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…
For what it’s worth I don’t think they’re proposing it will “solve” climate change - no single thing can. It’s millions of tiny (alleged) improvements like this which eventually add up to taking pressure off of the environment. I see this kind of attitude a lot with stuff like paper straws or biodegradable packaging, as if the idea of a small but meaningful step in the right direction is laughable. It’s fine to criticize them for the “improvement” actually being no better than the alternative, but I worry sometimes it comes across like any sort of improvement short of “solving” climate change isn’t worthwhile.
My point here is burning paper on a mass scale instead of using wires or an IC is not a solution, not even a little bit like biodegradable food containers.
Its solving a problem that isn’t really a problem!
I’m not sure how much of this is the actual project, or the author of the article, as there are all kinds of odd claims in there.
So it’s proposing we burn traces on single-use paper to solve climate change.
RFID tags as a security device are important and they can last as long as keys.
As a business card we can just stop doing it. Solved!
For what it’s worth I don’t think they’re proposing it will “solve” climate change - no single thing can. It’s millions of tiny (alleged) improvements like this which eventually add up to taking pressure off of the environment. I see this kind of attitude a lot with stuff like paper straws or biodegradable packaging, as if the idea of a small but meaningful step in the right direction is laughable. It’s fine to criticize them for the “improvement” actually being no better than the alternative, but I worry sometimes it comes across like any sort of improvement short of “solving” climate change isn’t worthwhile.
My point here is burning paper on a mass scale instead of using wires or an IC is not a solution, not even a little bit like biodegradable food containers.
Its solving a problem that isn’t really a problem!
I’m not sure how much of this is the actual project, or the author of the article, as there are all kinds of odd claims in there.