Andy, The problem is that we are a perpetually forgetful crowd. In particular, we tend to forget to take our badges off when we wander around town. Hence, it is likely that more people will be able to tell where we are than those who we intend to know where we are. Kind of goes with the tendency to forget to identify yourself at the mike. So, we get a nice RFID protective wallet and - remembering how absent minded we are - we keep our name tags (with all of our other RFID badges, and passes) in that protective wallet. As a result, unless you need to get it out to get into a room, it will likely be inside that protective wallet most of the week. On the plus side, that means I won't be the only one who forgets to put my name tag on. On the negative side, an RFID name tag - especially one that is in a protective wallet - is not particularly human readable. At least - if we remember to put them on - the current name tags are fairly easy to read. Did I mention how forgetfull we tend to be? I thought so, but I don't remember...
-- Eric Gray Principal Engineer Ericsson ________________________________ From: Andrew G. Malis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 11:45 AM To: Eric Gray (LO/EUS) Cc: David Morris; ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: RFID (was: identifying yourself at the mic) Importance: High Eric, Why not? We each already receive a unique identifier when we register for the meeting - all the RFID tag needs to contain is that identifier, no personal info is required. There could also be an opt-in locator service to let other attendees look up what meeting room you're in at that time. I would opt in - I'm alrways trying to find particular people during the week, and this would certainly help people to find me. Cheers, Andy On 3/27/07, Eric Gray (LO/EUS) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Excellent idea - NOT!!! All we need is something else to wrap in aluminum foil... Thanks! -- Eric Gray Principal Engineer Ericsson ________________________________ From: Andrew G. Malis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:55 AM To: David Morris Cc: ietf@ietf.org Subject: RFID (was: identifying yourself at the mic) RFID would be a great way to replace the blue sheets as well - put an RFID reader at the door of each meeting room. Embed the chip in the name tag so you don't need to remember to bring anything else from your hotel room in the morning. Cheers, Andy On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, Schliesser, Benson wrote: Sun has been pushing RFID technology quite heavily ... perhaps they would sponsor an experiment???
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