One of the largest expenses the hospitality industry incurs comes from the theft, destruction or wear and tear of linens. To tackle this problem Linen Technology Tracking has developed linentracker, a new RFID-enabled system for monitoring linens. The system uses UHF Gen 2 RFID tags that are designed to withstand commercial washing, drying and pressing. […]

The Chicago Transit Authority is exploring dropping its fare cards and instead going with contactless credit, debit and prepaid cards for payments on the system. The agency will issue a request for proposals in late August. Switching systems would save the CTA money because it wouldn’t have to issue fare media and manage the fare […]

MyDealerLot has teamed up with AutoAlert to develop a new RFID-enabled system for use in car dealerships’ service drives. The system uses RFID technology to automatically identify customers upon arrival, triggering a number of automated service and sales operations. Customer history data is automatically accessed and analyzed, allowing salespeople to determine at a glance which […]

Making social media work for your campus card program By Andy Williams, Associate Editor, Avisian Publications If you aren’t using Facebook, YouTube, MySpace or some of the other so-called social networking sites, you may be missing out on a prime opportunity to market your campus card or other university program. The University of Minnesota uses […]

Datacard Group announced that they were chosen to supply card personalization equipment and software for the new national identification system planned in Guatemala. The country’s Registro Nacional de Personas (“RENAP”) intends to issue electronic identity cards to more than 11 million residents to improve the process of citizen authorization and reduce benefits fraud. Issuance of […]

At a hearing held by the United States’ Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship, various law makers, both Democrat and Republican, have expressed support for a proposed program that would require biometric employment eligibility verification be performed on those seeking jobs in the U.S., according to an IDG Compterworld article. Specifically, […]

BIO-key International, a developer of biometric systems, has announced plans to sell its Law Enforcement Division to InterAct911 Mobile Systems, a developer of public safety systems, according to a Washington Technology article. The announcement comes as BIO-key officials report an interest in focusing more of their resources on biometrics and identity management. As InterAct has […]