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They aren't chips, they are printed tags. They cost about 0.10 ea. https://www.rfidjournal.com/faq/how-much-does-an-rfid-tag-cost-today https://www.rfidjournal
by jiveturkey 3y ago
They aren't chips, they are printed tags. They cost about 0.10 ea.
https://www.rfidjournal.com/faq/how-much-does-an-rfid-tag-cost-today https://www.rfidjournal.com/faq/how-much-does-an-rfid-tag-co...
Sadly the article is undated, so we have no clue when "today" is. But the price feels about right.
To someone as large as Uniqlo, I imagine the cost is closer to 0.01.
The ability to read multiple tags like this has existed for at least a decade. I wonder why retail like target doesn't have it.
EDIT: technically they are chips, but we call this kind of passive barcode-equivalent kind of thing a tag.
- TulliusCicero 3y agoTarget would have to require it of all their suppliers. Uniqlo only sells their own stuff, so it's easier to adopt.
- supermatt 3y agoThe retailer can add RFID labels. They do this in decathlon (sporting goods store in Europe) where they have used same checkout process for a few years
- resolutebat 3y agoDecathlon also sells only own-brand goods.
- mertbio 3y agoThis is not true. You can also buy known brands like Adidas and so on, at least in Germany.
- supermatt 3y agoNo they dont. They sell many 3rd party brands in store in nearly every category. I believe they were (mostly) own-brand up until a few years ago, but thats certainly not the case now.
- andrewshadura 3y agoThey also sell other brands. Bicycle parts are often third-party. For example, some bike locks are made by Axa.
- BHSPitMonkey 3y agoTFA states "roughly 4 cents, give or take a penny"
- wiml 3y agoThey are chips. Press release suggests they're using Impinj's ISO-18000-63 chips. Those chips are small (datasheet says 362×247×120 microns) and directly bonded to the printed antenna inlay.
- jiveturkey 3y agoThey all have a chip. The kind used here are commonly called tags. https://www.huayuansh.com/uniqlo-global-stores-applied-rfid-tags/ https://www.huayuansh.com/uniqlo-global-stores-applied-rfid-...