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Barcodes are about to go extinct

107 points · 151 comments · rmason

  1. hollow-moe · · 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 Optical is obsolete.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. cocoto · · focus · HN ↗
      Too pricey for food, it’s cheaper to print.
      1. seanmcdirmid · · focus · HN ↗
        Printed Chipless RFID Will solve that problem if the tech really works.
        1. treyd · · focus · HN ↗
          How could that possibly work without a semiconductor?
          1. seanmcdirmid · · focus · HN ↗

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