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ADVISORY/BiStatix Smart Tags: Breaking The Barrier.


Business Editors & High-Tech high-tech also hi-tech
adj. Informal
Of, relating to, or resembling high technology.


high-tech
Adjective

same as hi-tech

Adj. 1.
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ADVISORY...for Friday (April 6)

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--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Inventory management and product tracking improved drastically dras·tic  
adj.
1. Severe or radical in nature; extreme: the drastic measure of amputating the entire leg; drastic social change brought about by the French Revolution.

2.
 

and labor costs fell -- with the advent of the bar code more than 25 years ago.

Then along came the RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna.  (radio-frequency identification Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is an automatic identification method, relying on storing and remotely retrieving data using devices called RFID tags or transponders. ) tag: a tiny tag that uses a silicon chip to keep track of people and products. More efficient, more intelligent, but also more expensive. Now Motorola's BiStatix(tm) smart tag -- a streamlined version of the RFID -- is breaking through the price barrier once and for all, flinging open the doors to a range of applications.

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