Low cost RFID labels on the horizon

Nanotechnology is evolving to the point that RFID applications will benefit from the low cost capability. ...

... "New RFID tags will be the first product to use printed transistors made from carbon nanotubes. Researchers have been developing nanotube inks for a decade ... " ...

Via Wired: Carbon nanotube RFID

Printed RFID is invisible using nanotubes

University researchers have developed nanotechnology based RFID tags that are printed on paper or plastics. ...

... "Rice researchers, in collaboration with a team led by Gyou-jin Cho at Sunchon National University in Korea, have come up with an inexpensive, printable transmitter that can be invisibly embedded in packaging. It would allow a customer to walk a cart full of groceries or other goods past a scanner on the way to the car; the scanner would read all items in the cart at once, total them up and charge the customer's account while adjusting the store's inventory. More advanced versions could collect all the information about the contents of a store in an instant, letting a retailer know where every package is at any time. The ink is used to make thin-film transistors, a key element in radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags that can be printed on paper or plastic. " ...

Via Rice University: Nano-based RFID printable tag

RFID Nano-Battery Technology

mPhase Technologies plans to reinvent the design of batteries, that power portable electronic devices, freeing us from the fire-hazards of lithium ion batteries, ie. the ones that catch fire in laptop computers. mPhase is creating the Smart Nanobattery, which is a radical approach to energy storage using nanograss.

... "The company is developing a battery for potential use in consumer commerce and security applications like active RFID Radio Frequency ID tags; " ...

Via mPhase Tech: mPhase Technologies To Continue Its Development Of A Radical Improvement In Battery Technology Superior To Current Designs ...

RFID Read-Rates Challenging ...

Evan Schuman explores the challenges associated with RFID technology in retail and the six sigma read-rate performance levels necessary for success. ...

... "For all its powerful potential, retail IT users know all too well the error problems with RFID, especially when the more powerful UHF chips get close to liquids or metal. " ...

RFID Read-Rates Challenging: Via Extreme Nano: Finding Ways Around RFID's Errors ...

RFID Technology Converges with NanoTechnology ...

There is a convergence of nanotechnology and RFID technology by firms, such as Nanosys, who are working to create integrated antenna and identification chips. ...

RFID Technology Converges with NanoTechnology: Via Computing: Nanotech noses into RFID ...

... "RFID tags have been hailed as the harbinger of more efficient manufacturing and shipping processes, which would eventually lower product costs and increase customer service levels. " ...

RFID Conference: Hype Reality Hope ...

RFID Conference: Hype Reality Hope: University of Pittsburgh: Pitt's Swanson Institute for Technical Excellence To Host RFID Conference ...

... "Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is transforming industry, and the University of Pittsburgh is at the cutting edge of its development. On Tuesday, June 28, the Swanson Institute for Technical Excellence in Pitt's School of Engineering will host the conference RFID: Hype, Reality, and Hope from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the 5th floor of Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., Oakland. " ...

The Swanson Institute for Technical Excellence encompasses the Swanson Center for Micro and Nano Systems (SCMNS) and the Swanson Center for Product Innovation (SCPI). The SCMNS, a collaboration between School of Engineering faculty and staff and industry partners, offers opportunities for industry partners to work with faculty in developing intellectual property and represents the school's focus on applied research in the areas of micro and nano systems.

RFID Tag Electronic Circuits Research ...

RFID Tag Electronic Circuits Research: Dimatix Opens Silicon Valley Headquarters, R&D Center and Silicon-Based Manufacturing Facility in Move Aimed at Revolutionizing Digital Manufacturing: Technology Breakthrough Enables Printing of Nano-Particle Fluids for Production of Electronic Circuits and Functions for RFID Tags, Flat Panel Displays, Printed Circuit Boards, Bioscience Applications ...

Dimatix opens center that supports research in RFID electronic circuits ...

... "The Materials Deposition Division is housed in the company's new California headquarters, and focuses on delivering products that enable companies to print, or deposit, functional fluids on all types of surfaces, including flexible substrates, electronic circuits and functions for RFID tags, flat panel displays, flexible displays, printed circuit boards, and a wide variety of other electronic and bioscience applications. " ...

Dimatix is driving a revolution in micro-production technology that will deliver a new generation of applications in imaging, electronics and bioscience. The company’s technology innovations and world-class fabrication processes enable high-performance, precision printing and deposition of traditional inks and nano-particle fluids on all types of surfaces, including flexible substrates. Dimatix is a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance ink jet printheads and components used in a broad range of industrial, non-impact imaging applications through its Spectra Printing Division. The Dimatix Materials Deposition Division is evolving ink jetting technology into a production process that lowers the cost, time and environmental impact of producing electronic circuits and functions for RFID tags, flat panel displays, circuit boards and other electronic and bioscience applications. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California; its Spectra division is located in Lebanon, New Hampshire; and its customer base is worldwide.

Event-Driven RFID Technology ...

COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES REITERATES POSITIVE FORECAST ...

... "Competitive Technologies, Inc. (AMEX: CTT) announced today that it expects double-digit growth in fiscal 2005 revenue and net income over 2004 results. The CTT fiscal year ends July 31, 2005. ... CTT's patented RFID event-driven information technology allows movement of individuals or assets to be tracked, coordinated and managed in applications including medical patient information, homeland security, military and general business. " ...

Competitive Technologies, established in 1968, is a full service technology transfer and licensing provider focused on the technology needs of its customers and transforming those requirements into commercially viable solutions. CTT is a global leader in identifying, developing and commercializing innovative technologies in life, digital, nano, and physical sciences developed by universities, companies and inventors. The global market for technology transfer services is estimated at $150 billion annually. CTT maximizes the value of intellectual assets for the benefit of its customers, clients and shareholders.

RFID Intellectual Assets Spur Company Growth Rates ...

RFID Intellectual Assets Spur Growth: Competitive Technologies Highlights Double-Digit Growth Plan at ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... "We are expanding our portfolio with quality, innovative technologies including the just-announced RFID tracking technology, the homocysteine assay, where we ...

... Competitive Technologies, Inc. (Amex: CTT) held its annual meeting today at the American Stock Exchange in New York City. Richard E. Carver, CTT's Chairman of the Board, and John B. Nano, President and CEO described the key aspects of the 2005 business plan which is expected to lead to double-digit growth in revenue and net income when compared to fiscal 2004 financial results. ...

Competitive Technologies, established in 1968, is a full service technology transfer and licensing provider focused on the technology needs of its customers and transforming those requirements into commercially viable solutions. CTT is a global leader in identifying, developing and commercializing innovative technologies in life, electronic, nano, and physical sciences developed by universities, companies and inventors. The global market for technology transfer services is estimated at $150 billion annually. CTT maximizes the value of intellectual assets for the benefit of its customers, clients and shareholders.

Resources on RFID intellectual assets that increase growth rates ...

GES-Daily: File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat ... out of the bottle and early movers in the RFID space will ... regional role in the protection and management of intellectual property (IP) assets even as ...

Logistics Visibility and Control Market Grows Briskly: AutoID suppliers are unlikely to become involved in RFID tag production ... variety of companies have participated, and that significant intellectual property has ...

Intellectual Property Patent Conference Seminar Events Conventions: techniques to license your intellectual property assets. ... and uncover growth financing opportunities ... 7, 2004 International RFID Intellectual Property Conference ...

RFID Enables Event-Driven Data Collection Applications ...

RFID Event-Driven Data Collection: Competitive Technologies Selected to Globally Commercialize RFID ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... Designed to capture "event driven" data through Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) as well as other methods, USMS's technology allows the movement of ...

... Competitive Technologies, Inc. (Amex: CTT - News) announced today that it has signed an agreement with USM Systems, Ltd. (USMS) to exclusively license and commercialize worldwide USMS's patented "event-driven" information technology. Designed to capture "event driven" data through Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) as well as other methods, USMS's technology allows the movement of individuals or assets to be tracked, coordinated and managed in applications including medical patient information, homeland security, military and general business. ...

Competitive Technologies, established in 1968, is a full service technology transfer and licensing provider focused on the technology needs of its customers and transforming those requirements into commercially viable solutions. CTT is a global leader in identifying, developing and commercializing innovative technologies in life, electronic, nano, and physical sciences developed by universities, companies and inventors. The global market for technology transfer services is estimated at $150 billion annually. CTT maximizes the value of intellectual assets for the benefit of its customers, clients and shareholders. USM Systems, Ltd. is a Michigan based corporation formed in June of 1995. USMS has developed a comprehensive set of products and systems, based within a single platform suite of tools that provide for a simple solution for those who require real time access to "Event Driven" data. "Event Driven" data might include, but is not limited to, the movement -- including tracking, finding, and management -- of various definable assets and personnel as they exist within any defined environment. USMS enjoys product and process protection under the following patents: Programmable Monitoring System and Method: Patent #5,438,607; Event Driven Information System: Patent #6,373,389; Event Driven Information System: Patent # 6,717,517.

Additional resources on RFID event-driven data ...

About IBSS: Event Driven” patents which encompass the collection of data through the use of various media, including Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology ...

Five Points to Consider in Your RFID Project Plan: File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat ... Because RFID-enabled devices will deliver event-driven information that could ... inventory plans, supply chain partners need to ensure that this data can be ...

In 2015: sensors everywhere, computers invisible: The amount of information, delivered by billions if not trillions of RFID sensors, or ... managed networks, will explode, requiring an event-driven model that ...

RFID Research ...

From CINT - Database of Government Nanotechnology Programs ...

... "Detection Tools and systems that may be used to monitor the performance of preventative measures (above and beyond those which are specifically supported under this topic) and detect or sense breaches in systems will be supported. Tools that enable nascent detection technologies to proliferate will be supported as well. The specific subtopics supported under this solicitation are as follows: 1. Terahertz sources and detectors 2. Systems utilizing hardened RFID and other modalities for secure supply chain management, traceability and counterfeit detection 3. Multi-scale integration tools including new-generation packaging to enable nano-micro-meso system integration 4. Compact, cost-effective, environmentally-friendly and long-lived power supplies (e.g., for widely-disbursed wireless sensor networks) a. Biomimetic b. Energy-scavenging systems c. Photovoltaic systems d. Acoustic-voltaic systems e. Other systems that provide energy densities exceeding 1000 Wh/kg 5. Proteomic-based biometric systems (Note: NOT PCR-based) " ...

Nano RFID: Degussa to invest EUR 50 million in Nanotronics Science to ...

From mysan.de, Germany ... Another promising research goal is affordably-priced radio tags, referred to as RFID tags (Radio Frequency Identification) for all kinds of goods. ...

RFID Chips: Tegal Corporation Announces High-K Nano Layer Deposition Joint ...

From Business Wire (press release)  ... examples of devices enabled by Tegal technology are energy efficient memories found in portable computers, cellphones, PDAs and RFID applications; megapixel ...

Transforming RFID Chips into Smart Dust

From U.S. Department of Commerce ... Why Nanotechnology for Smart Dust? Sensors are: Small, Cheap, Low Power, and Highly distributed...

Nanosensors or Smart Dust functionalities can be incorporated into a size comparable to a grain of sand. These smart dust functions are: Filtration, Sample concentration, Chemical sensing, Biological sensing, Environmental stability, Internal referencing/drift correction, Remote identification, Remote interrogation (>100 m), Remotely triggered chemical processing, Targeted motion, and Collective behavior (swarming)...

... “The Smart Dust project is probing microfabrication technology's limitations to determine whether an autonomous sensing, computing, and communication system can be packed into a cubic millimeter mote (a small particle or speck) to form the basis of integrated, massively distributed sensor networks.” ...

Field trials with Smart Dust at SMER ... performed the first 19 field trials of porous Si “smart dust” and small wireless chip-based systems for detection of
environmental pollutants. The field trials were performed in the Santa
Margarita Ecological Reserve, over 24 hours, and involved two undergraduates, two high school students, a graduate student, and a
post-doc. A simulant (ethanol) was successfully detected from a distance of 25 meters. Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve (SMER) , San Diego county CA ...

Wireless World: Shopping with nano-tags

From Interest! Alert High Tech News, Mar 19, 2004 ... CHICAGO March 19 UPI A man takes a shirt off the rack at Marks Spencer the upscale retailer in London and goes to the clerk at the cash register to pay for it. Before he has even reached the check-out a tiny chip called a radio frequency identification or RFID encased in the price tag on the item has signaled the store's wireless network ...