RFID Devices Drive Growth ...

H.R. 4218, High-Performance Computing Revitalization Act of 2004

... "Omnipresent communications keeps the world online and in touch 24-hours a day. Some experts believe that by 2006 the number of devices attached to the Internet everything from PCs, smart phones and set-top boxes to RFID tags, home appliances and automobiles will approach ten billion; the number of users will approximate one billion; the number of online buyers a half-billion; and the total amount of commerce $5.5 trillion. Indeed, the price/performance ratio of microprocessors has made them so affordable that they can be integrated in huge numbers into everything from oil well drilling rigs and home appliances to vending machines and automobiles. Adidas is even putting them in running shoes. Open standards are integrating all this technology and enabling it to amass and transmit information. The availability of information on such a scale and timeframe leads to decisions, decisions to actions, actions to change and change to the need for response. The pace of change will only accelerate and its magnitude will only increase with the constant proliferation and integration of technology." ...