February 23, 2004

Industrial WiFi

CNet, News.com:

SAN FRANCISCO--The construction site for the St. Regis Museum Tower resembles countless other downtown projects, a jumble of steel, concrete and heavy machinery.

But for several months, perched on a crane high above the work in progress, was a piece of equipment never used in the history of this city's picture-postcard skyline: a wireless hub.

Webcor Builders, the company constructing the 42-story hotel complex , created a wireless network so that engineers and crews could instantly view blueprints and coordinate projects.

Posted by jackhodgson at February 23, 2004 01:58 PM
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