Research and Markets : In RFID Form, Smart Active Labels (SALs) Potentially Reduce the Cost of Some Active RFID Systems by 20% or More and They Will Create Large New Markets

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2005--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c21581) has announced the addition of Active RFID and its Big Future to their offering

So far, the largest application in the world that involves active RFID tags - those with a battery in them - has netted one billion dollars. Including allied work, the second largest application has netted $600 million. Apart from these, active RFID was a small backwater but no more. From remotely opening your car to securing one million bicycles in The Netherlands, from helping the fight against terrorism to preventing theft and errors, the successes with active RFID are rapidly increasing in number.

For the first time, this report looks at the big picture, with over seventy successful projects from ten countries analyzed; the technology appraised and market forecasts given for the next ten years. We report on the many companies developing disposable flexible batteries for the new "Smart Active Labels SALs". In RFID form, SALs potentially reduce the cost of some active RFID systems by 20% or more and they will create large new markets. We discuss active RFID infrastructure - currently the main component of cost until SALs become popular - and how these systems are transforming such things as the speed of response of military forces and safety in hospitals, the efficiency of production lines and the cost and response of supply chains.

The active RFID market will grow to 3.5 times its present size by 2014, so whether a user or supplier, you need to keep up with this under-reported subject or get left behind.

Executive Summary and Conclusions

1. Introduction

2. Lessons from Case Studies of Active RFID

3. Components of an Active RFID System

4. Active Tag Construction

5. Standards, Privacy and Allied Technology

6. Markets

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