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Printing RFID Tags With Magic Ink: Science Fiction in the News

Printing RFID Tags With Magic Ink

Looking for a flexible RFID tag? Security technology like RFID devices , barcodes and smart cards are going to be smaller, more flexible and easier to manufacture responsibly thanks to a metal printing technology developed by QinetiQ Metal Printing.

(From BBC: Magic Ink )

"The very basic principle is that you apply an ink to a surface that is water resistant, like a flexible plastic," Chris Bishop, general manager of QinetiQ Metal Printing (QMP), explained. "When you pass it through an electroless chemical solution, metal...

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How is RFID used inside a living body? - Technovelgy

How is RFID used inside a living body?

RFID devices that are intended to be implanted inside a living body (like an animal or human being) have special requirements. They need to be encased in a special kind of casing that will not irritate or react with the living tissues that they are inserted into. The casing must also be transparent to the scanning radio-frequency beam that activates the chip. Some RFID vendors have created biocompatible glass for use in these applications.

One potential problem with being placed within a living organism is that the tiny RFID...

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What can RFID be used for? - Technovelgy

What can RFID be used for?

RFID tags come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes; they may be encased in a variety of materials:

Animal tracking tags, inserted beneath the skin, can be rice-sized.

Tags can be screw-shaped to identify trees or wooden items.

Credit-card shaped for use in access applications.

The anti-theft hard plastic tags attached to merchandise in stores are also RFID tags.

Heavy-duty 120 by 100...

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RFID tag - Technovelgy

RFID tags can be very small - the...

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