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1. hollow-moe · 1791010412 · focus · HN ↗

   What a bad piece. Optical is obsolete. Decathlon (here in France at least) has RFID on all their products, they're used as anti-theft, automatic tilling: you just put them in a box at the register and it knows what it is (also kills the chips once paid) and very likely they're used all along the logistic chain.

   1. cyberrock · 1791011197 · focus · HN ↗

      Merchandise point-of-sales tags isn't the only use of barcode or QR codes. Hospitals aren't going to start putting RFID for all equipment, files, and patients.

      1. gertrunde · 1791012743 · focus · HN ↗

         I thought that was exactly one of things RFID was used for?

         Perhaps not for files, but definitely for equipment.

         1. RobotToaster · 1791020292 · focus · HN ↗

            Wouldn't an MRI fry an RFID chip? Seems like a big issue for anything in a hospital.

            1. gertrunde · 1791065744 · focus · HN ↗

               It's more for portable equipment I believe, things like heart rate monitors and those things that control IV drip systems, and probably the beds/gurneys themselves as well.

               I suspect it's less relevant for things that can't be moved. (Or are extremely heavy/difficult to move).

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