(5-year) Future Tag Technologies

ID Tags

• simple RFID tags with printed antennas AND printed logic
• 32-bit (or more?) material tags
• few-bit far-field tags under $1
• NMR, NQR "tags", designing bits in chemistry
• begin to replace barcodes in niche markets

Sensor Tags ("disposable wireless sensors")

• Many examples of disposable sensors
• smart packaging, books, clothing, manufacturing, kitchens, cars, medicine

Tags with Displays

• ID Label with integrated electronic display (1 or more pixels)
• Electronic ink
• Electroluminescent Materials

Edible tags

• Identifying Medicine
• Identifying/Sensing Food