Radio-Tagged Codes to Hit Supply Lines
AP reports, "Backers of new radio-tagged product codes, a kind of souped-up wireless bar code, are heralding this as the week the technology finally moves off the drawing board and into the physical world. Unlike traditional bar codes, "Radio Frequency Identification" tags don't need to pass under a laser reader. They're already commonly used by drivers with 'speed passes' at toll booths, U.S. military quartermasters and ranchers tracking livestock..."