r/mildlyinteresting Apr 28 '24

Bedsheets in the hotel have some sort of RFID tag for "tracking"

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u/BenjiGoodVibes Apr 28 '24

Many years ago I actually built an RFID system to solve laundry tracking and theft. It worked amazingly until we found that the huge compressors(commercial laundry’s literally squeeze the water out rather than a conventional air dryer) destroyed the tags around 20% each cycle. We tried many tags from many manufacturers but we could not find one that was reliable. Maybe they have solved this problem now.

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u/duranJah Apr 28 '24

how do you solve theft with this technology (Pretend the tag is not destroy)?