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right. because bribery is a *great* tool of cycling advocacy, and is *guaranteed* to ensure an enduring love of bicycles and human-powered transportation.
gross.
- -bB
Squeaky Clean wrote: | Non-evil, but still incredibly creepy. I guess technology and Ipods are a | simpler solution than education and fostering responsibility. | | Squeaky Clean | | On Feb 8, 2008 2:40 PM, Jonathan Morrison jonathan@slcbikecollective.org | wrote: | |> On a semi-related topic, here is another non-evil use of RFID that |> encourages kids to ride to school and wear helmets: |> |> http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Freiker |> |> -- |> Sincerely, |> |> Jonathan Morrison |> Executive Director |> Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective |> 2312 S. West Temple |> Salt Lake City, UT 84115 |> w: 801-328-2453 |> c: 801-688-0183 |> f: 801-466-3856 |> www.slcbikecollective.org |> |> Get Addicted to Crank! |> http://www.slcbikecollective.org/crank/ |> |> On Feb 8, 2008 1:39 PM, Jonathan Morrison jonathan@slcbikecollective.org |> wrote: |> |>> I don't know if your organization has issues with volunteers, "lost" or |>> M.I.A. keys, or just not knowing who left the shop a mess after hours. |>> We did, but after looking into all the options ( |>> http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Keyless_Entry) we |>> were able to get a smart card (RFID) reader donated for our shop door. This |>> has worked out really well so far. |>> |>> * A log is kept of who uses the shop and when for accountabilities sake. |>> |>> * Smart cards ( |>> http://www.hidcorp.com/technology.php?tech_cat=1&subcat_id=9) can be |>> purchased at any locksmith for the same cost of getting a traditional key |>> cut, but they don't work until they are "registered" with software that |>> controls the door. |>> |>> * Smart cards cannot be copied. |>> |>> * If a card is lost or there is a problem with a volunteer that can't be |>> resolved in a civil manner -- the card can be denied future access. Luckily |>> we haven't had that anything besides "lost" keys. |>> |>> * Access to the shop can be limited to the hour, so if we wanted to we |>> could incubate a volunteer by only giving them access to the shop at certain |>> times. |>> |>> * A magnetic contact on the door gives us a count of roughly how many |>> people use our shop. We realize that some people hold the door for others |>> and some go in and out more than once -- while those might cancel each other |>> out, it is a rough estimate. |>> |>> * We installed the smart card reader at "butt" level. So if it is in |>> your wallet you can open the door without taking your hands off a bike with |>> the "butt swipe." |>> |>> * No personal information is stored on the smart (RFID) card, there is |>> just a pre-programmed number that has to be an inch away for a card reader |>> to detect. |>> |>> -- |>> Sincerely, |>> |>> Jonathan Morrison |>> Executive Director |>> Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective |>> 2312 S. West Temple |>> Salt Lake City, UT 84115 |>> w: 801-328-2453 |>> c: 801-688-0183 |>> f: 801-466-3856 |>> www.slcbikecollective.org |>> |>> Get Addicted to Crank! |>> http://www.slcbikecollective.org/crank/ |> |> |> |> |> |> _______________________________________________ |> Thethinktank mailing list |> Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org |> |> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o... |> |> | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | _______________________________________________ | Thethinktank mailing list | Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org | http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
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