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Article: BAR CODES ON BIBS? 100TH BOSTON MARATHON TO USE INTERMEC'S RADIO FREQUENCY NETWORK
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- April 8, 1996
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EVERETT, Wash., April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- How do you accurately track 38,000 marathon runners in just a few short hours? It's easy with Intermec's hand-held bar code data collection computer. The 100th running of the B.A.A. Boston Marathon will rely on Intermec's wireless data collection network as part of the official time & sequence system.
"The sports world is synonymous with competition," explained Guy Morse, Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) Race Director. "Professionals and amateurs alike want an exact accounting of performance. In a way, it was inevitable that a technology so widely used in business to capture data quickly and accurately, would eventually ...