Invading the city with context tags

The EU funded AmbieSense project is based on the use of small electronic tags that communicate information about the surroundings.

The objective is to provide businessmen and tourists visiting a city the possibility to get information on their handhelds via Bluetooth technology. The project is currently being tested in two European cities:
- Sevilla, which will provide an open-space experience. This month, 20 intelligent tags were located around the Sevilla cathedral to allow testers equipped with mobile devices to get information about shops, restaurants, tousim offices, art galeries and hotels.
- the Oslo airport offers a closed-space experience. AmbieSense helps travellers find their exit gates, tax free shops, toilets and coffee house just by a glance at the map on their hand-held computers

From IBLNews.