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Buyer Beware: Clothing You Buy May Inform On You -- Management strategists are touting a miraculous new computer system that promises to revolutionize the way manufacturers and retailers track consumer goods from factory to cash register. But pranksters and profiteers could co-opt the technology to shadow customers and record their every move — a chilling prospect that business must anticipate and prevent.
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RFID 101: Radio Frequency Identification Explained -- Radio frequency identification technology (RFID) is beginning to revolutionize the way business is done. Already, the U.S. Department of Defense and Wal-Mart are requiring their top suppliers to have RFID technology implemented in their supply chains by January 1, 2005. As more manufacturers of RFID tags, readers and software solutions enter the market, the price of implementing the technology will continue to decline.
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Underwater Communication and Music Listening Device for MP3, iPod, CD... -- New Underwater Technology developed by a Marco Island YMCA Swim Coach who wanted to communicate instructions to his swimmers while they were swimming, in an effort to make their practice more efficient, has designed something that has a myriad of applications.
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