A search for technology that would enable users to find their lost hearing aids piqued a University of Pittsburgh professor’s interest in RFID, but the beneficiaries are not hearing aid customers, but small businesses.
He’s still looking for the hearing aid solution, but in the meantime, small businesses, which normally couldn’t afford RFID research and development, could very well benefit from Dr. Marlin Mickle’s sojourn into the RFID world. His team at the University of Pittsburgh recently announced the success of a joint development effort with ADCUS, Inc., the U.S. based subsidiary of South Korea’s ADChips, to produce customized active RFID tags. This project will enable companies to be able to afford customized RFID tags, he said.
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