Overheard in the tech blogosphere » 802.11 asset management http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard A Whatis.com blog Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:32:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Overheard – Real-time location system (RTLS) http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-real-time-location-system-rtls/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-real-time-location-system-rtls/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:25:42 +0000 Margaret Rouse http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/?p=2908 “A lot of healthcare equipment is starting to come with Wi-Fi radios already installed. If it’s not there, they add a Wi-Fi tag. It broadcasts and contacts the closest … access points.  Such tags retail for about $50 and can last for months, emitting ‘chirps’ to update any listening Wi-Fi access points about their current position and condition.”

Stan Schatt, Wi-Fi-based real-time location systems primed to grow market share

Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is real-time location system.

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