see this news story, out today... Radio tags give guidance September 24/October 1, 2003 By Kimberly Patch, Technology Research News http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2003/092403/ Radio_tags_give_guidance_092403.html 'The Rochester team has reversed the standard radio tag setup by making the receivers mobile and the transponders fixed; the arrangement provides information at certain points in space. "We reversed the usual application of fixed reader and... portable tag to... use fixed tags to let a person know where they are," said Jack Mottley,....' .. 'The system, dubbed Navigational Assistance for the Visually Impaired (NAVI), can provide location information for the visually impaired and for other kinds of navigational assistance applications like self-guided tours.' ... 'The system could be a low-cost alternative to global positioning system-based schemes for providing location-specific information and pedestrian navigational assistance.' .. 'For applications for the visually impaired, transponders could be mounted near key points like hallway intersections. For tour applications, transponders would be mounted near items of note, and near places where people might need directions.' ... ' The system could eventually be used in self-guided tours of places like museums' bc microsite http://www.electronetwork.org/bc/ ~e-list http://www.electronetwork.org/list/ ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).