16 Mar 2007
RFID Changes Course
The main emphasis of RFID use and supply has radically changed course. That was the message of the large IDTechEx RFID Smart Labels USA event in Boston last week. The business is booming in just about every sector other than the supply of pallet and case tagging to retailer and military mandates.
14 Feb 2007
RFID Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2007-2017
IDTechEx has interviewed key RFID adopters and solution providers in the various applicational RFID markets. This research has been analysed in a brand new report giving an unprecedented level of insight into the total RFID industry and what is really happening. Raghu Das, CEO of IDTechEx, summarizes some of the findings.
13 Feb 2007
RFID business cases and technologies analyzed
In 2007 IDTechEx expect that 1.71 billion tags will be sold. The total RFID market value (including all hardware, systems, integration etc) across all countries will be $4.96 Billion. This research for the IDTechEx RFID Forecasts, Players and Opportunities 2007-2017 report has been used to put together an unmissable line-up of speakers that you need to hear and learn from.
12 Feb 2007
Printed Electronics - On Track to a Major Industry
Progress with printed and thin film electronics.
29 Jan 2007
RFID in Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Applications
Progress of RFID in healthcare and pharmaceutical applications in 2006 and outlook for 2007.
22 Jan 2007
Contactless Smart Card Orders Flood In
In the last few weeks alone, orders for well over US$100 million of contactless (ie RFID) smart cards and associated systems have been placed. The business is surging forward with the percentage of smart cards that are contactless rising to 16% of deliveries in 2007 after having been stuck at around 5% for the preceding twenty years. Learn more.
17 Jan 2007
Booming RFID sectors
The RFID business is booming on a broad front, with most sectors profitable, aside from the shakeout in supplying readers and labels for consumer goods companies.