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Microsoft, Georgia Tech partner up for research

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 in News

Microsoft has announced plans to invest in an RFID-centered research partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology, better known as Georgia Tech. The two-year, $600,000 deal will finance research by Georgia Tech’s Georgia Electric Design Center, focusing on the development of cost-effective, secure RFID labeling.


The goal of the research project is the development of low-cost, paper-based labeling solution for the pharmaceutical industry. The researchers hope to modify existing ink-jet printer technology to create the labels, and to achieve cost levels which are comparable to current consumer package labels.

Microsoft will supply the funding in the partnership, with the Georgia Tech facility contributing research space, equipment, and labor. The six-year-old Georgia Electric Design Center also has research partnerships with Samsung and Agilent.

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