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If you are attending the Wakestock festival this summer, you will be part of history as Wakestock is the first multi-day festival in the UK which will no longer rely on paper tickets for entry, but rather, encourage the use of wristbands instead. Red Hot Chili Peppers has the honor as the first band to use such wristbands in place of tickets. Basically, the wristbands will be scanned as music fans start to make their way into the venue – scanning is also done another time as they leave. This might be new to the UK, but it is already a widely used form of control at concerts in North America. (more…) By Ubergizmo. Related articles: RFID tags to prevent birds nest counterfeit, RFID tags track kids in Texas school district,