NFC Speeds Up Authentication for Race Car Drivers

NFC Speeds Up Authentication for Race Car Drivers

In April 2016, several teams competing in a championship car race sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) began using an RFID-based system to authenticate their adidas Climacool race suits produced by U.K.-based motorsport equipment company Fyshe Ltd. Since then, Fyshe has been sewing Near Field Communication (NFC) RFID tags into all of its adidas Climacool racing suits, which it manufactures itself. The company plans to incorporate the transponders in other products that it makes or distributes, in order to allow FIA and race car drivers to ensure that the suits, boots and helmets they use are authorized by FIA for use in the race.