Campus card provider CBORD has partnered with Pelco, developer of video security systems, to improve on-campus safety. The partnership will provide colleges with single-click live video playback that can enable quicker responses to security events. The new solution, which integrates CBORD’s CS Access IP-based access control solution with Pelco’s DX8100 DVR system, will connect technology […]

Professionals and other end users can develop their own contactless and NFC applications thanks to the AIRTAG Kit that enables users to program tags to NFC standards, communicate with all NFC mobile phones and to develop secured applications compliant with the industry standards. AIRTAG Kit is a multimedia NFC reader with USB connection that comes […]

Thirty five finalists are in the running for 10 Sesames awards that will be presented during the 2008 edition of the CARTES & IDentification show Nov. 4-6 in Paris. At first there were 233 entrants, but the field has been cut to 35. It’s a field which features some of the top names in the […]

Secure Services Corporation, a developer of security technology, has developed a new smart card, called the SHAPE Card, which operates on the MULTOS operating system and uses biometric match-on-card algorithms developed by Precise Biometrics. The SHAPE Card, which stores a user’s biometric data on the card rather than connecting to a database, is primarily aimed […]

Looking for an identity card application without all the bells and whistles? INSIDE Contactless may have just the thing. Anticipating the need for faster, lighter-weight versions of so-called ICAO-compliant identity chips, microprocessor producer INSIDE has announced what it calls “ICAO-Lite” applications. With faster read times and lighter memory options than standard ICAO solutions, such as […]

Nevada-based Dynamic Biometric Systems has introduced a series of student authentication products based on its Bio-Pen hardware solution to help schools comply with the recently-passed Higher Education Opportunity Act, which requires educational institutions offering distance learning courses to be able to verify that students who receive credits actually do the class work and take the […]

UPEK Inc., a biometric fingerprint provider, announced the availability of its new TCEFx1 USB fingerprint module, which uses the company’s FIPS 201 certified TouchChip TCS1 fingerprint sensor. The UPEK TCEFx1 module is compact, simple to integrate, and enables for biometric authentication with ANSI 378 fingerprint templates stored on U.S. Government issued Personal Identity Verification cards. […]