6 Jul 2009

ZigBee Green Power Feature Set Revealed
The ZigBee® Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, has announced development of the ZigBee Green Power feature set to establish a global, standard technology for self-powered devices operating through energy harvesting techniques.
26 Jun 2009

EnerPak harvesting power management for wireless sensors
EnerPak from TPL Inc is a sophisticated power management and energy storage system for energy harvesting-powered wireless sensors that have moderate power needs due to high data rate, the need to support a mesh network topology, or complex data measurement requirements.
21 May 2009

Wireless body area networks
At a conference this week in San Jose, CA, attended by IDTechEx, Didier Sagan from Zarlink Semiconductor discussed developments and needs for wireless body area networks (WBAN).
8 May 2009

ID09 Report
IDTechEx was recently asked to present at the new ID09 conference, held at the historic Royal Armouries in Leeds, England. This inaugural event was organised by AIDC - the European Centre of Excellence for Automatic Identification and Data Capture.
2 Dec 2008

Printing piezo energy harvesters
Vibration energy harvesting is receiving a considerable amount of interest as a means for powering wireless sensor nodes. It is the simple notion that mechanical vibration can be transformed into useful electrical power.
3 Nov 2008

Wireless sensor networks 2009-2019 Part two
IDTechEx has just issued a report called Wireless Sensor Networks and we summarise the subject also known as Ubiquitous Sensor Networks in part two.
31 Oct 2008

Wireless sensor networks 2009-2019 Part one
IDTechEx has just issued a report on the hot topic of Wireless Sensor Networks WSN, also known as Ubiquitous Sensor Networks USN. The report is called Wireless Sensor Networks.
14 Aug 2008

Rapid Improvements in Real Time Locating Systems
One reason why the market for Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS) is growing rapidly to pass the billion dollar mark well within ten years is technology. It is improving rapidly, with new variants for the many new sub sectors of the market that are emerging.
30 Jul 2008

Opinion leaders Join RFID Europe
The largest European RFID conference is being held on 30th September and 1st October in Cambridge. With a plethora of new announcements and industry-leaders presenting, Dr. Peter Harrop outlines some of the highlights the speaker programme has to offer.
29 Jul 2008

The Booming Business of Active RFID and RTLS
In this summary of the Active RFID market Dr. Peter Harrop outlines why Active RFID and its associated technologies are receiving such attention and have such high growth predictions.
5 Jul 2007

Active RFID and Sensor Networks
The term Active RFID incorporates many technologies including Real Time Locating Systems, Ubiquitous Sensor Networks and Active RFID with Zigbee, RuBee, Ultra Wide Band and WiFi. A new research report by IDTechEx
17 Aug 2006

RFID in the Air Industry and Land Transport
With IATA's decision to settle on one standard for RFID tags in airline baggage that sector of the market is due to rise from $20 million in 2006 to $100 million in 2016. RFID will also be used by airlines to tag crucial aeroplane parts and by airports to improve security...
6 Mar 2006

Real Time Locating Systems 2006-2016
The number of companies offering Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS) has tripled in the last year. So what is going on and what is RTLS anyway? A new report on this topic from IDTechEx finds some exciting developments.
13 Feb 2006

Active RFID - Innovation and Very Rapid Growth
Active RFID is little reported, but its use is growing rapidly. New IDTechEx research
6 Feb 2006

RFID Smart Labels USA 2006: Keynote Speakers
The fifth annual event from IDTechEx, March 28-29, Boston, MA, USA, covers new ground with new key speakers.
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.
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.
3 Oct 2005

Active RFID becomes big business
Active RFID becomes big business and will have its own conference