Re:Please scan my towel
by tjohns on Friday March 11, 2016 @05:27PM
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As someone who frequently goes skiing, the recent deployment of RFID scanners at larger resorts is nothing short of amazing:
You can reload the passes online, the lift attendants can check everyone's pass just by waving a scanner across a crowd (no more having to precisely line up a barcode), you get online stats and achievements at the end of the day, and if you have photos taken on the hill they automatically show up in your online account.
So ya, definitely some really cool stuff you can do with them. :)
Re:Please scan my towel
by B-Con on Friday March 11, 2016 @09:22PM
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Just skied for the first time in years and the resort didn't even have attendants checking passes. You just put your pass in your left pocket and when you got to the front of the line a turnstile would admit you.
Re:Please scan my towel
by rosege on Monday March 14, 2016 @02:52AM
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And a huge improvement over the magnetic strip passes. I have a pair of ski pants with magnets to hold the pocket closed, which is an incredibly dumb design, and they kept wiping my ski pass
You can reload the passes online, the lift attendants can check everyone's pass just by waving a scanner across a crowd (no more having to precisely line up a barcode), you get online stats and achievements at the end of the day, and if you have photos taken on the hill they automatically show up in your online account.
So ya, definitely some really cool stuff you can do with them. :)