Ginza Gets Tagged - 10,000 RFID Tags in Tokyo Neighborhood
Filed in archive RFID by jeff goldman on December 27, 2006
At Computerworld, IDG's Martyn Williams reports on a trial of approximately 10,000 RFID tags
and other beacons throughout Tokyo's Ginza neighborhood. Throughout the trial, which will run from January to March, the tags will serve location-related info to people carrying prototype readers.
"The system works by matching a unique code sent out by each beacon with data stored on a server on the Internet," Williams writes. "The data is obtained automatically by the terminal, which communicates back to the server via a wireless LAN connection and requests the data relevant to the beacon that is being picked up."
"Ginza is the most famous shopping district in Japan," says the (frequently offensive) Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara. "In every building there are many shops, bars and clubs, and it can be difficult to find the one you want. With this, you can just push a button and find the where you want to go, even if you're drunk!"
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