Signature - Q4, 2007 - (Page 27)

TRANSMIT YOUR PRESENCE The winner of our ﬁrst Get in the Game contest developed a system that lets students and teachers experience more quality time in the classroom by wirelessly automating that familiar school drudgery: taking attendance. For his ﬁnal computer science project at Northumbria University in Newcastle, United Kingdom, Kshitij Chopra developed an automated E-Attendance System (EAS) to track students’ class attendance via their Bluetooth enabled phones, PDAs and other devices. “The idea of making an automated attendance system was innately appealing to me,” Chopra says. “The only possible, effective, wireless way to do this was via Bluetooth technology, as this technology best works in short range and is most widely used, popular and available.” Participating students registered their device’s unique identiﬁcation code on the EAS Web site. Then, when the lecturer took attendance at the beginning of a class, he or she searched for all registered devices within range and marked them in the database with a time stamp. (Find out more about the project by visiting www.kshitijchopra.com.) Students were very receptive to the EAS because it saved time at the beginning of each class. Lecturers also liked the system because it eliminated manual entry of attendance records. Chopra plans to continue enhancing the system and envisions a day when it could replace ID cards in the workplace or enable automated payments at vending machines. “I think with the upcoming ultra low power Bluetooth technology, the (system) will work beautifully,” he says. For his winning entry, Chopra received a prize package from Parrot Inc. valued at more than US$1,000. GET IN THE GAME HOW DO YOU ENVISION NO LIMITS AHEAD? Got a cool way to stay ahead of the technology curve with Bluetooth wireless technology? Share your story with us and you could win a prize package valued at more than US$1,000 from this issue’s contest sponsor, Com One. HOW TO ENTER If you want to win, you have to play the game. Send your entry details and complete contact information to signature@bluetooth.com by 21 November 2007. Entries will be judged based on innovation and personal impact. We’ll announce the winner of the Com One-sponsored prize package in the Q2 ’08 issue. WHAT YOU WIN Com One’s “His and Hers” Bluetooth technology lifestyle pack includes TWO of each of the following: Stereo Receiver Make your home-entertainment system Bluetooth enabled with this plug-in adapter. It picks up sound from any A2DP device within a range of 40 meters (132 feet). MSRP US$79.99 Transmitter Plug it in to any device with a 3.5 mm RCA jack and wirelessly send music. MSRP US$49.99 Multimedia 2.1 Speakers Three speakers fill your room with robust 3-D surround-sound from Bluetooth enabled MP3 devices. Put one set in your bedroom and one in the living room. MSRP US$119.99 Desk Speaker This lightweight unit for transmitted music takes up very little desk space and doubles as a handsfree speakerphone for conference calls using your wireless device. MSRP US$99.99 Skype Kit Roam away from your computer and still Skype over your Bluetooth enabled headset. MSRP US$23.99 Mic Clip Stereo Headset Converts your audiophile-quality headphones or ear buds into a hands-free kit for phone calls, too. Or simply use the lightweight ear buds that come with the clip-on unit. MSRP US$69.99 Stereo Headset Enjoy music through comfortable headphones, then answer your phone or make a call using the embedded microphone and the touch of a button. MSRP US$79.99 SD/MMC Card Driver Share photos and music between your phone and a computer. MSRP US$39.99 Bluetooth Special Interest Group | 27 http://www.kshitijchopra.com

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Signature - Q4, 2007 Contents The Road Ahead Getting Noticed In the News Keeping the Edge Why Wibree? The Message Zone Do You Compute? Command Center Mountain Magic On the Fast Track Give or Get? Groundsurf’s Up! Get in the Game Get on the List Number, Please! User-Friendly The Tell-Tale Car

Signature - Q4, 2007

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