RFID Gazette - Tues May 15, 2007

This is a roundup of recent RFID-related news and views.

Tracking Steel
ThyssenKrupp Steel has managed to run a successful test on a thousand tagged steel slabs using EPC UHFRFID tags. The slabs were shipped from Brazil to Germany and trackedalong that route. As a result, they'll continue the process for 100,000slabs per year, maybe more, using special SATO FlagTag RFID labels.[via RFID Journal]

A Japanese RFID Island
Depending on what country you're in, RFID tags are an everyday thing ortheir not. In Japan, there's a plan to set up a special tech zone on anisland where RFID tags will be ubiquitous. Not only that, they'll use the zone to monitor elderly patients, the movement of pedestrians, and more.

Passive RFID Tag Market Growing
The passive RFID tag market is expected to grow to nearly US$500M by 2013, compared to just under $125M in 2006. This information comes courtesy of a Frost & Sullivan report.