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What's in store for EPCglobal in 2005
In December, EPCglobal, the organization charged with setting the standards for RFID in the supply chain, ratified the specifications for Gen 2, a new RFID tag designed to meet the needs of Wal-Mart and others implementing RFID in their supply chains.

Having passed that important milestone, we asked Mike Meranda, president of EPCglobal US, to look ahead to RFID in 2005.   ...More>>>

Making sense of RFID tag specifications
Now that Gen 2 has been ratified, most analysts expect that to become the RFID chip of choice for UHF supply chain applications by 2006.

But until they are in wide distribution, there are still a number of different tags in the marketplace. Here’s a brief rundown on what distinguishes one chip from another, with input from Nick Infelise, RFID product manager, Omron Electronics, and Rick Bauer, senior director of technical research, Paxar.    ...More>>>

Next generation antennas
Gen 2 is the next generation for RFID tag specifications. But behind the scenes, the components that make up those tags are also evolving. Manufacturers and materials suppliers are experimenting with new materials and new ways to produce the building blocks of an RFID tag that might lead to cheaper and more effective tags, regardless of the standards.

While some ideas are still in the lab, others are commercially available now.

One of these new ideas that may be in the marketplace soon involves the use of conductive inks to "print" the RFID antennas that receive and transmit radio signals. 

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