[CST-2] Active Badges

[William R Sowerbutts]

don't forget that badges transmit when they sense radio fields (they transmit
the field's ID, if it has one); you can do *some* spatial indexing in this
manner.



On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 03:04:42PM +0100, Sapna Jethwa wrote:
>
>Hi
>
>This is a rather simpler question compared to the Types question that is
>filling up my inbox, but could someone give me 5 applications for Active
>Badges? I can only think of
>1) people locator (eg to route telephone calls)
>2) security (ie to tag equipment so you know where it is in the buildling)
>3) maybe tag a home so when you return the kettle is put on, lights
>switched on (although this could be like people location in (1))
>
>any other examples i can think of (eg routing someone's desktop to the
>nearest computer when they approach, or seeing if a door is closed) seem
>more suited to Active Bats and more specific orientation problems
>
>Thanks
>Sapna
>
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