By Tim Ferguson, 19 June 2008 12:03
The club uses these handheld devices to register staff and visitors who enter and leave the club during the tournament.
With six to 10,000 temporary staff working at the club during the fortnight, it's important to keep track of whether they are on site or not. There will be around 250,000 badge scans during the course of the tournament.
The devices are also used when people return show court tickets. Once they've been scanned out, seats for Centre Court or Number One Court can be offered to other visitors for £5. All proceeds from these returned tickets go to charity.
Jeff Lucas said the tech team and IBM focus on three areas during the tournament: the referee's office, data capture and TV graphics and general support for systems such as accreditation and transport logistics.
Photo credit: Tim Ferguson
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