Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 00:48:10 05/22/03
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On May 22, 2003 at 03:03:20, Terry McCracken wrote: >On May 21, 2003 at 14:08:58, Trefor Deane wrote: > >>Does the Sensor Technology in the DGT Board work on the same principles as the >>little key-fob discs that one uses to enter secure areas? I ask because if Tasc >>had a problem with the piece recognition technology in it's boards infringing >>any copyrights, then I wondered could not this type of technology be used >>instead? Of course prehaps it was like this anyway, but I had to enquire... >>I guess i'm hoping that Tasc BV could find a way to resume production and we >>could once again get to play on that lovely walnut finished work of art. >> >>Trefor (A Dedicated enthusiast) > >This will help. > >http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=RFID%2BDGT+Electronic+Chess+Board&spell=1 > >Tangible & Graspable Interfaces >... hardware (sensing board, based on RFID) inside the PitA-Board (L3D, >University of >Colorado) comes from DGT , a dutch company producing electronic chess products >... >www.artec.uni-bremen.de/people/Eva/Tangibles.html - 40k - Cached - Similar pages > > > > >http://www.artec.uni-bremen.de/people/Eva/Tangibles.html > >The hardware (sensing board, based on RFID) inside the PitA-Board (L3D, >University of Colorado) comes from DGT , a dutch company producing electronic >chess products. The company is willing to sell the inner hardware without the >chessboard cover. Each field has a 2 inches square size. Due to the >chessboard-inheritance, the circuitry comes as 8x8 array, but boards can be >arranged in tandem. If the market evolves, the company may be willing to develop >smaller circuitry, providing smaller sensor fields and thus higher resolution. > > >Regards, > Terry P.S. Why not buy the DGT Board? It's the nicest electronic chess board going! Terry
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