In a project designed to illustrate the “wirelessness” of wireless RFID technology, London design firm Berg has designed a Rube Goldberg machine using RFID-enabled devices that interact with each other in sequence to perform a simple physical task–in this case turning on a computer. The design firm teamed up with Norway Near Field Communication (NFC) […]

New York Department of Motor Vehicle officials were expecting to issue more than 1.5 million enhanced driver licenses, but so far only 200,000 have been issued, according to the Star Gazette. EDLs are used in place if passports for crossing the U.S. or Canadian land borders. The state had initially expected $66.4 million in annual […]

DAILY has released a new hands-free RFID-enabled attendance tracking system for ID badge identification at meetings, conferences, schools and other venues that require attendance management. The RFID attendance system instantaneously captures attendees’ data without the need of human intervention using DAILY’s DL8220 gate reader and passive RFID tags. The walk-through RFID attendance tracking system is […]

Toshiba Corp. announced that it has developed a full-color, automated electronic passport printer, VP-P450, that integrates all functions for e-passport personalization. The company will be demonstrating the printer at the Fifth Symposium and Exhibition on ICAO, CARTES & Identification and CARTES in Asia before it official launches in the spring 2010. With the cabinet-sized VP-P450 […]

Gemalto has achieved MasterCard certification for its Trusted Services Management solution, which recognizes the company’s ability to manage personal user information for banking transactions. The certification applies to Gemalto’s Taiwan-based data center and enables the company to support financial institutions in the deployment of NFC services on mobile phones. “MasterCard works alongside vendors to offer […]

SCM Microsystems, a leading provider of solutions for secure access and identity, has rolled out a new portable contactless smart card reader, the SCL3711, that’s capable of supporting multiple contactless applications from mobile payments to transportation, access control and e-government. The USB reader supports all major 13.56 MHZ contactless technologies, including ISO 14443 type A&B, […]

Sarnoff Company, a developer of biometric solutions, has been tapped by Global Animal Management (GAM), a company that assists with animal identification, storage, analysis and processing, to develop a portable equine iris capture and identification device. The system will be the first ever device utilizing irises for authentication and tracking of horses. To create the […]