23 May 2007

The Prosperous Market for RFID
The market for RFID continues to surge forward, with investments, acquisitions and orders at record levels. The premier European IDTechEx conference RFID Europe, on the 18-19 September in Cambridge UK, will air all these aspects.
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 Oct 2006

Strong growth of RFID smart cards/ payment key fob
Contactless smart cards are the largest RFID sector by far and the business is booming. As a result of the reduced cost of the latest contactless systems IDTechEx forecast a boom in RFID smart cards.
7 Jul 2006

RFID in New Zealand and Australia
An analysis of RFID adoption in New Zealand and Australia. Australia and New Zealand have some leadership positions in adopting RFID but in some other respects, these countries are laggards in adopting RFID and need to benchmark against best practice elsewhere and catch up. Learn of the major RFID projects in these countries so far.
27 Jun 2006

RFID Progress in Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals
Pfizer, NHS, Stora Enso, LifeForce Immune System Bank and Siemens keynote RFID in Healthcare session at the seventh annual RFID Smart Labels Europe event in London on September on 19-20.
2 Mar 2006

Part VI: Report on IDTechEx Food Traceability 2006
Report on the IDTechEx Food Traceability conference Dallas February 1-2
22 Feb 2006

Part III:Report on IDTechEx Food Traceability 2006
Report on the IDTechEx Food Traceability conference Dallas February 1-2
2 Jan 2006

Research targeting food supply chain
The most extensive scientific research specifically targeting the food supply chain?
19 Dec 2005

Scoping Major New Markets for Food Traceability
We live in an ever-changing world of mass food production and, in the West at least, billion dollar retailers. Public concerns about food safety and worries about the apparent lack of transparency in the production and processing of food, mean that consumer demands have never been more stringent. Learn how this is creating new markets for RFID and DNA solutions.
12 Dec 2005

Active RFID - A profitable business
Read the highlights from the IDTechEx Active RFID Summit which looked at the technologies and application of active RFID (tags with a battery) and how it is embracing other wireless technologies such as Wifi, Zigbee, Bluetooth, sensors and DSRC.
7 Nov 2005

RFID in the Postal and Courier service
The second biggest application of item level RFID after retail. 10 year forecasts.
17 Oct 2005

RFID update from Wal-Mart
As other pilots have also shown, using RFID to increase sales by reducing stock outs shows an excellent payback. Now, Wal-Mart claim a 16% reduction in out-of-stocks using RFID.
4 Oct 2005

Sensors and RFID converge
Examining the prospect of ubiquitous sensors saving lives, improving the quality of life of the disoriented elderly, coping with natural disasters and much else besides.