Report: Active RFID market on rise.CAMBRIDGE, UK -- Active 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. is said to be growing, with several applications worth more than $100 million in place, and is responsible for more than 20% of all spent on RFID. Leading the way: The U.S. military, which placed the largest RFID order to date this year, a $425 million order for active RFID. New IDTechEx (idtechex.com) research indicates that the value of sales of active systems will rocket from $550 million in 2006 to $6.78 billion in 2016. Active RFID is part of technologies such as WiFi, ZigBee, Real Time Locating Generally speaking, locating is the determination of the locality of an object. Description of locality is the location. Any current location of any existing object is real. Its current or momentary location is a real time location. Systems (RTLS RTLS Real-Time Location System RTLS Return To Launch Site RTLS Run Time Library Services ), Ultra Wide Band (UWB (Ultra-WideBand) A wireless technology that uses less power and provides higher speed than 802.11 Wi-Fi networks or first-generation Bluetooth products. UWB is expected to provide wireless video transmission for home theater systems, cable TV, auto safety and ) and more. |
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