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Article: Visions for RFID are on their way to being reality.
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
- Article date:
- August 23, 2006
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Byline: Victor Godinez
DALLAS _ Whatever happened to the talking milk carton?
And why haven't cell phones made credit cards obsolete?
Those were some of the advancements promised over the past few years by both fans and critics of the technology known as radio frequency identification, or RFID, and the larger universe of wireless computer chips known simply as RF.
Instead, RFID has become a logistical lubricant, helping massive organizations such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and the Defense Department track shipments of diapers and tank parts.
Meanwhile, the so-called smart home, with self-monitoring milk cartons that alert the ...