Google Wallet may soon move beyond payments and loyalty to incorporate tickets, credentials and other things cluttering your physical wallet, according to Robin Dua, head of product management for Google Wallet. Taking a page out of Apple’s Passbook, the expanded Google Wallet would hold all kinds of digitized information – from boarding passes to work […]

Airgas Inc. announced the launch of Airgas SmartTag, a small, microprocessor-controlled RFID collar that fits around the neck of a gas cylinder and provides instant data regarding the contents of the cylinder. When the cylinder is filled, all data regarding the contents such as identification of the gas or gas mixture, the location where the […]

With school back in session the Chicago Transit Authority is extending the use of its reduced fare transit cards to match the new longer school day, according to a local news brief. Students can now use their discount from 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., a half an hour longer than last year. The CTA reports […]

Holland 1916, manufacturer of RFID tag solutions intended for hazardous environments, has created a simple way to RFID enable machines with the creation of its new RFID Washer. The RFID Washer is ideal for tagging just about anything that is put together with regular bolts, such as machines, assembly stations, and equipment. A naturally unobtrusive […]

Harmonic Group is in negotiations with a South African private hospital regarding the use of its RFID technology to track and secure newborns, according to Engineering News. Newborns will be secured using an RFID ankle bracelet, ensuring that only authorized personnel are allowed to access to the nursery. The carry tags will enable authorized personnel […]

Smart Card Alliance’s Industry Councils will be holding elections to designate steering committees and officers. Five of the six Industry councils will be electing new committees and officers— Access Control, Health care, Identity, Payments and Transportation— as the newly formed Mobile and NFC Council held its election in May of 2012. The councils’ nomination process […]

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission announced that beginning Sept. 1 the transport will charge a $3 acquisition fee for new Adult Clipper cards. Clipper cards have been free since the transit card program launched in June 2010. Clipper provided the cards free of charge over the past two years as an incentive for the hundreds of […]

Oberthur Technologies has announced that its trusted service manager (TSM) platform has been adopted by Australian bank Westpac for its new NFC payments pilot. Using Oberthur’s solution, Westpac will be able to securely issue personalized MasterCard debit cards to the SIM card of pilot participants’ Android handsets. Once the debit card has been issued, customers […]