Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

RFID is the name of the game at Stone Mountain

Saturday, March 1, 2003

According to PDC, the interactive fruit farming game has helped increase attendance at Stone Mountain by 20%. Wearing PDC’s Smart Band RFID wristbands, players score points by moving from terminal to terminal, completing farming tasks with foam fruit pieces.

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