RFID Brings Video, Ticketing to Polish Wakeboarders

RFID Brings Video, Ticketing to Polish Wakeboarders

The Wawawake extreme water-sport park, located near Warsaw, uses NFC-enabled wristbands and readers to track each rider’s usage, and enables participants to download, edit and share videos of themselves via social media.

HitchHike Tag Bums a Ride from Wi-Fi Access Points

HitchHike Tag Bums a Ride from Wi-Fi Access Points

A system being developed by Stanford University researchers could enable a low-cost Wi-Fi tag to receive transmissions from access points, and to use the energy of those transmissions to send its own unique signal to a laptop or mobile device.