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Scientists find cheaper way to print RFID tags on paper

RFID and NFC technology is taking off in a big way and there’s a wide variety of possibilities with them. RFID has been used everywhere from marking

February 13, 2012 / 17:10 IST
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RFID and NFC technology is taking off in a big way and there’s a wide variety of possibilities with the technology. RFID has been used everywhere from tagging cattle to products being sold in shopping marts. Now, NFC has taken off, with mobile phone manufacturers building devices with RFID and NFC readers into them. The more complicated and more expensive part of the technology has been implementing RFID tags on products. There have been advancements in the field, where Camille Ramade, along with others at University of Montpellier in France have come with a technology that allows users to print RFID tags on paper. Adding tags has been expensive and the new technology should allow users to be able to print really thin layers of aluminium on paper. Click here for full story

first published: Feb 13, 2012 05:00 pm

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