TagMaster has received additional orders for its RFID-based technologies to support the expansion of a student and computer tracking system installed at University of Sabah, Borneo. This order is for an additional 2,400 units of TagMaster’s Samui and Edam RFID tags along with extension of the school’s network of Celebes RFID readers, as the university […]

MasterCard unveiled the Mobile MasterCard PayPass User Interface Software Development Kit (UI SDK) for Android and BlackBerry OS 7 mobile operating systems, making it easier for issuers, mobile network operators and third-party developers to create NFC payment applications. The software is available globally for free and does not require any license, enabling users to access […]

3D facial recognition and identity provider Animetrics has partnered with Raptor Identification Systems Inc., an Android 4.0-based mobile device maker, for smart phones and tablets that incorporate biometric technologies. The new product is geared to law enforcement officials, military personnel and intelligence officers. The new devices will incorporate Animetrics’ facial identity management software that has […]

Creative Information Technology, Inc. (CITI) has released manageID, a set of commercial identity management and credentialing software products. Designed for both companies and agencies in both the private and public sector, the manageID framework is configurable and scalable in order to provide identity, credential and permission lifecycle management services. It uses two features called Dynamic […]

With the advance of voice authentication systems, administrators have discovered that even they are prone to identity theft. However, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Language Technologies Institute (LTI) have developed a way to protect voiceprints in an effort to reduce this theft. Bhiksha Raj, associate professor of language technologies at Carnegie Mellon, teamed with Manas […]

GET Group and Graphic Security Systems Corporation (GSSC) announced the GET/Toppan eP600 ePassport System (eP600), one of the first passport printers capable of personalizing secure travel documents using GSSC’s Variable Stealth SI security feature. Variable Stealth SI is a concealed image added to the color photo. The image is generated using patented software developed by […]

The National Transport Authority of Ireland has combined the student travel card and the integrated transport Leap card to give up to 50,000 Irish students easy access to all forms of public transport. Leap is Dublin’s version of the London Oyster Card. The new student smart card will enable students to gain discounted Leap card […]

Cubic’s open payment system run by the Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO) will be on display and featured at the Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council Meeting, nearly one year after its launch. The PATCO Speedline is a rapid transit system that runs from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden County, New Jersey. The open payment system accepts […]