The developers at Codeninja have invented a device which can be aimed at RFID tags, and even USB flash drives, to permanently deactivate and destroy their data. The gun was fabricated using a Nerf N-Strike Recon CS-6, with a 0.6 kilojoule camera flash driving a 50-turn copper spool. Just for laughs and giggles, this RFID […]

The FBI was looking for a smaller device to capture fingerprint images for its Hostage Rescue Team. In the past the team had to haul around a 20-pund rugged laptop plus the fingerprint scanner. The agency went to the National Institute of Standards and Technology to solve the problem. Agency official came up with a […]

The utilization of RFID tags looks to increase over the next few years as many industrial organizations find them useful for asset tracking throughout the supply chain. But what becomes of the tags after they become inoperable, and are no longer needed? How do we dispose of them properly to ensure our landfills are not […]

GlobalPlatform has announced that its first one-day card specification training session for 2010 will take place at the Tsinghua Science Park, Beijing on Jan. 29. The session will coincide with Sun Microsystem’s JavaCard China Telco Summit being held at the China World Hotel, Beijing, and will focus on the value that GlobalPlatform technology adds to […]

Pacific Biometrics has announced the appointment of Michael Murphy as its new chief operating officer. Murphy brings a number of years prior to his experience at Pacific in the field of laboratory and health care research center management. Murphy previously was senior vice president of operations at the company.   

ManTech International, a company that deals in information technology as it relates to defense, has announced it has purchased the privately held intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and biometrics company Sensor Technologies for $242 million pending antitrust clearance expected by the end of January, according to a Defense News article. With Sensor’s major customer for services and […]

The UK Border Agency has announced the opening of 17 new biometric enrollment facilities at post offices for its program where foreign nationals submit biometric information to receive ID cards, according to a TMC Net article. The samples required from the migrants for the ID application include fingerprints and a digital photograph. The new facilities […]