Disneyworld's latest technologies

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The following is from a Ziff Davis electronic newsletter:



Joseph C. Panettieri, Wireless Technology Comes to Theme Parks, 

Ziff 

Davis, ChannelZone, 28 April 2004, 

http://channelzone.ziffdavis.com/article2/0,1759,1574080,00.asp



"I've been known to investigate Disneyworld's latest technologies 

during 

my annual pilgrimage to the Mouse House. But maybe it's time to 

book a 

trip to Legoland Denmark instead, to explore a rather interesting 

Wi-Fi/RFID application used in the theme park.



"Indeed, Bluesoft Inc., KidSpotter A/S and Legoland have deployed a 

combination Wi-Fi/RFID child-tracking application within Legoland 

Denmark. As one of Europe's largest amusement parks, Legoland 

welcomes 

more than 1.6 million visitors annually. Visitors now have the option 

to 

rent BlueSoft's AeroScout wireless tags that children wear as 

wristbands 

within the park. If they become separated, parents simply send a text 

message from their mobile phone, and receive an automated 

response 

telling them the accurate location of their child. According to a 

spokesman for Bluesoft, the solution is much less expensive—not to 

mention more accurate—than traditional RFID deployments because 

it uses 

an existing Wi-Fi network."







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