Photos: Tracking people with VoIP and RFID

Summary: IBM has opened an RFID facility in Dublin specialising in asset management. Some of the applications on show include a VoIP-enabled RFID device that could supersede the pager, so we went to take a look

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The size and shape of the RFID tags vary depending on their application. IBM has developed some tags (such as the white one, third from the left) to be worn around the wrists of hospital patients. Other tag (such as the black one that is fourth from the left, have been designed specifically to be embedded in car tyres

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Topic: Emerging Tech

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