RFID Tags That Sense Conditions Of Liquid Substance

( Via ITMedia in Japanese ) Hitachi announced on December 6 that they developed "RFID sensors" that sense temperature, ion concentration, and flexure of liquid substances and transmit data via wireless communication. Potential application areas include healthcare, bio sciences, and supply chains. Communication ranges are 10mm, 40mm or 75mm. The company claims that their RFID sensors are higly sensitive to small changes of sensable conditions.