July 26, 2005
RFID Exception to "Dearth of Innovations" Says Futurist Mark Anderson
Mark Anderson is a computing and telecom consultant and founder of "Future in Review" conferences that feature the latest in technology. His perspective on the current technology climate is that not enough is going on, that there is a "dearth of innovation." He blames it on the monopolistic nature of the tech industry. RFID, he claims, is not overly hyped, but rather merely on the "fringes" of innovations. RFID has the potential to open a whole new world to businesses and change the way they communicate. Anderson believes that big change will evolve once industries begin to intersect. For example, once PC's and RFID are fully integrated true innovations in business will emerge. According to BusinessWeek:
...how these technologies work together -- [for instance, how grids can derive patterns from information gathered by RFID tags] -- that's really interesting.
Read more: Tech's "Dearth of Innovation"
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