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[FYI] A Radio Chip in Every Consumer Product
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/25/technology/25THEF.html?pagewanted=
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February 25, 2003
A Radio Chip in Every Consumer Product
By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH and BARNABY J. FEDER
Here's a tip to thieves: If you are bent on stealing packages of
Gillette Mach3 razor blades, go someplace other than Tesco's
Newmarket Road store in Cambridge, England. There, a "smart shelf"
continuously queries tiny radio chips embedded in the packages it
holds, and senses the silence when one is removed. The system may
soon be programmed to alert security when several are taken at once,
Greg Sage, a Tesco spokesman, said.
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