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SUMMARY:Passive RFID Real-Time Tracking/Sensing System for Intelligent Inf
 rastructure - Sithamparanathan Sabesan
DTSTART:20120123T140000Z
DTEND:20120123T150000Z
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CONTACT:Andrew Rice
DESCRIPTION:A groundbreaking passive real-time location system developed u
 nder Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) The Intell
 igent Airport (TINA) project with the University of Cambridge will enable 
 retailers\, airlines and other businesses to inexpensively and effectively
  monitor items' locations in real time. A major objective of the approach 
 was not only to overcome the limited range for reliable detection passive 
 tags so that antennas could be placed with spacings of 20 m (comparable wi
 th conventional wifi spacings)\, but also to provide accurate real-time lo
 cation. As an output of the project a proof on principle demonstrator was 
 created. The solution\, which recently won the Royal Academy of Engineerin
 g's ERA Foundation Entrepreneurship Award\, could save airlines millions o
 f pounds. Retail groups have also been engaged in the project - not just f
 or tagging items\, but also for the advancement of self-service checkouts.
  \n\nBiography: Dr. Sithamparanathan Sabesan received his MPhil and PhD de
 grees from Cambridge University. He was previously with ARM\, as a student
  IP Electronic Engineer. He has just been elected to a Junior Research Fel
 lowship at Girton College\, Cambridge University. Dr. Sabesan has recently
  been selected as the winner of The UK EPSRC ICT Pioneers Connected World 
 Award\, as well as the The Royal Academy of Engineering ERA Foundation Ent
 repreneurs Award 2011.
LOCATION:FW11\, William Gates Building
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