“The SkinPlex technology, developed and marketed by Ident Technology AG, allows a wearable identity or access control device to transmit information to data readers that the user touches by using their skin as the transmission medium, either capacitively or through direct skin contact.. The company points out that, using such a technology, car doors can […]

“The company redesigned the tag so it could be attached to the inside of a vehicle’s windshield and developed readers for roadside placement. Using RFID in electronic vehicle identification promises to support a range of applications both for government and local authorities and for businesses. The technology is being considered for electronic vehicle licensing, traffic, […]

“This clever “challenge-response” system is also at the base of the Mobil Speedpass system: it’s what makes the Speedpass radio frequency identification (RFID) tag so difficult to clone. Other RFID systems don’t use challenge-response, which makes attacking them comparatively easy.“

RFID Journal – RFID Enters the Sports Arena “Having run trials of its PowerPay cashless RFID payment system at limited locations at two National Football League stadiums– the Seattle Seahawks’ Qwest Field and the Philadelphia Eagles’ Lincoln Financial Field—during the past football season, Smart System Technologies (SST) is now fully deploying its RFID payment system […]

< ? $key="0531"; ?> Until this year federated identity was little more than a vague panacea to most in the security industry. Today, it is a leading discussion in nearly every circle of identity management. I encourage you to read our piece on the topic and then consider the tremendous implications it could have in […]

“The Federal Drug Administration issued a ruling Tuesday that essentially begins a final review process that will determine whether hospitals can use RFID systems from the Palm Beach, Fla.-based company to identify patients and/or permit relevant hospital staff to access medical records, said Angela Fulcher, vice president of marketing and sales at VeriChip.”

Bruce Foods will implement industry-leading RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), Transportation and Warehouse Management Solutions from RedPrairie Corporation, a global leader in supply chain technology solutions that drive business process transformation. As a top supplier to Wal-Mart and other major food retailers, Bruce Foods will leverage RedPrairie’s RFID Igniter(TM) to comply with RFID shipping mandates. They […]

“Consider the following scenario: Walking down a street, you spot a poster advertising that you can buy your favorite artist’s new single right then and there. All you have to do is hold your mobile phone up close to the poster, and the song downloads directly to the phone–which also happens to be a digital […]

“Bill Parks and I received the first patent for a passive, read-write RFID tag. In 1969, I was the corporate planning officer to the president and chairman of Communications Satellite Corp. (Comsat). In the spring of 1969, I conceived of the RFID concept to rectify a number of problems with the CARTRAK optical system for […]

“Mexico’s top federal prosecutors and investigators began receiving chip implants in their arms in November in order to get access to restricted areas inside the attorney general’s headquarters, said Antonio Aceves, general director of Solusat, the company that distributes the microchips in Mexico.” “The chips that have been implanted are manufactured by VeriChip Corp., a […]