Dr. Wlodek Mandecki of PharmaSeq, Inc. Invited Guest Speaker at Smart Labels USA 2002 Conference
Monmouth Junction, NJ, March 15, 2002. PharmaSeq, Inc. announced today that Dr. Wlodek Mandecki, President of PharmaSeq, has been invited to speak at the prestigious Smart Labels USA 2002 Conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s University Hotel, Cambridge, MA. Dr. Mandecki’s talk, entitled “Light-Powered Microtransponders for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Applications,” will feature the Company’s novel light-powered nanotransponder™ and reader system, and describe its many advantages and applications in the authentication and security fields.
Dr. Mandecki said, "While maintaining focus on the biomedical technology development, we succeeded in creating a very attractive product for the RFID field, namely inexpensive, ultra-small ID tags to be used as authentication labels for everyday objects, and hand-held ID readers to scan the nanotags. The increased awareness of a need for security at many levels, as well as strong brand protection among most manufacturers has created an attractive market for our technology, and has positioned PharmaSeq favorably in the RFID field."
The Smart Labels USA 2002 Conference, to be held on March 21-22, 2002, will focus primarily on radio frequency (RF) tags for commercial use that are inexpensive enough to be disposable or able to be affixed to a product for the product’s lifetime. Presentations will include talks on smart cards, antenna technology, RF tags, microtags and low-cost RFID nanotags, such as the ones developed at PharmaSeq. Smart Labels USA 2002 attendees come from diverse backgrounds, including tag and hardware manufacturers, end users, system integrators, venture capitalists, consultants, and journalists.
PharmaSeq, a biotechnology company based near Princeton, New Jersey, is developing laser light-powered microchips and related high-speed reading instruments for multiple biotech and non-biotech applications. The nanotransponder™ is the newest microchip in PharmaSeq’s family of microtransponders. It is the smallest, externally powered, monolithic integrated circuit capable of radio frequency transmission yet made, measuring only 250 microns across. Its excellent radio-frequency characteristics are highly suited for the development of ultrahigh-throughput microchip flow systems for multiplex medical assays. In addition, the microtransponder is an inexpensive alternative to a bar code, and can be used as a radio frequency ID tag for a wide range of small commercial products, precious objects, works of art, CDs, DVDs. It is thin enough for use in documents of monetary value, such as bank notes and traveler’s checks, and in personal IDs, such as driver licenses, visas, and passports.