GE Global Research works on RFID tag for detecting explosives
Tech sites are talking about an explosives detector the size of a postage stamp. This is a wireless RFID (radio-frequency identification) sensor tag, battery-free. The tags are specially capable of chemical sensing. The company behind the tags is GE Global Research (the technology development arm of GE) in partnership with an inter-agency task force focused on anti-terrorism, the Technical Support Working Group (TSWG), Quantum Magnetics, and with assistance of KemSENSE. The detection solution has numerous advantages, in cost, size and versatility. GE Global Research expects production costs for these sensors would range from 5 to 50 cents per sensor, depending on performance specs and fabrication volume. GE Global Research said the tags can be deployed on a variety of surfaces.