RFID Sensor Technology: US Army and Nielsen Media Research Partner with Boston University ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... of the art technologies, including voice-over IP, both wired and wireless nodes, high-speed Network Access, and remote sensor technologies such as RFID tags. ...

... The Boston University Institute for Leading in a Dynamic Economy (BUILDE) today announced the creation of the "Technologically Connected Home Project." Led by a team of researchers from the School of Management at Boston University, this three-year project will seek ways to improve the daily life of Army families. The team will carefully study 450 military homes that will be connected as nodes within an interactive network of homes, facilities and service capabilities linked together through the latest technologies. ...

The purpose of the Boston University Institute for Leading in a Dynamic Economy (BUILDE) is to explore the effects of emerging information and related technologies on competitive markets and organizations. Its goal is to inform business leader's decision making by bringing to bear -- in real time -- robust data on the impact and implications of new technologies on their companies and the larger economic context. Companies that have participated in BUILDE initiatives include AC Nielsen, British Petroleum, General Motors, The Hartford, Johnson & Johnson, and Kraft Foods, IBM, Philips Medical, Pitney Bowes, Lucent, and Sears.