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Both RFID tags and barcodes are used to tag products, but RFID has many advantages.

An RFID tag can be read at a distance. That helps with inventorying stock, and also helps to catch shoplifters.

Retailers have a problem with shoplifters putting an expensive item in a cheap item's box; because the RFID tag would be on the product itself it wouldn't matter what box it was in.

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Where could one find more information on RFID Tags?

RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification and the tags are intelligent bar codes that can talk to a networked system to track every product put into your shopping cart. Information can be found at HowStuffWorks and then go to the article How RFID Works.


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How easy is it to buy RFID tags?

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What does RFID active tags do?

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Where can one see images of active rfid tags?

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What kinds of RFID tags contains a battery that runs the chip's circuitry and broadcasts a signal to the RFID reader?

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