Coolest Gadgets: Ekahau might not be familiar to many people, but it boasts the title of being the leading provider of High Performance Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) in the market. Currently, they have just expanded their hardware portfolio with a new device – the T301W, a wristband tag that was specially designed to be used in applications that determine the precise location of people. Being small in size, it fits onto your wrist comfortably, making it the ideal device for use in hospitals. After all, knowing the real-time location of an adult patient, child or a visitor in hospitals is a requirement for ensuring patient safety and satisfaction.
Apart from that, the wristband tag would also be at home when used in other places including amusement parks, cruise ships and other hospitality venues – basically anywhere where there is a potential for children or adults to be separated from their group. This got me thinking as well – it would be great for tour operators to slap their ‘party’ with one of these each just in case the more independent minded tourists chart out their own trail, especially in crowded places. Businesses can also keep track of visitors to make sure they remain off-limits to sensitive areas, hence preventing unwarranted snooping around.
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BUSINESS WIRE: MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ShotSpotter, Inc., the world leader in gunshot detection and location systems, today announced that 57 gunshot victims have survived life-threatening wounds this year thanks to the timely aid of first responders relying on accurate incident location data provided by ShotSpotter’s GLS technology. ShotSpotter’s GLS accurately detects and locates gunshot incidents within seconds and provides information to dispatchers and first responders in real time, increasing the likelihood of saving lives.
ShotSpotter’s data on the number of lives saved in the first half of 2009 represents a 138 percent increase from the first half 2008, when 24 victims were aided. The data is based on information from the 45 cities and counties across the United States employing ShotSpotter’s GLS technology over a six month period. In some cases, ShotSpotter’s GLS data is the only life-saving information first responders receive, and without it, many of these victims would not have survived.
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PR WEB: Unique convergence of active RFID and IP Video provides complementary security to healthcare institutions and patients and industrial asset tracking.
Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) June 27, 2009 -- Guard RFID Solutions Inc., announced today that its next generation Active RFID platform and its software applications, such as its TotGuard™ Infant Security solution, can integrate closed circuit television (CCTV) where increased security is required.
Vice President of Sales Beth Bandi explains, "Security and Access control systems are enhanced by presenting a live video stream from a CCTV camera placed at the location associated with an alarm or warning event within a system, as well as providing video images of activity in that location immediately prior to the event." Continuing, she said, "Instantaneous visibility of such activity allows staff to immediately respond to the event, saving precious time. All such video streams are captured and archived for subsequent review, if ever required."
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RTLS For Dummies Book Review at amazon.com: RTLS for Dummies is the most comprehensive book written for anyone who is involved in the Location system business. It also provides an excellent study for anyone entering this business or educational institutions who could use it as a textbook or a reference for all RTLS related seminars.
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MIKE WENDLAND, FREE PRESS COLUMNIST: The ankle bracelet can go as long as 48 hours between chargings. Indoors and outdoors, it can report a location with an accuracy of 15 to 30 feet. If someone wearing the tether strays beyond the geographic limitations programmed into it, it immediately sounds an alarm and notifies. Same thing happens if someone would try to cut it off.
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