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Photos: Inside the world's best known RFID bookshop

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Tags: rfid, bgn

By Jo Best

Published: 16 April 2007 09:00 GMT


The historic town of Maastricht in the Netherlands is home to one branch of the country's second largest book chain, BGN, housed in a striking 12th century church. But its location isn't the most interesting thing about it - the Selexyz Maastricht store is home to one of the first and most extensive rollouts of RFID tracking technology in the world.

Photo credit: Jo Best


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