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EM Microelectronic - a Swiss electronic systems company of the
Swatch Group - has developed a new chip designed to ease the handling
of rental skis and snowboards.
Unaffected by conditions
The chip can be read with a contactless reader specifically designed
to operate at 125kHz, a frequency range allowing reading in wet
conditions. The battery-less transponder, which contains the chip
connected only to a small antenna, is integrated into the ski at
the time of manufacture and will be both invisible and tamper-proof.
An voltage limiter prevents the chip
from intentional or accidental destruction. It can be operated at
temperatures down to -40°C and several tags can be read simultaneously
in the area of detection.
The end of stolen skis?
Each individual chip features a unique 64 bit identification
number. In ski rental shops, tagged items can be identified easily,
hopefully speeding up the process of delivery and return of rental
equipment.
Perhaps more importantly for many resorts (and insurance companies),
more than 100 tags in the field can be counted and identified simultaneously.
Ski resorts will therefore be able to automatically locate stolen
or lost equipment.
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