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Cnet Asia: Navigating the crowded maze halls of CommunicaAsia out at the Singapore Expo isn't for the faint-hearted, but this is also where the A*Star Ultra-Wideband (UWB) localization system comes into the picture. Hailed by the Singapore research institute as an indoor GPS, this system has an amazing accuracy of up to 10cm. Unlike other comparable solutions, the proof-of-concept prototype requires only a single UWB reader and a tag which is really a battery-powered radio transmitter in disguise. The system currently has an effective range of 15m and uses range and angle-of-arrival information to track objects.

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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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Business Wire: Recent decades have seen the widespread adoption of short-range wireless communications, including wireless LANs (Wi-Fi), ultra-wideband (UWB), and RFID. All of these can be used as part of real-time location systems (RTLS). But according to a new Research Brief from ABI Research, a preoccupation with the technologies alone is misplaced: a more useful concept is "real-time intelligence visualization" (RTIV), in which the technology becomes the means to an end, not the end itself.

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PRNewswire: Time Domain Adds Three New Ultra Wideband (UWB) Products to its PLUS Line to Meet RTLS Demand in Healthcare, Manufacturing, Logistics and Safety/Security Markets Making the case that size does matter when it comes to real-time location system (RTLS) tags and reader/antennas, Time Domain Corporation, www.timedomain.com, a leader in precision ultra wideband (UWB) (RTLS), today introduced the thinnest active wearable UWB badge tag for RTLS applications, an externally-powered original equipment manufacturer (OEM) tag, and a small reader/antenna as part of its PLUS 2.0 product line. These new UWB products bring additional flexibility to interaction-level asset visibility by broadening the types of enterprise assets that can be precisely located and the variety of work environments where PLUS sub-room level real-time location can be readily applied. With a thickness of 6.8 mm, height of 75 mm, and width of 37 mm, a worker or visitor can easily attach the vertically-oriented, LED-enabled PLUS 2.0 Badge Tag to a collar, shirt pocket, lanyard or belt. Users can verify their arrival and status at a location or interaction with another person or piece of equipment with the touch of a button on the PLUS 2.0 Badge Tag, which features a four-year battery life.

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Business Wire: Multispectral Solutions, Inc. has announced the introduction of a Hardware Lease Program and training courses for its award winning, Sapphire DART, ultra wideband Precision Asset Location System.

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