Merial revealed a combination RFID tag and tissue collection device for use with the IGENITY profile for cattle ranchers. Producers can now collect a tissue sample needed for the comprehensive IGENITY profile and apply an RFID tag in one simple and efficient step. RFID tags are becoming an essential, and in some states a mandatory, […]

The 2012 Summer Olympics in London will be cash free if Visa has anything to say about it, according to the UK’s Evening Standard. Visa plans to issue thousands of the contactless smart cards and readers before the event. Tickets may even be stored on the cards. Read the full story here.   

Neowave has introduced a new kind of smart card for mass-transit riders. The Weneo PASS Smart Objects not only has the standard contactless smart card interface used by transit operators, but also features flash memory drive. The Smart Object can also be personalized with a photo of the owner. The device also can connect to […]

Microsoft has recently chosen TrustBearer Labs to incorporate their OpenID service into Microsoft’s HealthVault. The inclusion of OpenID will allow HealthVault users to access their web-stored private medical information via secure means such as smart cards, biometric readers, or security-enhanced mobile phones. Due to the higher security required with personal private data such as one’s […]

IPICO Inc. and McMaster RFID Applications Laboratory have been awarded a $1.2 million (Canadian dollars) grant to create an RFID system that would capture and analyze data related to traffic use and capacity, without a corresponding increase in investment in road infrastructure. The technology also could be used to help manage traffic, reducing road delays […]

Hong Kong-based Advanced Card Systems Ltd. provided two days of Smart Card Technology Training to students at the Information Technology Services Centre of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The training took place at the headquarter of ACS, and ACS’ Chief Technical Officer, Keng Boon Tan was the trainer. The university, founded in 1963, has […]

Four pre-teen girls from the UK recently brought a new concept for a biometric secured mobile phone designed for children to a youth business ideas competition, called Big Ideas, according to an Info4Security article. When the girls conceived of the new phone idea they contacted and met with UK biometrics provider, UK Biometrics. During the […]

GE Security Inc. announced the expansion of its Transition card reader series with three new Personal Identity Verification readers: the T-500-PIV, T-520-PIV and T-525-PIV. The readers are designed to help customers meet the PIV requirements mandated by HSPD-12 and enable customers to transition from their current access credential to the new PIV credential. The new […]

TSA considers biometric ACIS program but airports are not convinced By Zack Martin, Editor The Transportation Security Administration wants airports across the country to use and issue an interoperable credential. If a flight attendant at Chicago O’Hare International Airport was on a crew flying in and out of Atlanta’s Hartsfield Airport the ID card and […]

The Federal Trade Commission signed of on the sale of Digimarc’s driver license unit to L-1 Identity Solutions. This erases concerns that antitrust issues would hold up the deal, says Jeremy Grant, senior vice president and identity solutions analyst at the Stanford Group Company. The ruling could have slipped till July, which would have delayed […]