In Benetton's case, a box containing clothes with embedded RFID tags can be scanned and data uploaded in one pass, instead of having each item unpacked for bar code scanning. Benetton has distanced itself from reports that it was to use radio tags...
The use of radio tags, considered by many to be the future for inventory tracking, has sparked some consumer fury, while those in favour laud its superiority over bar codes. However, the tags are now being used mostly to replace bar codes on boxes...
Wal-Mart has unexpectedly cancelled testing for an experimental 'smart-shelf' in its US stores that would have used the controversial radio frequency identification (RFID) product tracking tags. RFID technology uses microchips to wirelessly...
Stores such as Tesco and Wal-Mart have already begun testing RFID tags, which proponents hail as the next-generation bar code, allowing merchants and manufacturers to operate more efficiently and cut down on theft.
She called for worldwide boycotts of clothing retailer Benetton and Gillette after each discussed plans to put RFID chips or "tags" on their products. MIT handed off the administration of RFID standards and other duties in September to EPCglobal, a...
This in turn opens up the possibility of mass surveillance, with people being tagged, monitored and profiled without their knowledge and consent through hidden RFID chips. RFID tags are very small chips containing a tiny antenna, and can be fixed...
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