Baton Runner’s Thumb Ring and RFID Unit Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay Created by Charlwood Design Image courtesy of Museum Victoria Photographer John Augier
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Each runner wore a neoprene thumb ring like this while carrying the Queen’s Baton. Inside the ring was a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) unit, which uniquely identified each runner to the baton.