It’s the time of year when research analysts update their growth projections for RFID technology. ABI Research came out with its market forecast earlier this week, calling for a total market value in excess of $70 billion by 2015. RFID chip manufacturer NXP has also released some interesting research on what it considers to be [...]

Innovation was on full display during day one of the RFID Live conference being held this week in Orlando. In many cases, the new applications being showcased by vendors like Impinj and NXP interact heavily the consumer, bringing shoppers even closer to the technology. NXP, for example, demonstrated an RFID-enabled tablet device that can be [...]

Could NFC technology make the role of librarian obsolete? A new NFC-based solution demonstrated at the 100th German Librarian Day in Berlin certainly suggests so. The prototype of the first-ever mobile SelfCheck features an NFC capable smart phone that makes it possible to borrow straight from the library shelf. Users can check out, extend the lending period [...]

Libraries around the world have deployed RFID technology for years, including the Vatican and the Hamburg Public Library System in Germany, which holds 1.6 million books, 130,000 CD’s, and 55,000 videos and other media. AS RFID technology matures, the options available to libraries have increased greatly. No more just slapping an RFID tag onto a [...]