Leveraging palm vein authentication technology to deliver security By Christer Bergman, vice president of biometric solution group, Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc. The demand for secure authentication and access control solutions has never been greater and today, biometric technologies are raising the security bar. Biometric solutions leverage a person’s unique physical characteristics–including fingerprint, iris or […]

The January meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a […]

GuardRFID Solutions is shipping its new one-year reusable umbilical tag for use with the TotGuard Infant Security system. TotGuard is an RFID-based locating system that is used to monitor newborn patients. It consists of small dual-tamper sensing tags that feature customizable alerts and alarms to provide enhanced infant security. They are also disposable to alleviate […]

Ekahau Inc. announced that the Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas has selected the Ekahau real time location system to track more than 5,000 pieces of mobile equipment throughout the facility. For the medical center’s implementation the Ekahau system was integrated into Conexus’s Plexus Vision product, which offers a […]

PositiveID Corp. announced that in conjunction with RFID Solutions of Malaga, Spain it has completed the development of its RFID enabled temperature-sensing microchip. The RFID powered microchip is able to measure internal temperatures within the body and then communicate that temperature wirelessly to an external reader. PositiveID plans to integrate the temperature-sensing with its Wireless […]

Butler Health System, Pa. has partnered with Intelligent InSites to improve operational workflow and patient care by implementing the InSites Enterprise Visibility Platform, the Ekahau real-time location system and the Vocera communication system. The newly deployed platform collects location data of both patients and equipment, as they move throughout the hospital, utilizing Wi-Fi-based location tags […]

RF Technologies has announced a distributor agreement with Universal Hospital Services, a provider of medical equipment management and service solutions, to present its Safe Place Infant and Pediatric Security Solution anti-abduction system to hospitals nationwide. The Safe Place Infant and Pediatric Security Solution protect infants and children within an assigned area of a hospital. A […]