Security feature may truly be tamper proof By Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications Often the emphasis is on the security used to protect the data stored in a card, but what’s equally as important are the security features techniques used to protect the data printed on the card itself. Laser engraving is nothing new, but […]

According to a report on healthcommentary.org, a future preventative approach to health-care dubbed “home-centered health care” will involve the use of RFID technology to monitor patients from their homes. The report argues that the current health-care system, which is based on intervention rather than prevention, cannot possibly be maintained with the population aging as rapidly […]

Florida is launching an educational campaign called Gather, Go, Get, designed to prepare its residents for the documents they’ll need to bring to their local driver license offices when it’s time to renew their license. Beginning Jan. 1, Floridians renewing or obtaining a new license or ID will be required to show proof of ID […]

In response to the growing use of RFID in a variety of new industries, faculty and researchers at the UCLA-WINMEC RFID Lab will host a hands on RFID workshop on October 20, 2009. The workshop is meant to help companies interested in using RFID better understand the technology and its applications. Workshop participants will attend […]

SCM Microsystems’ recent merger with Hirsch Electronics accounts for nearly 70% of the company’s revenue increase, according to second quarter results. “Our merger with Hirsch is proving a strategic success, as it has strengthened our financial performance across multiple metrics, our ability to capture new and existing sales opportunities and our overall business profile,” said […]

With 600 million unique ID cards, 50 million e-passports, 100 million health cards, 50 million transport and ticketing cards and 50 million banking cards likely to be issued over the next seven years in India, it’s no wonder one NXP Semiconductors official called the country “a bundle of latent opportunity.” Speaking at the Identification Summit […]

Orlando International and Sanford-Orlando International airports have joined the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Global Entry program, according to an Orlando Business Journal article. Purpose of the Global entry program is to speed up entry of foreign travelers into the U.S. via fingerprint biometrics. So far, the program has roughly 20,000 enrolled in the program […]