The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in Ghana is expected to announce a timetable for the introduction of passports containing biometric data on the individual, according to a Graphic Ghana article. The government had originally intended to begin introduction of the program starting in July, however, after encountering various issues including insufficient equipment […]

A new report from ABI Research, a market research company specializing in emerging technology, has found that the total revenue earned from RFID transponders, readers, software and services is expected to exceed $5.6 billion in 2009, a 4.25% increase over 2008. The report lists five application areas expected to receive the most growth within the […]

Engineering students at Central Michigan University have developed a new RFID-enabled Smart Cane to help blind students move more freely on campus. The Smart Cane is equipped with an ultra sonic sensor that works together with a miniature navigation system contained within a shoulder bag worn by the user. The navigation system receives information from […]

ActivIdentity Corp. and the Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) celebrated the anniversary of the upgrade of its new government employee ID using ActivIdentity ActivID Card Management System and the successful expansion of the system by an additional 3,000 users in order to deliver a security solution to its 9,000 employees. The […]

The NFC Forum has added a new membership category, allowing those companies actually using the technology in the field to join the non-profit organization. Appropriately named “implementer,” the new category complements existing NFC Forum membership levels which are primarily targeted at technical specification development. As more commercial NFC applications are developed and deployed, Implementer membership […]

Sargent Manufacturing Company, a New Haven, Conn. producer of exit devices, electronic access control locks and cylindrical and mortise locks, has added HID Global’s iCLASS 13.56 MHZ capability to its Harmony Series of access control locking hardware. Optimized to make physical access control more secure, the iCLASS contactless smart card technology provides versatile interoperability and […]

Improvements in RFID tag durability have enabled grittier industries, such as oil drilling, to adopt RFID tracking technology. Merrick Systems has developed an RFID tracking system specifically designed for the oil drilling industry. The system, called Rig-Hand, allows oil rig managers to monitor in real time down-hole components including drill pipes, casing, tubing, and risers […]