Coping with the Needs of Businesses and Citizens

Just as the internet is becoming the global platform for communication and information exchange, identification technologies like RFID are on their way to becoming an equally widespread tool for locating objects and for providing important information like temperature, pressure, or light.

RFID tags will become increasingly able to 'sense' their environment and transmit data among themselves and to many types of readers. Located in buildings, machines and commodities, they can be used for the monitoring and tracking of objects and even for issuing warnings in cases of urgency or danger.