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Japan Airlines to Track Gate Agents With Smart Watches and iBeacons

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Marisa Garcia

Photo Credit: JAL Press Office

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Smart of JAL to use the technology to better position staff and communicate. As wearable tech goes, watches are less creepy than face computers like Google Glass.

Japan Airlines Co, Ltd. (JAL) has announced that it will collaborate with Nomura Research Institute, Ltd (NRI) on a trials of iBeacon and smartwatch technology on passenger service personnel at Haneda airport's Domestic Terminal 1. While most recently airlines have discussed plans to use beacons for track

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