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The End of the Bar Code

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the coming-soon-to-everything-near-you dept.

valdean writes "The University of Wisconsin RFID Lab, principally funded by a dozen Wal-mart suppliers including 3M, Kraft Foods, and S.C. Johnson & Son, believes that RFID could spell the end of the ubiquitous bar code. The big draw? Speeding up supply-chain management. Wal-mart's warehouse conveyor belts presently move products at 600 feet per minute... but they want to be faster. And better informed."

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  1. Re:I know... by Kid+Zero · · Score: 0, Troll

    or one where a small number of rich people prosper while hundreds of millions are left unemployed. Much like the world now, huh?