Blue Spark and NTERA Team Up to Demonstrate Thin Battery and Printed Electronic Display Technologies for Use in Smart Cards.Combining Blue Spark's low voltage Low voltage is an electrical engineering term that broadly identifies safety considerations of an electricity supply system based on the voltage used. While different definitions exist for the exact voltage range covered by "low voltage", the most commonly used ones include "mains power source, with NTERA's NanoChromics[TM] technology, can deliver lower costs, easy integration, and "green" aesthetics for manufacturers of RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. , gift, loyalty, security and cashless transaction cards CLEVELAND & RADNOR, Pa. -- Blue Spark Technologies, the leading supplier of thin, flexible printed battery solutions, announced today that it will partner with NTERA, the leading developer of flexible, all-printed color changing display technologies, to demonstrate the world's lowest voltage battery-display system. The first demo will be presented at CARTES 2008 in Paris (Nov 4-6), an international conference and exposition focused on the global plastic card manufacturing and technology market. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. industry experts, the market for smart cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. has been steadily expanding, reaching USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. $12 billion worldwide in 2007 with over four billion smart cards (i.e., embedded chip See embedded processor. cards) shipped. This growth can be attributed to several major trends, including the need for increased security and authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. to counteract fraud and identity theft, the growing popularity of contactless payment Contactless payment systems are credit cards, key fobs, or other devices which use RFID for making secure payments. The built in chip and antenna enable consumers to wave their card or fob over a reader at the point of sale. , and consumer attraction to wallet-size cards integrating visual, interactive and tactile innovations. In combining Blue Spark Technologies' innovative battery chemistries and application design capabilities with NTERA's ultra-thin, color-changing, 1.5 Volt compatible display technologies, the companies can provide added value Added value in financial analysis of shares is to be distinguished from value added. Used as a measure of shareholder value, calculated using the formula:
Matt Ream, vice president of marketing for Blue Spark Technologies, notes: "For card companies, this partnership represents a remarkable synergy between two leaders in the burgeoning smart card and printed electronics space. Our thin, flexible batteries provide the ideal flat-profile, 'green' power source needed to power NTERA-enabled aesthetically pleasing color changing displays. Together, our technologies uniquely help manufacturers of smart cards to gain greater business value, along with increased consumer attention and buy-in." Chris Giacoponello, Vice President of Business Development and Marketing for NTERA, adds: "Because of their fundamental cost and integration advantages, low-voltage, all-printed technologies will drive the success of the printed electronics revolution. We are seeing rapidly growing interest in our NCD NCD - Network Computing Devices [TM] technology for smart cards, smart objects and smart packaging. Low power consumption will be a critical success factor for these applications, and 1.5 Volt systems are ideally positioned to meet market performance requirements." In the vast global card market, the cost-effective printed electronics product offerings and expertise of Blue Spark Technologies and NTERA are directly applicable to smart cards, which include: * Gift and loyalty cards (frequent flyer/frequent buyer) * Bank credit and debit cards * Contactless payment and stored value cards * Transit cards * Secure access identification cards and badges * One-Time Passcode (OTP (1) (One Time Programmable) Refers to programming content or logic into chips such as EPROMs and EEPROMs, which cannot be reversed. See antifuse. (2) (One Time P ) cards for access to brokerage accounts, monetary wires, IT and other high-value security assets The companies' thin battery and electrochromic e·lec·tro·chro·mic adj. Of or relating to a substance that changes color or transparency when subjected to charged electrodes, as in the liquid crystal display of many calculators. technologies also have broad applications in other markets, such as smart packaging, interactive merchandising displays, greeting cards See e-card. , toys and novelty items. About Blue Spark Technologies Blue Spark Technologies, Inc. is the leader in developing flexible, printed, "green," proprietary power source solutions for battery-powered printed electronic systems. The company was founded as Thin Battery Technologies in 2002 with patented technology and technical leadership from Energizer (Eveready Battery Company). Blue Spark customers include manufacturers, product designers, and integrators across multiple industries including: interactive packaging, RFID, pharmaceutical, powered smart cards, and novelty items. Users of products powered by Blue Spark batteries enjoy increased efficiency, greater convenience and portability, improved safety, lower manufacturing and assembly costs, higher profit margins, and greater environmental responsibility. For more information, visit www.bluesparktechnologies.com or call +1 440 249 5400. About NTERA NTERA, Inc. is the leading developer of advanced, fully printable print·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of being printed or of producing a print: printable negatives. 2. Fit for publication: printable language. electrochromic materials enabling display and color change applications for Smart Cards, Smart Packaging and Smart Objects. NTERA's NanoChromics[TM] Ink Systems enable very low cost manufacturing of printed electronic displays on a variety of flexible substrate materials using industry standard printing techniques and equipment. These ultra-thin, sunlight-readable, low power NCD[TM] displays can be integrated into any number of products, including plastic cards, packaging, smart labels, RFID systems, greeting cards, toys and games, and consumer electronic devices. NTERA, Inc. is based in suburban Philadelphia, PA USA, with research and development facilities in Dublin, Ireland. For more information, visit us at www.ntera.com or call +1 610 828 6530. NTERA, NanoChromics and NCD are trademarks of NTERA. |
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