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Combining Location Tracking and RFID Tagging toward an Improved Research Infrastructure

Combining Location Tracking and RFID Tagging toward an Improved Research Infrastructure

Greg Wilson, Scott McCrickard
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781609600426|ISBN10: 1609600428|EISBN13: 9781609600433
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-042-6.ch030
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Wilson, Greg, and Scott McCrickard. "Combining Location Tracking and RFID Tagging toward an Improved Research Infrastructure." Handbook of Research on Mobility and Computing: Evolving Technologies and Ubiquitous Impacts, edited by Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha and Fernando Moreira, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 459-471. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-042-6.ch030

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Wilson, G. & McCrickard, S. (2011). Combining Location Tracking and RFID Tagging toward an Improved Research Infrastructure. In M. Cruz-Cunha & F. Moreira (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Mobility and Computing: Evolving Technologies and Ubiquitous Impacts (pp. 459-471). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-042-6.ch030

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Wilson, Greg, and Scott McCrickard. "Combining Location Tracking and RFID Tagging toward an Improved Research Infrastructure." In Handbook of Research on Mobility and Computing: Evolving Technologies and Ubiquitous Impacts, edited by Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha and Fernando Moreira, 459-471. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-042-6.ch030

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Abstract

The popularity of mobile computing creates new opportunities for information sharing and collaboration through technologies like radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and location awareness technologies. This chapter discusses how these technologies, which provide subtly different information, can be used together toward increased benefit to users. This work introduces technologies for RFID and location awareness, including a survey of projects. We describe advantages of combining these technologies, illustrated through our system, TagIt, that uses these technologies in a traditional research poster environment to provide a rich multimedia experience and encourage ongoing feedback from poster viewers. An overview of TagIt is provided, including user commenting and information sharing capabilities that make use of RFID and location information. User feedback and an expert review highlights how TagIt could benefit authors, information consumers, and the research community, leading to future directions for the research community.

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