I haven't seen range figures, however I did read that a whole box could be
scanned without removing the individual retail packages, so that would
indicate at least a foot or two of range. TTYL

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Patrik Husfloen
> Sent: June 13, 2003 01:55
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT]: Self-serve checkout lanes
>
>
> So what exactly is the range of these RFIDs?
> I thought it was a few inches at the most, but the people on slashdot
> seems to think it's a mile and a half and they are preparing their
> tinfoil hats as we speak :)
>
> /Patrik
>
> Herbert Graf wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> >         On a related note Walmart is going to start pushing for
> RFID tags on all
> > products it sells, that'll mean when checking out you won't even have to
> > remove the item from the shopping cart! TTYL
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