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What can be the newer applications of RFID ?

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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    They promised us jetpacks, and robot maids as well. Mine have yet to be delivered... :sigh:

    If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

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    And flying cars by 2000. And a space colony. And a moon base. And a cure for cancer. A cure for old age even. Instead we got mobile phones that kept shrinking and then started growing again.

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      The trouble is that you end up needing to pay about the same - if you don't need till staff, you need more (more expensive) security people to make sure that people like you and I aren't robbing them blind. And I don't know about the Netherlands, but the "operator-less" tills we have in the UK are a PITA - and need staff to supervise them to fix the bad scans, age restricted products, etc. Every time I use one, I'm just glad Tesco doesn't sell sledgehammers, or I'd be arrested for criminal damage... :laugh:

      If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

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      PIEBALDconsult
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      OriginalGriff wrote:

      doesn't sell sledgehammers

      But Home Depot does, and they have self-checkout.

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      • L Lost User

        And flying cars by 2000. And a space colony. And a moon base. And a cure for cancer. A cure for old age even. Instead we got mobile phones that kept shrinking and then started growing again.

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        harold aptroot wrote:

        A cure for old age even.

        There has always been a cure for old age[^]

        harold aptroot wrote:

        mobile phones that kept shrinking and then started growing again.

        I know what you mean: iPhone7[^]

        If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

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        • P PIEBALDconsult

          OriginalGriff wrote:

          doesn't sell sledgehammers

          But Home Depot does, and they have self-checkout.

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          OriginalGriff
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          That may be one reason why I don't go there... :-D

          If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            harold aptroot wrote:

            A cure for old age even.

            There has always been a cure for old age[^]

            harold aptroot wrote:

            mobile phones that kept shrinking and then started growing again.

            I know what you mean: iPhone7[^]

            If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

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            OriginalGriff wrote:

            There has always been a cure for old age

            True, "... bacon's not the only thing That's cured by hanging from a string." - Hugh Kingsmill[^]

            All that is necessary for Evil to succeed is for Good Folks to keep voting for their Party. - Cornelius Thirp

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            • W WajihaAhmed

              Few days back, I read about RFID applications, but very common like human tracking, inventory management etc. Just wondering what can be done with this technology which is really exciting and newer.

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              BillWoodruff
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              Hi WajihAhmed, I think they could be quite useful at home: for example, helping you know the name of the person you awoke sleeping next to, without the embarrassment of having to actually ask them. Or, helping you remember your own name, when you wake up in a place you believe you've never been in before. yrs, Bill

              "We live in a world ruled by fictions: mass merchandising, advertising, politics as advertising, instant translation of science, technology, into popular imagery, increasing blur of identity in realms of consumer goods, preempting any free, original, imaginative, response to experience by the television screen. We live in an enormous novel. For a writer it's less necessary to invent a novel's fictional content: fiction's already there. A writer's task is to invent a reality." J. G. Ballard, 1974

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              • W WajihaAhmed

                Few days back, I read about RFID applications, but very common like human tracking, inventory management etc. Just wondering what can be done with this technology which is really exciting and newer.

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                GenJerDan
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                I hate RFID tags. Or maybe it's just the people who haven't got a clue how to use them.

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                • W WajihaAhmed

                  Few days back, I read about RFID applications, but very common like human tracking, inventory management etc. Just wondering what can be done with this technology which is really exciting and newer.

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                  Lost User
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                  WajihAhmed wrote:

                  Just wondering what can be done with this technology which is really exciting and newer.

                  "Newer" than what? Why? I somehow doubt that you'll "find" a new killer-app in the Lounge.

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                  • B BillWoodruff

                    Hi WajihAhmed, I think they could be quite useful at home: for example, helping you know the name of the person you awoke sleeping next to, without the embarrassment of having to actually ask them. Or, helping you remember your own name, when you wake up in a place you believe you've never been in before. yrs, Bill

                    "We live in a world ruled by fictions: mass merchandising, advertising, politics as advertising, instant translation of science, technology, into popular imagery, increasing blur of identity in realms of consumer goods, preempting any free, original, imaginative, response to experience by the television screen. We live in an enormous novel. For a writer it's less necessary to invent a novel's fictional content: fiction's already there. A writer's task is to invent a reality." J. G. Ballard, 1974

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                    WajihaAhmed
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                    BillWoodruff wrote:

                    Or, helping you remember your own name, when you wake up in a place you believe you've never been in before

                    Seriously, I hadn't thought about it,what an idea!!!

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                    • M Mark_Wallace

                      For der Joden! (Or whichever religion/caste/sect is being pounded on by our nice, civilised governments du jour)

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                      Aua!

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                      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                        It's a matter of cost - printing a bar code on every product costs next to nothing, RFID devices are a lot more expensive, even in bulk. And don't forget that they would have to be implanted in the packaging for everything: even a 33p sweetie would need it's own chip. Until the price drops to less than 1p each, you won't see them embedded in all consumer units. Some UK traded units do (or did - I'm a little out of touch with the industry these days) have RFID tags - notably the re-usable fresh produce trays in supermarkets because the cost can be amortised over the life of the tray, rather than each product.

                        If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

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                        jschell
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                        OriginalGriff wrote:

                        And don't forget that they would have to be implanted in the packaging for everything

                        Or a potato.

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                        • B BillWoodruff

                          Hi WajihAhmed, I think they could be quite useful at home: for example, helping you know the name of the person you awoke sleeping next to, without the embarrassment of having to actually ask them. Or, helping you remember your own name, when you wake up in a place you believe you've never been in before. yrs, Bill

                          "We live in a world ruled by fictions: mass merchandising, advertising, politics as advertising, instant translation of science, technology, into popular imagery, increasing blur of identity in realms of consumer goods, preempting any free, original, imaginative, response to experience by the television screen. We live in an enormous novel. For a writer it's less necessary to invent a novel's fictional content: fiction's already there. A writer's task is to invent a reality." J. G. Ballard, 1974

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                          • W WajihaAhmed

                            Few days back, I read about RFID applications, but very common like human tracking, inventory management etc. Just wondering what can be done with this technology which is really exciting and newer.

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                            Mike Hankey
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                            You need some excitement? I was thinking of planting them in Grizzly Bears to track there movement but need someone to plant them on the bear. :) How fast can you run?

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                            • W WajihaAhmed

                              Few days back, I read about RFID applications, but very common like human tracking, inventory management etc. Just wondering what can be done with this technology which is really exciting and newer.

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                              Joe Woodbury
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                              One problem is that the price of receiver installation is relatively steep, so it only makes sense when you have lots of tags.

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                              • J jschell

                                OriginalGriff wrote:

                                And don't forget that they would have to be implanted in the packaging for everything

                                Or a potato.

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                                That's going to be a real PITA when you come to jelly beans at the Pick'n'Mix... :laugh:

                                If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

                                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                                "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                                • W WajihaAhmed

                                  Few days back, I read about RFID applications, but very common like human tracking, inventory management etc. Just wondering what can be done with this technology which is really exciting and newer.

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                                  wizardzz
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                                  I use it to track the tin foil hats I sell. (They never suspect it!)

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