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Printed Tags Coming up

Monday, March 24, 2008

Low-cost RFID tags that are printed, rather than assembled are near completion, RFID Update reports.

Research firm NanoMarkets, the brains behind this conclusion (and author of the related study), reveals product designers can seriously consider using printed RFID, even given its current performance limitations, NanoMarkets analyst Lawrence Gasman told the online publication. [end] 

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