[CST-2] Active Badges
Sapna Jethwa
spj23@hermes.cam.ac.uk
Sat, 2 Jun 2001 15:18:35 +0100 (BST)
to answer my own question (duh) but hope it helps someone else
http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~wwwbtb/book/chap24/chp24-05.html
On Sat, 2 Jun 2001, 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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