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have developed an RF system that captures sensor data and transmits it to a reader from a unique environment: a person's mouth. The passive RFID tag is designed to be attached to a tooth, with a layer of built-in sensors that respond to such conditions as the presence of sugar or sodium, as a person enjoys a meal or snack. Tag transmissions are sent via 400 MHz RFID to an interrogator, and are then modified according to those conditions. The technology can identify not only the intake of specific nutrients or chemicals, the team reports, but also the body's response to that intake, based on changes to a person's saliva. Fiorenzo Omenetto, the dean of research at Tufts' School of Engineering, has led the efforts to develop a system that can automate the capture and collection of nutritional data while a person eats. The researchers speculate that this solution could have commercial benefits for health-care providers or those who wish to manage their diet based on health limitations. Tufts' engineering department has already been working on implantable electronics, he says, that could provide a health-care benefit while being unobtrusive. According to Omenetto, the RFID-enabled sensor tag is the latest prototype to result from those efforts. RFID Journal was launched on Mar. 1, 2002, as the world's first independent media company devoted solely to radio frequency identification and its many business applications. Today, RFID Journal is, by far, the world's leading source of RFID news and insights. Our mission is to help companies use RFID technologies to improve the way they do business. Radio frequency identification (RFID) is being adopted in a wide variety of industries, including aircraft manufacturing, consumer electronics, consumer packaged goods, defense, homeland security and retail. The technology is being employed not only for tracking goods in supply chains, but also to reduce the counterfeiting of pharmaceuticals and other high-end products, track baggage in airports and monitor medical supplies in hospitals, as well as in payment systems. Eventually, virtually every company on Earth will be required to utilize RFID in one way or another, in order to remain competitive in the global market. Our Mission: To be the ultimate resource for businesspeople looking to understand how RFID can help their company boost supply chain efficiencies, reduce inventories, limit theft, improve product availability and add convenience for consumers. RFID Journal Primera Technology intros on-demand color RFID label printer ••• JADAK launches four-port UHF RFID finished reader ••• SensThys offers low-priced RFID kit ••• OTI Europa ASEC, Public Transport Authority sign contract in Warsaw ••• WISeKey, Toppan Printing team up to securely connect inert objects to internet ••• Particle acquires RedBear to accelerate IoT innovation ••• Inmarsat finds mining industry must strengthen cybersecurity measures to profit from IoT ••• Cardinal Health survey finds health-care providers cancel surgical cases due to lack of supplies.