Clarkson University in Potsdam New York is hosting a series of science-related events at their on campus coffee house called Jack & Wezzie’s Coffee House called Science Café. The events will feature various faculty members from the university as well as special guests from other universities offering short talks on various scientific subjects followed by […]

Toronto-based RFID provider Sirit has announced that the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) has placed a toll transponder order valued at $6.6 million over the next fifteen months. The order includes two options to purchase up to $1.7 million in additional toll transponders. The order calls for Sirit to deliver 410,000 Title-21 based toll transponders […]

According to a report on nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com, Christian Estrosi, the French minister for industry, has announced that the French government will award 13 grants to companies working on RFID and Near Field Communication (NFC) projects. The cumulative cost of these grants is expected to reach several million euros. Most of the RFID projects involve IT and […]

Chinese RFID manufacturer HANYUAN has announced the release of their new leather key-fob. According to HANYUAN, the portable, waterproof key-ring tag is suitable for use in employee access control, time attendance, membership management and NFC payment systems. The leather key-fob is HANYUAN’s latest addition to its line of key-ring RFID tags, providing an upscale alternative […]

Metalcraft announced availability of a destructible version of their RFID Windshield Tag designed for customers automating vehicle tracking and access control. The Destructible RFID Windshield Tag is built with slits along the perimeter of the label which destroy the inlay if someone tries to remove it from a windshield–a security feature that helps reduce the […]

BIO-key International, a developer of biometric solutions, has been chosen by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and their project manager Lockheed Martin to provide the fingerprint authentication technology for the FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) system being developed. Further, the contract stipulates a composite of Bio-key’s and fellow biometrics developer MorphoTrak’s biometric algorithms […]

Naval Support Activity Monterey (NSAM) has implemented a biometric physical access control system from Oregon-based biometrics developer Eid Passport. The system, called RAPIDGate, is able to take care of enrollment, registration, status validation, identity authentication and background screening in addition to physical access control. Officials from NSAM are hopeful that their new system will streamline […]