Re: Start Trek Badges, Was Which jukebox?

["Brendan" <jbh@xxxxxxx>]

Saw this concept ... utilising SmartCards with inductive Card Readers at
doorways, etc, .... in use in a Lab in Cambridge some ten years ago.
Included auto locator / routing fone calls to extn nearest to person /
log-on to LAN at nearest m/c,  and so on.  Neat.
Never seen it in commercial production/deployment.

Brendan

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Lidstone <patrick@xxxxxxx>
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Date: 21 January 2000 17:44
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Start Trek Badges, Was Which jukebox?


>"stuart grimshaw" <stuart.grimsha-@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/ukha_d/?start=1765
>> Won't the introduction of Bluetooth bring these types of
"wearable
>> devices
>
>There was an interesting article in BA's January in-flight mag about an
>"international communications company research centre" where
everyone
>(and a lot of inanimate objects too) are kitted out with smart badges.
>They're not voice-communicators, but do allow precise determination of
>location.
>
>Apparently they use the technology to determine which extension to
>route incoming phone calls to, to locate missing overhead projectors,
>control the airconditioning and lighting, determine whether a meeting
>is in progress (many badges in same room) etc.etc.
>
>Access to this technology in the home would have a lot of interesting
>possibilities too...
>
>Patrick
>
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