3,500 Digital Cameras, 220 DVMRe’s Keep Eye on 98,000-plus Students AUSTIN, TEXAS. – July 15, 2004 – The Security business of GE Infrastructure (NYSE:GE) today announced that DeKalb County Schools in metropolitan Atlanta has installed 3,500 GE cameras and 220 GE digital video multiplexer recorders with Ethernet connection capabilities at 140 schools and centers district-wide […]

“Mexico’s top federal prosecutors and investigators began receiving chip implants in their arms in November in order to get access to restricted areas inside the attorney general’s headquarters, said Antonio Aceves, general director of Solusat, the company that distributes the microchips in Mexico.” “The chips that have been implanted are manufactured by VeriChip Corp., a […]

Gemplus International says its five-year EMV drive has led to expansion of its customer base in the Asian Pacific, South American, and European markets, making it one of the fastest-growing providers of smart card-based solutions to the financial services industry. Luxembourg, July 12, 2004 – Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294 – GEM and NASDAQ: GEMP), […]

“The rights and wrongs of using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on humans have been debated since the tracking tags reached the technological mainstream. Now, school authorities in the Japanese city of Osaka have decided the benefits outweigh the disadvantages and will now be chipping children in one primary school.“ And from the Guardian: “Alarmed […]

On Track Innovations has licensed its contactless medical card, Medismart, to J4 Technologies, Atlanta, Ga., which will integrate the smart card-based medical card program in J4 offerings to the U.S. health care industry. The first installations are expected next month and follows a successful MediSmart implementation in South Africa. CUPERTINO, Calif. and ATLANTA, July 7 […]

At its facility in Quantico, Virginia, the U.S. Marine Corps is conducting a biometric test that could be a precursor to the use of biometrics on the Department of Defense’s Common Access Card. Bioscrypt’s V-Smart iClass access control reader will be used to tighten access in high-secure areas and to examine the benefits of implementing […]

Infineon announced two new contactless chip card controllers with 64k storage capacity designed specifically for use in electronic passports and travel documents. The chips are designed to meet both the ISO 14443 Type A and B interfaces and comply with the International Civil Aviation Organization’s 9303-1 Standard for globally valid travel documents. Munich, Germany / […]

Taiwan’s national electronic ID card, its Citizen Digital Certificate, aims to provide 16 million eligible citizens the ability to make secure e-transactions via government web sites. Helping drive this project are the more than 400 Zebra P420 printers installed in Taiwan’s 374 household registration offices. Taiwan’s Certificate Authority has launched the Citizen Digital Certificate, an […]