Every year, RFID adoption picks up the pace, moving into different verticals and finding new applications. The burning question is: will RFID replace the barcode, and if so when? Heikki Seppä is a senior research professor with VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, a nonprofit organization and the largest multi-technological applied research organization in Northern Europe. Jorma Lalla is CEO of Nordic ID, a mobile RFID reader manufacturer. See related article: http://issuu.com/mobilerfid/docs/mobile_rfid_magazine/4