Brussels, 09/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 9 March, the European Commission launched a public consultation on Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID) which will soon replace bar codes in supermarkets. RFID tags containing silicon chips and antennae to enable them to receive and respond to radio-frequency queries from an RFID transceiver. Once attached to goods or a group of goods, the information on the chip can be read by transceivers. Unlike with bar codes, the transceiver no longer...