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A team of undergraduate students at Indiana University's School of
Informatics will test radio frequency identification technology at this
year's Little 500 bicycle race in Bloomington.
My son is part of the project team, and if you have any questions contact
him at [email protected]se-no-spam (remove the obvious)
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=17133
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RFID Technology to be Tested at Little 500
InsideIndianaBusiness.com Report
3/9/2006 9:04:04 AM
A team of undergraduate students at Indiana University's School of
Informatics will test radio frequency identification technology at this
year's Little 500 bicycle race in Bloomington.
The iCycle project is aimed at validating the accuracy and effectiveness of
the technology. Participating riders will wear RFID tags on the back of
their helmets that will send information to a website in real time.
Source: Inside INdiana Business
Press Release
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Some riders hitting the track for this year's running of
the Little 500 races will be sporting a little extra gear that will monitor
their progress.
A team of undergraduate students from the Indiana University School of
Informatics has been given the green flag by the IU Student Foundation to
push ahead with iCycle, a project that will fit some teams' riders with
radio frequency identification (RFID) tags.
"When the system is complete, we hope to be able to update a Web site we are
constructing in real time so that there will be an accurate lap count for
the entire race, by team and by rider," says William C. Woods. He is joined
by Wes Michaels, Sara Fluhr, Gary Shoulders, Jonathan Feigle and Jordan
Martz. They selected the iCycle project as their Capstone project, a
requirement for all graduates of the School of Informatics.
RFID technology uses a tag, antenna, reader and middleware (software). A
central antenna broadcasts a radio signal to the tag, which powers it and
returns the signal. That signal is routed to a reader, which converts the
information into useable data and then sends it to the software to be
formatted and displayed.
Participating Little 500 riders will have the small rectangular-shaped tags
mounted near the rear of their helmets to ensure a clear line of
transmission to the central antenna. The iCycle team, which will be
positioned with their equipment near the first turn, also will record
information about racers' lap times, speeds and speed deviations over
several laps.
The iCycle project is not an official timing system for the Little 500;
rather, it validates the accuracy of that system and the effectiveness of
RFID technology.
"We selected the Little 500 for our project because we really wanted to
challenge ourselves, not only with a new technology but in finding a way to
make the technology applicable to a real-world situation," says Woods, who
will graduate in May with a degree in informatics with a focus in business.
"By choosing to work with the Little 500 we not only get to do this, but we
also get to be involved in an exciting and unique school tradition," adds
Woods.
The Little 500, held annually at Bill Armstrong Stadium, is a
much-anticipated event at IU-Bloomington. The event inspired the 1979 movie,
Breaking Away, filmed on campus and in the Bloomington area. This year's
races gets under way Friday, April 21, with the Women's Little 500, and
concludes the following day with the 56th running of the Men's Little 500.
"We feel that working with the iCycle group is a great partnership with the
IU Student Foundation and we are excited to see the information they
generate from the Little 500," says IUSF Assistant Director Lucas Calhoun.
"The use of RIFD technology has the potential to produce some helpful
information for the Little 500 community."
Manhattan Associates, an Atlanta, Ga.-based supply tracking company, is
loaning the RFID equipment and technical support to the informatics
students.
"The iCycle project demonstrates the diversity of skills and interests that
informatics students possess," says Dennis Groth, assistant professor of
informatics and Capstone director. "The team has excelled at learning how to
integrate diverse technologies, while managing a complex web of partner
organizations."
For more information about the Little 500 and the IU Student Foundation, go
to www.iusf.org.
More details about the IU School of Informatics Capstone Course and students'
2006 projects are at www.informatics.indiana.edu/academics/capstone.asp.
Source: IU School of Informatics
Informatics will test radio frequency identification technology at this
year's Little 500 bicycle race in Bloomington.
My son is part of the project team, and if you have any questions contact
him at [email protected]se-no-spam (remove the obvious)
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=17133
--
dr.news //stores.ebay.com/better-price-wireless (not better than you
deserve, just more than you are used to)
--
RFID Technology to be Tested at Little 500
InsideIndianaBusiness.com Report
3/9/2006 9:04:04 AM
A team of undergraduate students at Indiana University's School of
Informatics will test radio frequency identification technology at this
year's Little 500 bicycle race in Bloomington.
The iCycle project is aimed at validating the accuracy and effectiveness of
the technology. Participating riders will wear RFID tags on the back of
their helmets that will send information to a website in real time.
Source: Inside INdiana Business
Press Release
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Some riders hitting the track for this year's running of
the Little 500 races will be sporting a little extra gear that will monitor
their progress.
A team of undergraduate students from the Indiana University School of
Informatics has been given the green flag by the IU Student Foundation to
push ahead with iCycle, a project that will fit some teams' riders with
radio frequency identification (RFID) tags.
"When the system is complete, we hope to be able to update a Web site we are
constructing in real time so that there will be an accurate lap count for
the entire race, by team and by rider," says William C. Woods. He is joined
by Wes Michaels, Sara Fluhr, Gary Shoulders, Jonathan Feigle and Jordan
Martz. They selected the iCycle project as their Capstone project, a
requirement for all graduates of the School of Informatics.
RFID technology uses a tag, antenna, reader and middleware (software). A
central antenna broadcasts a radio signal to the tag, which powers it and
returns the signal. That signal is routed to a reader, which converts the
information into useable data and then sends it to the software to be
formatted and displayed.
Participating Little 500 riders will have the small rectangular-shaped tags
mounted near the rear of their helmets to ensure a clear line of
transmission to the central antenna. The iCycle team, which will be
positioned with their equipment near the first turn, also will record
information about racers' lap times, speeds and speed deviations over
several laps.
The iCycle project is not an official timing system for the Little 500;
rather, it validates the accuracy of that system and the effectiveness of
RFID technology.
"We selected the Little 500 for our project because we really wanted to
challenge ourselves, not only with a new technology but in finding a way to
make the technology applicable to a real-world situation," says Woods, who
will graduate in May with a degree in informatics with a focus in business.
"By choosing to work with the Little 500 we not only get to do this, but we
also get to be involved in an exciting and unique school tradition," adds
Woods.
The Little 500, held annually at Bill Armstrong Stadium, is a
much-anticipated event at IU-Bloomington. The event inspired the 1979 movie,
Breaking Away, filmed on campus and in the Bloomington area. This year's
races gets under way Friday, April 21, with the Women's Little 500, and
concludes the following day with the 56th running of the Men's Little 500.
"We feel that working with the iCycle group is a great partnership with the
IU Student Foundation and we are excited to see the information they
generate from the Little 500," says IUSF Assistant Director Lucas Calhoun.
"The use of RIFD technology has the potential to produce some helpful
information for the Little 500 community."
Manhattan Associates, an Atlanta, Ga.-based supply tracking company, is
loaning the RFID equipment and technical support to the informatics
students.
"The iCycle project demonstrates the diversity of skills and interests that
informatics students possess," says Dennis Groth, assistant professor of
informatics and Capstone director. "The team has excelled at learning how to
integrate diverse technologies, while managing a complex web of partner
organizations."
For more information about the Little 500 and the IU Student Foundation, go
to www.iusf.org.
More details about the IU School of Informatics Capstone Course and students'
2006 projects are at www.informatics.indiana.edu/academics/capstone.asp.
Source: IU School of Informatics