Retail Group to Promote Product Tracking Devices
A consortium of retailers and consumer goods companies that make up the the Auto-ID Center at MIT will unveil new product-tracking technology at a meeting of the center's sponsors in Chicago. The center will release the Electronic Product Code Network, a replacement for the traditional bar code, that track product codes and serial numbers, as well as demonstrate radio frequency identification tags that can identify a product's location. Protesters from consumer groups and privacy advocates plan demonstrations in Chicago at McCormick Place, where the technology will be unveiled.
Radio Tag Debut Set for This Week
Wired, September 15, 2003
