RFID in Japan

The core idea of YRP Uniquitous Networking Laboratory's new project
is to embed a number of RFID tags in public venues and use them to
help people get around in a city.
Pedestrians use handheld devices that gets information from RFID tags
and say things like "You are at XXX in YYY town" "If you turn right, there'll be a train station" ...

A major pilot test will start in April in the Japanese city of Kobe.
Well, Kobe is a rather large city - here are specific locations where they plan to do this kind of stuff:
- between Shin-Kobe Station and Sannomiya Station
- Flower ROad, Kyomachi-Suji
- Meriken Park Passenger Line Terminal

In relation to this effort (by the way they are the guys
who are pushing non-EPCglobal RFID tag standard: ucode),
they initiated a committee that will discuss so-called
"Place Codes", which will bridge RFID tags' serial numbers
and location information.

via CNET Japan, March 17, in Japanese

Posted by konomi at March 17, 2005 11:00 PM | TrackBack