"Tag" technology turns hospitals into "smart space".The Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. (FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. ) has approved UK technology for sale in the U.S., making another option available for tracking and managing resources. Ubisense is a UK-founded but Denver-based developer of tracking systems that use ultrawideband radio frequency identification See RFID. technology to locate people and objects in a building to within 6 inches in real time--and it recently gained FCC certification. The technology tracks an electronic tag electronic tag electronic n → elektronische Fußfessel f , called a Ubitag, which is the size of a thick credit card and can be attached to any person or thing. The tag maintains constant radio contact with a network of sensors placed throughout a designated area or building. Ubisense says its products are currently being used under a pre-marketing agreement that does not require FCC certification for research projects at 20 institutions around the world. |
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