5 Nov 2013

The RFID Market and the Opportunity for Printed Electronics (2)
In the previous article we looked at the size of the RFID market and how printed electronics was impacting the manufacturing of antennas for RFID tags. In this article, IDTechEx explores the latest progress in replacing the silicon chip in an RFID tag.
20 Sep 2013

Near Field Communication (NFC) 2014-2024
IDTechEx first published a detailed report on NFC five years ago. In this article we share some of the findings in the new IDTechEx report, "Near Field Communication (NFC) 2014-2024".
6 Sep 2012

Intelligent lighting: realising responsive, smart illumination
The concept of intelligent lighting has drastically changed in recent years, moving away from applications relating to stage lighting and non-stationary illumination in order to encompass sustainability in energy consumption, through the ability to wirelessly control on/off and dimming/brightening functions according to sensory input from the environment of operation.
23 May 2012

Energy harvesting platform assesses feasibility of applications
Future Energy Solutions has released an exclusive design platform created to assess the feasibility of energy harvesting for customer applications.
17 Nov 2011

EU project IMOLA starts R&D on large-area, intelligent OLED lighting
OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) are paper-thin, flexible and lightweight electronic devices. They consist of organic materials which emit light in response to an electric current.
11 Mar 2011

Versatile ultra-low power biomedical signal processor
The efforts of a Holst Centre and NXP collaboration were presented last month in the form of the CoolBioTM. This low power biomedical signal processor is designed to efficiently monitor essential body parameters during the patients' daily lives at home.
External press release
23 Feb 2011

Versatile ultra-low power biomedical signal processor
At yesterday's International Solid-State Circuit Conference imec, Holst Centre and NXP presented a versatile ultra-low power biomedical signal processor, CoolBioTM, meeting the requirements of future wearable biomedical sensor systems.
External press release
1 Apr 2010

DELO presents adhesives for e-readers
DELO Industrial Adhesives, a manufacturer of tailor-made adhesive solutions, is introducing newly developed light-curing adhesives for e-reader encapsulation and organic photovoltaics applications.
22 Oct 2009

Research into future generation energy harvesting
Professor Bashir Al-Hashimi, Co-Director of the ECS Pervasive Systems Centre, is leading a new £1.6M project, funded by the EPSRC, which will develop ultra energy-efficient electronic systems for emerging applications including mobile digital health and autonomous wireless monitoring in environmental and industrial settings.
8 Jul 2009

RFID - Progress in Mid 2009
As forecasted by RFID Forecasts, Players, Opportunities 2009-2019, there has been a surge in orders for RFID in 2009. Despite the world's largest RFID project, the $6 billion China National ID card scheme, being completed a year earlier and now being just at replacement level, the global RFID market is rising 5% this year to $5.56 billion.
28 May 2009

Contactless Cards and Payments - The Impact of Regulation and Risk
Join industry experts at SMi's leading conference Contactless Cards and Payments - The Impact of Regulation and Risk
4 May 2009

Odersun AG appoints new CFO
Odersun AG is a developer and manufacturer of silicon free thin-film solar cells, modules and applications that convert sunlight into electricity.
31 Mar 2008

HF RFID - the Great Leap Forward
Last year, about $2.5 billion was spent on tags and systems at HF (13.56MHz), ten times the amount on RFID at any other frequency and representing 50% of the global RFID market. Now IDTechEx tracks a rush of technology innovation and new market opportunities.
27 Feb 2008

Western RFID companies flock to China
China was the world's largest RFID market in 2007 on the back of the huge city card schemes and the $6 billion national ID card scheme, all now largely completed.
6 Dec 2007

RFID is Poised for Change
The prosperous RFID business is on track to grow from about $5 billion in 2007 today to over $25 billion in 2017. Without collusion, most analysts agree to figures in that region and several of them see huge volumes of extremely low cost tags forming a part of the growth - even hundreds of billions in ten years from now. This seems to sit awkwardly with some press reporting that RFID retail initiatives have stalled. As one of those analysts, let IDTechEx explain.
20 Sep 2007

Advances in Stretchable Electronics
Stretchability is needed in electronics if it is to be foldable, tightly conformal or following the form of something that changes in shape, like the human body.
23 Aug 2007

RFID in China - the biggest RFID market this year
This year, for the first time, China has become the world's largest market for RFID by value. A new report
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?
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.