UK coffee chain Caffe Nero has introduced contactless payment technology in its 360 stores, according to V3.co.uk. The upgrade was completed in October after the conclusion of a successful trial involving several central London stores. Caffe Nero patrons will now be able to purchase their coffee by simply waiving their contactless cards in front of […]

UHF Gen 2 RFID technology provider Impinj Inc. announced that Rush Tracking Systems has selected the Speedway Revolution reader for the VisiblEdge RFID lift truck solution. VisiblEdge is a solution for industrial manufacturing and warehousing operations supporting business processes such as WIP tracking, automated shipping and receiving, returnable container tracking, waste management and other hands-off […]

The December meeting of the Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a list […]

DAILY RFID released a new UHF RFID handheld reader designed for enduring challenging environments. The light-weight DL770 operates at 860 to 960 MHz and secures information with IP64 protection. The DL770 sports a 3.5″ touch screen LCD display and a full QWERTY keyboard. With read range up to 4 feet, the DL770 can be used […]

Before the end of the year smart card vendors could have a standard card command set that enables interoperability between credentials without middleware. The General ID Card Command Set (GICS) builds a standard language for the card command set so that different card standards can communicate without middleware, says Patrick Hearn, vice president of government […]

Korean universities are using campus IDs to make sure students don’t skip classes, according to a news report in the Chosen Ilbo. The IDs, which have been used to pay for meal and other functions, are also being used to swipe students into class. Kyunghee University introduced its U-Class System in 2006. Students insert their […]

By Robert C. Huber, Campus Card Industry Business Consultant Prediction #1–Contactless Becomes Preferred Campus Card Technology After magnetic stripes have dominated campus card systems for 40 years, contactless smart chip technology–high frequency 13.56 MHz–rapidly ascends as the preferred identity and reader technology due to its high-data security, read/write storage capability, non-mechanical reader design, expansion scalability, […]