The Black Informant | African American Commentary, News and Community Building

by Alorie Gilbert for news.com.com

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“High-tech stamps containing radio frequency identification (RFID) chips are likely to replace the barcodes postal services print on letters and packages to sort and process mail, according to a recent report from IDTechEx. Although it may take a decade or so to happen.”

“In due course, over one trillion postal items will be tagged yearly, making this the second largest application of RFID in the world after the retail supply chain,” the report noted. “That may occur around 2020 but much more will happen just in the next few years.” (more…)