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Cheap, tiny, plentiful radio-frequency identification tags will make it possible to tag almost everything, spurring a revolution in how physical objects interact with information services.

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                cover image Communications of the ACM
                Communications of the ACM  Volume 48, Issue 9
                Special issue: RFID
                September 2005
                109 pages
                ISSN:0001-0782
                EISSN:1557-7317
                DOI:10.1145/1081992
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