We would like to hear from viewers about Ekahau Wi-Fi tags said to be core part of reliable and accurate positioning systems.
Their web site, http://www.ekahau.com/ says Ekahau Wi-Fi tags enables real-timetracking in any standard Wi-Fi network. whilke the Ekahau Positioning Engine software tracks the continuous location and movements of the tags over any standard 802.11 wireless networks.
Your comments are welcomed!
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
The truth about RFID printing
The truth about RFID printing: By Frank Romano Jun 1, 2007
"The Holy Grail of RFID is printing right on the product. But the cost would have to come down from 10 cents or more per tag to less than five cents, and close to one cent. The chip alone ranges from a nano cent to about eight cents. This means the circuitry of the chip also would have to be printed, and this technology is years away. But so-called chipless technology is progressing, and every day there are announcements about transistors, capacitors and other electronic components being printed, in many cases using inkjet. Printed batteries are just about ready for prime time. To print the antenna, special conductive inks that contain aluminum, copper or silver are used. In most cases, the ink must be heated after printing. One company, Parelec, showed printing of the antenna directly on corrugated. But the chip still had to be glued to the antenna."
"The Holy Grail of RFID is printing right on the product. But the cost would have to come down from 10 cents or more per tag to less than five cents, and close to one cent. The chip alone ranges from a nano cent to about eight cents. This means the circuitry of the chip also would have to be printed, and this technology is years away. But so-called chipless technology is progressing, and every day there are announcements about transistors, capacitors and other electronic components being printed, in many cases using inkjet. Printed batteries are just about ready for prime time. To print the antenna, special conductive inks that contain aluminum, copper or silver are used. In most cases, the ink must be heated after printing. One company, Parelec, showed printing of the antenna directly on corrugated. But the chip still had to be glued to the antenna."
Frank J. Romano is professor emeritus at RIT. Contact him at fxrppr@rit.edu
RedPrairie and Avery Dennison partnership
"The recent RedPrairie and Avery Dennison partnership helps ensure that RedPrairie's customers have reliable RFID printing/encoding capabilities with Monarch brand printers already pre-integrated into RedPrairie software solutions. 'Avery Dennison shares RedPrairie's vision of delivering RFID solutions that are cost effective, simple to deploy, and built on a robust, scalable technology infrastructure,' said Rick Bauer, Avery Dennison Director of RFID Global Program Development. 'We were excited about the opportunity to combine our RFID capabilities with RedPrairie's software expertise in order to create a turnkey solution that is seamless for our mutual"
full news article:
Print Industry News - 2007-08-09 - Avery Dennison Printer Systems Division and RedPrairie Partner to Provide RFID Solution:
full news article:
Print Industry News - 2007-08-09 - Avery Dennison Printer Systems Division and RedPrairie Partner to Provide RFID Solution:
RFID Technologies group on Google Groups.
This blog is a companion to http://groups.google.com/group/rfid-technologies
RFID Technologies a Google Group.
The Group is a open, independent, forum for RFID technology providers. (i.e.Anyone engaged in: research, development and printing of Active RFID tags).
The group is set up to explore active rfid tags to be integrated as parts of wireless sensor networks and to discuss manufacturing of active tags.
The focus is production, not on privacy or information management.
Group members determine the topics! Join Now!
RFID Technologies a Google Group.
The Group is a open, independent, forum for RFID technology providers. (i.e.Anyone engaged in: research, development and printing of Active RFID tags).
The group is set up to explore active rfid tags to be integrated as parts of wireless sensor networks and to discuss manufacturing of active tags.
The focus is production, not on privacy or information management.
Group members determine the topics! Join Now!
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