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Wasn't RFID supposed to fix this by now?


RFID will only contribute when all the stuff in Mom and Pop stores ends up having RFID tags. Then other people will start building systems that use them. But who takes the leap of faith and pays for putting RFID tags in everything they make, with little or no chance of a return?

Chicken and egg.


That and the Semantic Web.




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