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Friday, February 9, 2007

Navigation has hit the high seas in a high-tech way, reports Mobile Magazine. An Italian boating system incorporates microchips, mobile phones, and even RFID tags.

The MarPark system allows boaters who have made reservations or who need supplies can contact the proper authorities electronically and get answers via text messages. The system, in the form of a floating device, transmits information via RFID chips to a smartbuoy in the water.

The system will be online in 20 areas in the waters around Italy by 2009. [end] 

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