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Player-Tracking Chips In NFL Shoulder Pads Win Technology Award

Zebra Technologies, was recently selected for exhibiting the best new radio frequency identification (RFID) product or service at RFID Journal LIVE!. Their tracking system, known as the Zebra Sports Solution, identified the location, motion, and direction of NFL players in real-time last season. It does this by leveraging the same real-time tracking and location technology that Zebra utilizes in solutions it has developed for retail, manufacturing, health care, and transportation and logistics.

Mark Roberti, founder and editor of the RFID Journal said the Zebra Sports Solution, ” is the most advanced sports tracking solution we’ve seen.