Are you ready?
For the Olympics, that is.
EE Times has had some great articles over the last few weeks, leading up to this monumental Olympics. Laurie Sullivan, a freelance writer, contributed a great article a few days ago entitled, “RFID’s the ticket for secure Games.”
In the article, she points out some amazing stats to make the case for RFID – “It is estimated that 3 million athletes, journalists and spectators will gather in Beijing for the Games. Millions more around the world will watch on television. As China savors the attention, AIM Global president Dan Mullen believes the interest in RFID reinforces the idea that the technology has matured enough to support major large-scale events.”
This is great news for the RFID industry. And shows the momentum this industry is gaining in the mainstream, despite rumors of privacy invasion and other false reports.
Laurie states, “The XXIX Olympiad incorporates the ‘latest domestic and international scientific and technological achievements’ and serves as a window to showcase the city’s own ‘achievements and innovative strength’ as millions descend on China, according to the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games.”
From this we can deduce that RFID is a “technological achievement” and, much like the Olympian athletes that will be competing this week, RFID is ready for the world.
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