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wood RFID chips 2Trees, like animals, get tagged with radio chips: the chips help timber companies keep track of their product and fight illegal logging. Unfortunately, metal RFID chips damage the goods — a problem the European research institute Fraunhofer has solved with a wood radio chip. The chip contains a tiny metal antenna that emits its signal; however the amount of metal is so small that it has a negligible effect on the lumber's quality....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/new-wooden-rfid-tags-could-reduce-illegal-logging/'>READ ARTICLE</a>1
wood-rfid-tags-1Trees, like animals, get tagged with radio chips: the chips help timber companies keep track of their product and fight illegal logging. Unfortunately, metal RFID chips damage the goods — a problem the European research institute Fraunhofer has solved with a wood radio chip. The chip contains a tiny metal antenna that emits its signal; however the amount of metal is so small that it has a negligible effect on the lumber's quality....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/new-wooden-rfid-tags-could-reduce-illegal-logging/'>READ ARTICLE</a>2
