Dates: September 8 – 10, 2008 Venue: MGM Grand Casino & Resort Location: Las Vegas, Nevada URL: http://www.cmp-egevents.com/web/rfid/ Contact: CMP Technology, click here Description: RFID World – Global RFID Solutions and Beyond The Industry’s First RFID Event invites you to our biggest, broadest conference and exhibition yet! The first RFID event to bring you Walmart’s […]

Dates: July 12-15, 2008 Venue: Hilton Chicago Location: Chicago, IL URL: http://www.nacuboannualmeeting.org/nacubo2008/public/enter.aspx Contact: Not available, Not available Description: Chicago embodies the history of architecture. The skyscraper was born here, and each new approach to materials, design, function, and use of space is captured in its skyline. The angles, points of view, and experiments tried here […]

There was a time when all you needed for a print job was a black nylon ribbon and a dot matrix printer. With color came more options, and now with the ability to print directly to cards – no matter if it’s smart, ID or debit – the choice of which print ribbon to use […]

Demonstration shows that FIPS 201 compliant ID cards issued by different jurisdictions can be read in one location By Zack Martin, Editor In a disaster, officials need to know who’s arriving at a scene and what they are qualified to do. Providing this information is the main goal behind the First Responder Authentication Credential. “I […]

Gonzaga University trials phone-based payments on campus and around town By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor College students can be ideal test subjects for new technology, particularly if it’s “cool.” While programs testing near field communication are cropping up worldwide, until now the use of cell phones as a payment mechanism has rarely included colleges. Even […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor The last thing a hospital employee wants to do is run around searching for a piece of equipment needed for a patient or an upcoming surgery. If the device can’t be found, often, hospitals rent the equipment even though it same device may be sitting somewhere in the hospital, such […]

Watermarks have been around for more than a century, but the digital versions are just starting to help authenticate and identify content and secure IDs Ryan Kline, Contributing Editor Six-months ago there was a battle between high definition content providers of DVDs. At the end of the battle, it was determined that HD DVDs would […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor On-campus student safety is an even greater priority for many colleges and universities today. Blackboard, one of the largest campus ID systems providers, has noticed this trend and rolled out two new programs with student safety in mind. The first program, Blackboard Connect, enables a campus administrator to log into […]

By Jerry Banks, Co-author of RFID Applied The issues of privacy and security, although interrelated, are different. With respect to RFID, we define these issues as follows: Privacy: the ability of the RFID system to keep the meaning of the information transmitted between the tag and the reader secure from non-intended recipients. Security: the ability […]

The Mona Passage is a strip of ocean between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. It’s a popular point for Dominicans to try and cross to get to the nearby U.S. territory. And now, biometrics, satellites and US VISIT are helping secure the waters. The U.S. Coast Guard patrols the passage and attempts to interdict […]