Users can view a selection of messages. Crystal in Hong Kong tells the territory's team. In Atlanta, athletes can stop by the Olympic Village's Surf Shack to check out their e-mail. Three days into the Games, more than 50 participants had set up their own webpages, revealing details about how they got interested in their sport and what they do for fun. And to think I was afraid of the water when I was a kid.
Security is a major concern.
To produce high-quality accreditation badges with digital photos, Kodak set up processing stations at the Olympic Village. Sensormatic Electronics Corp. On registration, an athlete's hand is scanned and his print stored in the embedded microchip. At most checkpoints, badge holders just go through, though sensors record the time he or she enters or leaves. At high-security access points, hand prints are matched with the information in the chip. Olympics staff members use a Lotus Notes network accessible at computer stations around the city to record and track incidents requiring investigation or action.