Solicore has contracted with HierStar to provide their paper-thin, flexible Flexion® battery for use in display card applications including one time password (OTP) cards. HierStar becomes the exclusive distributor of Flexion® battery in Asian markets. At less than a half-millimeter thick, Solicore’s ultra-thin flexible Flexion batteries make an ideal partner for all OTP and Smart […]

Gemalto will provide the world’s first clear window security feature on drivers licenses for Swedish drivers. The Gemalto Sealys Clear Window is a transparent window in the pure polycarbonate structure for enhanced physical security that matches stringent expectations from criminal laboratory and national road authority of Sweden. About 600,000 licenses will be produced per year […]

ARM has introduced the availability of the ARM® SecurCore® SC300™ processor designed specifically for contactless and USB smart cards and embedded security applications. The SecurCore SC300 processor provides system performance with very low power consumption, and simplifies the migration to 32-bit smart card platforms. ARM Introduces SecurCore SC300 Processor for Smart Card Applications CAMBRIDGE, England […]

FaceKey will supply Higuchi Manufacturing, America with its EntryGuard™ fingerprint-based access control system for its San Antonio location. Alamo Integrated Systems will install and set up the system. FaceKey Supplies Biometric Access Control System for Higuchi Manufacturing San Antonio, TX — FaceKey Corporation, the manufacturer of biometric-based security products utilizing fingerprint and/or facial recognition, announced […]

The Transportation Security Authority (TSA) announced five locations for testing the biometric piece of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. TSA announced that Watermark Cruises in Annapolis, Md., and the ports of Los Angeles; Long Beach, Calif.; New York and New Jersey; and Brownsville, Texas, will begin using card readers to evaluate the operational […]

Oki Electric Industry will ship samples of “ML67Q5250,” an application specific standard LSI with a fingerprint authentication accelerator. By using this LSI, customers can create a high-performance, low-cost, easy to install fingerprint authentication system. The LSI also includes a function to protect the fingerprint data from unauthorized access. The fingerprint authentication accelerator is based on […]

Secure Services Corp. (SSC) has integrated their Secure Health and Privacy Environment (SHAPE) Smart Token® Constructive Key Management (CKM) cards with Intercede’s MyID smart card and identity credential management platform. Features of SSC’s SHAPE Smart Token® CKM card include: the card holder controls who has access to specified information and their fingerprint is converted to […]

Neurotechnologija announced the availability of the Smartcard Face-Match add-on for the company’s VeriLook and MegaMatcher face identification engines. Smartcard Face-Match uses match-on-card technology to store the original reference template of unique biometric information, in this case a face template, right on the smartcard similar to the Company’s Finger-Match technology. The matching algorithm may be used […]

Lockheed Martin and IriTech have partnered together to provide integrated biometrics solutions for its customers. Lockheed Martin recently opened its Biometric Experimentation and Advanced Concepts (BEACON) facility in White Hall, WV, to serve as a collaborative center to develop integrated biometrics solutions. BEACON provides a laboratory environment where technologies such as IriTech’s can be integrated […]

Clear, a provider of registered traveler security express lanes at some U.S Airports, and American Express have entered into a partnership. American Express corporate cardmembers will soon receive preferred pricing on Clear’s annual membership and appointment enrollment privileges. American Express corporate cardmembers go online to www.flyclear.com/axpcorporate to start their enrollment process. The process is then […]