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Gillette Buys Half a Billion RFID Tags

Posted by michael on from the he-knows-when-you've-been-shaving dept.

prostoalex writes "Gillette announced its intent to purchase 500,000,000 RFID tags from startup Alien Technology. The company expects to introduce RFID tags into its pallets and cases, according to the article. Alien Technology was the first company to introduce an RFID tag with price lower than 10 cents, even though some people claimed it could not be done."

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  1. WTF? Gillette buying RFID? by Calyth · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Ok I'm dumbfounded on this one. Why would a mainly personal sanitary product manufacturer needs like 1/2 milllion of these tags?
    What the hell are they going to do with this?

  2. RFID's by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Imagine a BeoWolf cluster of these!

    mabye they can reach 15 feet!