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

Small RFID Chips are Smart Dust

The miniturization of RFID chips are making the concept of smart dust become real. Hitachi continues to reduce the size of the RFID chip. And, other companies are researching the creation of machines and sensors on the nano scale. ...

... "Smartdust is concept for a wireless MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) sensors that can detect anything from light and temperature to vibrations. " ...

Via TFOT: Hitachi RFID

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Sandia MEMS: "Microsystems that sense, think, act, communicate and self-power will make our nation more secure, revolutionize our industries, and will make the revolution in biology a reality. "

RF Nanoscale and Molecular Probing Metrology: "The goal of the project is to develop metrology for quantitative imaging and measurement of electromagnetic field components and material characterization of nanoscale electrical and magnetic devices by establishing accurate spatially resolved waveform and frequency-domain metrology."

AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE: "Smart dust features the smallest computerized sensors designed to communicate. These tiny sensors seem like particles of dust and can be scattered - typically, from planes - to send back information as they float to earth. "

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 ...