RFID in Japan

Tanita and Sony Communication Network (SCN) developed an RFID-based health management system. The system uses FeliCa RFID cards to automatically record the calories and nutoritional data of what workers eat at corporate cafeteria. This captured information is integrated with other data captured by medical devices such as blood pressure sensors and body fat sensors. (workers' RFID tags are read when they use these devices.) Dieticians and other experts view the accumulated data and suggest how the workers should improve their living habit.

It is now being used at the corporate cafeteria of Sony's headquarter office (on a experimental basis.)

via Nikkei Shimubun, June 9, 2005, in Japanese

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