Lodon commuters will be able to use the Oyster card on suburban train system starting early next year, according to a report from the BBC. The contactless smart card system can now be used on the London Overground, the Tube, buses, trams and the Docklands Light Railway service. Read the full story here.   

HID Global announced that it received EMVCo CL 2.0 Level 1 type approvalfor its OMNIKEY 5321 PAY USB Reader that is designed for contactless payment applications. The reader, which will be introduced at the CARTES & IDentification exhibition in Paris, joins the range of contactless solutions from HID that serve customers in Automatic Fare Collection, […]

DigitalPersona, a developer of biometric solutions, has announced that its customer Picis, developer of health care information systems solutions, has reported success with its Picis ED PulseCheck Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) that uses DigitalPersona’s U.are.U fingerprint readers. The PulseCheck EDIS system is a solution that enables emergency room personnel to quickly access patient records […]

UPEK, a developer of fingerprint biometric solutions, has announced the release of two new fingerprint scanners called EikonTouch 300 and EikonTouch 700. Both are connected to PCs via a USB annd feature a one-touch interface. The main differences between the two are that the 700, which is designed for use in the government sector, is […]

Oberthur Technologies’ contactless sticker product–FlyBuy–has been granted approval by Discover Financial Services. Discover’s type approval process ensures that the Discover Zip contactless payment application properly operates on the FlyBuy Sticker and that it is also interoperable with Discover-certified payment terminals. Discover’s credit, debit, and prepaid issuers may now use FlyBuy Sticker for contactless sticker programs. […]

Sirit and 3M Brazil have collaborated with Dbtrans to introduce an electronic payment system for commercial truck and passenger tolling in the state of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil. The RFID-enabled application will feature passive 915 MHz ISO 18000 6C technology supported by Sirit’s IDentity 5100 (ID5100) reader system. 3M Brazil will provide in-country technical […]

GE Global Research has just won a $2 million award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to develop wearable RFID sensors to alert people to the presence of environmental chemical agents in the air. The sensor could also be used to analyze a person’s breath. Simply breathing on the sensor could potentially […]