This season Vail Resort in Colorado will be outfitting their entire resort with radio frequency towers on almost all 90 lifts. The idea is that iPhone and smartphone developers could create apps that would let skiers check-in across the hill or go online and track their progress up-and-down the resort after skiing all day. I think a lot of people will be disappointed when they find out the “thirty or so” runs they skied that day turns out to be more like 11 runs. Vail expects some apps will let people share their positions in real time, which will help lost families unite on the hill and robbers know which village homes are vacant for them to break into.

Tags: iphone, vail

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