ScholarChip, a provider of smart ID solutions for schools, has updated its classroom attendance solution to meet new state mandates requiring schools to actually track the time a student is present in class. Its automated student time and attendance reporting, also known as ASTAR, is ScholarChip’s latest version of its classroom attendance service .and provides […]

Finalists have been announced for the 2012 SESAMES Awards, with some 36 finalists narrowed down from the 475 submissions. The SESAMES Awards reward the most innovative professionals in the fields of smart cards, digital security, identification, secure transactions and contactless technologies. Competing companies range from start-ups to SME’s to the largest multi-nationals. Winners chosen will […]

TAGSYS RFID has entered into a partnership agreement with UK-based supplier of linen products and related services, Hilden. The new partnership will allow Hilden to offer RFID-enabled textile products to its customer base in the hotel and hospitality industry in the UK and Ireland and enable its clients to better monitor and control linen use. […]

AeroScout announced an evacuation monitoring solution for improving worker safety and operational efficiency for organizations that might have emergency events. Ideal for process manufacturing plants, metal and ore processing facilities, oil and gas refineries, mining operations and many other customers, the real-time locating system (RTLS) solution leverages standard Wi-Fi infrastructure to provide visibility into the […]

Confidex expanded recently its high-performance RFID tag family for IT and enterprise asset tracking applications, offering the next generation of its Steelwave Micro RFID tag for source tagging and retrofit asset tracking applications. The new Steelwave Micro II is available in a wide variety of custom configurations, supporting almost any IT or non-IT high-value asset, […]

Ingenico has received certification for the MasterCard PayPass 3.0 terminal specification for its countertop iCT250 terminal. MasterCard PayPass 3.0 is the latest terminal specification from MasterCard which supports contactless card acceptance as well as other PayPass enabled form factors such as mobile phones, stickers, and wristwatches. Ingenico has certified the full specification which enables the […]

Dr. Neuhaus Telekommunikation GmbH, a supplier in industrial and M2M communication systems, selected NXP Semiconductors N.V. to provide security chips for smart grid communication gateways. NXP’s A-series enables strong authentication to the cloud and secure remote management of smart metering systems, while assuring the integrity and confidentiality of data exchanged between head-end systems and metering […]

Logomotion, a mobile payment solution provider, introduced a mobile contactless payment system that can be added to existing handsets that have a microSD memory card slot. Logomotion’s LGM Card provides a channel for banks to offer mobile contactless payment services to the mass market by unlocking the handsets with memory card slots currently being used […]