Paperless RFID Tags Are Carbon-Based
hackaday.com
RFID tags are great little pieces of technology, but unfortunately, the combination of paper, metal, and silicon means they are as bad as some modern pregnancy tests — single-use electronic d…
  • Queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 years ago

    QR codes require something electronic to read them.

    Business cards with plain text and maybe an image require as much tech to put on them as a QR code, a printing press of some kind. Making a nice looking card or generating a QR code requires more tech however.

      • Queue@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        2 years ago

        It does and I agree, but maybe its since I just woke up and I’m short on sleep, I read:

        well known method for putting a business card on paper that doesn’t require electronics: QR codes.

        as:

        We don’t need any electronics at all for any of this

        RFID is silly to put in a card that 99% will forget about and leave behind. QR codes are better as they are just the same ink that goes on it anyways.