ClearCount Medical Solutions announced an agreement with HealthTrust Purchasing Group L.P.to make its SmartSponge System platform available to HealthTrust members. Under the terms of the agreement, HealthTrust not-for-profit and for-profit acute care facilities, as well as ambulatory surgery centers, physician practices, and alternate care sites, will have access to ClearCount’s RFID based platform design to […]

Frost & Sullivan has released a report entitled “Indian Biometric Readers Market” that predicts the countries biometric reader industry will experience a 48% compound annual growth rate by 2016. In 2011, this market was valued at $50 million, and it’s predicted to grow to $359 million over the next four years, driven by increasing security […]

Mellon Technologies announced the implementation of a large-scale contactless EMV project in Greece, initiated together with financial institution, Eurobank. Already, the first contactless credit cards are available for the bank’s customers, enabling cardholders to pay for goods of up to €25 (~ USD $30) without the requirement to enter a PIN and/or provide a signature. […]

Biometric technology for student identity proofing will be a topic of discussion at the upcoming Sloan-C Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Online Learning. The presentation, which will be given by Mark Sarver, CEO of eduKan and Jeff Maynard, CEO of Biometric Signature ID (BSI), will detail the benefits and cost savings associated with eduKan’s use […]

As promised, computer security researcher Charlie Miller exposed several vulnerabilities of NFC technology today at the Black Hat USA 2012 security conference in Las Vegas. According to Ars Technica, Miller was able to hack NFC phones from Nokia and Samsung using another NFC chip to beam a code when in close proximity to the target. […]

Israels’ Interior Ministry will be reevaluating its pilot of smart identity cards, The Jerusalem Post reports. The decision came during a recent High Court of Justice hearing and questioned whether a single, centralized biometric database is the best choice for collecting and maintaining citizens’ data. Civil rights groups and data security campaigners petitioning that such […]

The requirement to use RFID to export edible swiftlet nests from the country of origin was not set by Malaysian Government, but imposed by China, according to Daily Express. The use of RFID technology will enable the authorities to trace the origin of the products to prevent counterfeiting of edible bird’s nests used to make […]

Three U.S. Olympic teams will be carrying their health information and medical records on an ID card when they compete in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, reports Indiana Public Media. The U.S. diving, synchronized swimming and gymnastics teams will be using Merrillville, Ind.-based I-DENTI-FIED’s patent-pending health care identifier system that places medical records onto […]