RFID goes prime time in Beijing Olympics
(Credit:
Beijing2008.cn)
Radio frequency identification technology will be facing one of its first major tests during the Beijing Olympics, taking care of ticketing for the estimated 3 million athletes, journalists, and spectators. Despite the Chinese government's current uptight security measures, the RFID chips embedded in Olympics tickets will be not carrying personal information. Instead, they'll be linked to a remote database, designed primarily to combat counterfeits, facilitate check-in, and so on.
Following the recent food scare originating from China, local authorities will also be using an RFID-based food management system to maintain close tabs on food production, processing, and deliveries. The arrangement may be a lot more significant than the one mentioned above, considering the well-being of close to 10,700 international athletes and the daunting logistics of pulling off events across 31 competition venues throughout the country.
(Via Crave Asia)
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Our engineers have been working with some powerful solutions using RFID but there are many logistic and range problems still to consider. When you bring time into the equation you get some very useful technologies.
The Olympic Committee should have never allowed China to hold the event.
I am personally very impressed that the Chinese are using RFID in there Olypic logistics, and wish them the best Olympics ever. I wish I could be there!
Close minded people, most likely do not see sports for sports....and technology for technology....really, anything else is fodder, and should be in another forum.
1D10T!
Sports for Sports, technology for techology, anything else.....maybe a different twisted forum.
Wishing Beijing the best Olympics Ever!
- by tonikypla August 9, 2008 7:26 PM PDT
- I am not Chinese but why the hell west is so pissed off from a country who never invaided anyone, when US is killing iraqis like you kill in video games. Time to get honest!
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