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A Radio Chip in Every Consumer Product

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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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