Nov 28, 2006

The Q-Track Corporation demonstrated the first indoor wireless tracking system based on Near- Field Electromagnetic Ranging (NFER®) technology at the IdTechEX Active RFID Summit in Atlanta, GA.  Q-Track’s QTTM-400 Starter Kit tracked a person carrying a small NFER® Tag throughout the exhibit hall at the conference.

With a typical operating frequency around 1MHz, NFER® technology uses the near-field properties of long-wavelength, low-frequency signals to locate tags to a precision of a couple feet at ranges of 150 feet or more. NFER® technology excels in complicated reflective indoor environments where UHF, microwave, and other high frequency technologies have difficulty. The Department of Homeland Security, the Army, and the National Science Foundation all supported Q-Track’s development of NFER® technology.

QT™-400 Starter Kits enable vendors interested in real time location systems (RTLS) to assess whether NFER® technology fulfills their requirements. Two early adopters of NFER® technology are currently beta-testing Starter Kits and Q-Track has a backlog of orders for these Starter Kits. Go to http://www.q-track.com/Q-Track2006.wmv to see a short video on NFER® technology.