Precision Dynamics Corporation’s new RFID wristband, announced today, offers its users the chance to make fun shapes. And that’s not all. The Smart SuperBand with Custom Shapes RFID wristband helps amusement parks, casinos and other similar operations greater security against counterfeits and exclusive branding options for venue management and identification. www.pdcorp.com/smartband Precision Dynamics Corporation Introduces […]

Sirit Inc., a provider of RFID technology, today announced that its industry leading INfinity 510 UHF reader (“IN510”) has been certified to operate under China’s latest radio regulations. “Receiving Chinese certification opens up many opportunities for Sirit to fully engage with partners and customers to expand our presence in this important region,” stated Tony Sabetti, […]

Cardinal Health, a global provider of products and services that improve the safety and productivity of health care, today announced an agreement with ClearCount Medical Solutions to distribute the first system cleared by the Food and Drug Administration that integrates both counting and detection for sponge management during surgeries. “Technologically advanced hospitals have been seeking […]

But this must change By Zack Martin, Editor When trying to get into a bar or club there is typically someone at the door checking IDs. But on social networking sites there is no bouncer, which means there’s no way to tell whether you’re corresponding with a 15-year-old girl or a 32-year-old man. It’s the […]

iDTRONIC today introduced two new AXR200 RFID Desktop Readers for reading and writing of both LF and HF transponders. The new Desktop Reader/Writer “combines a very modern design with high functionality,” according to the company, which develops and sells RFID hardware components. Its product portfolio includes ISO cards, keyfobs, tags, RFID readers, mobile and handheld […]

Annual CR80News survey shows growth rates drop by half from prior year By Chris Corum & Andy Williams, Executive & Contributing Editors The number of partnerships between campus card programs and financial institutions continued to grow in 2007, though not as rapidly as in recent years. The annual CR80News campus card/banking partnership survey reported a […]

New Passport Card introduces new technology, new set of issues By Zack Martin, Editor Another type of travel document has joined the fray: the Passport Card. The ID card is being touted as an alternative to the traditional passport book, but is an additional technology that customs and border officials will have to be prepared […]

Kishore Biyani-promoted Future Group, owner of brands such as Pantaloon Retail, Big Bazaar and Food Bazaar, is all set to enter into a tie-up with Cisco Systems, one of the world’s largest networking companies, to implement RFID technology across all its retail formats in India, reports India’s English newspaper, The Economic Times. According to sources, […]

Contactless company to benefit from new board member’s deep industry ties In the spring of 2007, one of the most influential names in security shocked the industry when he announced that he was leaving the company that he had helped build. As the year came to a close, he resurfaced announcing that he would join […]

San Diego, Calif., company Awarepoint Corporation, a provider of active RFID real-time location system solutions to the healthcare market, announced today it has been granted U.S. Patent No. 7,324,824. The patent covers Awarepoint’s mesh network plug-in sensor appliance and describes the use of a plug-in network appliance to perform a bridge between two wireless communication […]