CONNECTHINGS, INSIDE Contactless and SAGEM Wireless announced they have formed a consortium to develop the Smart Muse Mobile NFC Tour guide and deploy two pilot demonstrations in the old center of the City of Nice and at the Teen Gallery at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Smart Muse will enable visitors to easily access location- […]

Secure ID provider SCM Microsystems has shipped more than 200,000 smart card readers to support the Spanish government’s electronic ID project. The SCR3310v2.0 readers will be used to enable various e-government applications that will allow individuals and businesses to access government, banking and administration applications, as well as to digitally sign documents. SCM received the […]

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, after receiving several bids for its new contactless fare system, is expected to award the contract by next spring. Both Cubic, San Diego, Calif. and Affiliated Computer Services, Dallas, Tex. are among the bidders. SEPTA, which is seeking federal funds to help pay for the $100 million system, also urged […]

Researchers from the University of Kentucky have developed a new way to utilize fingerprints for biometric authentication that expects to make identification via the prints easier and more reliable, according to a Technology Review article. Among some of the new breakthroughs incorporated into the new technology is the ability to create a three-dimensional model of […]

The Algerian Government recently announced the delay of their biometric passport program until next year, according to a Magharebia article. The announcement, which followed a pilot version of the program that started in August, is not expected to affect the enrolling of the entire population in the program by 2015. Reports from local news point […]

The Philippines’ Land Transportation Office (LTO) will postpone its plan to outfit every registered automobile in the Philippines with an RFID tag, according to a report on businessmirror.com. The cause of the delay is the Department of Transportation and Communications, which is currently reviewing the LTO’s plan under intense scrutiny, according to Land Transportation Franchising […]

Helveta, a British company that provides RFID tracking solutions for the timber and food production industries, has just completed a project in Malaysia using RFID and its CI World software platform to monitor timber production in Malaysia’s Terengganu province. The project involved forest officers taking inventory of the designated 129,143 hectare plot and tagging all […]