Visonic Technologies (VT), an Israel-based provider of active RFID and RTLS solutions for safety and security applications, has announced the launch of its Elpas 2 system. Elpas 2 offers a fixed infrastructure topology, providing connectivity over wired or wireless networks to enable enterprise-wide detection and processing of RF and IR signals. The Elpas 2 system […]

The Maryland Transit Administration has a deal in place that will enable users of its smart card to allso be used on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Administration’s system, according to the Baltimore Sun. WMATA users would also be able to use their cards on MTA buses, the Baltimore Mettro and the light rail. Read […]

Tetherball, an Indianapolis-based mobile loyalty and rewards solutions provider, has unveiled an RFID-based mobile marketing platform involving a tiny RFID chip called a Tetherball Tag that’s affixed to a customer’s mobile phone. Tetherball clients are then able to send offers to their customers via standard text messaging. These coupon-type offers can be redeemed electronically using […]

Fort Lee, NJ-based On Track Innovations, a contactless smart card solutions provider, says it has been selected by E-Kent, an automatic fare collection company in Turkey, to provide transportation payment solutions based on OTI’s Smart Sticker product and Saturn 6000 contactless reader. The system calls for making available alternative distribution channels for E-Kent’s main transportation […]

Digital security provider Gemalto has been selected by Le Crédit Lyonnais for the first banking card customized with a personal photograph in France. This EMV card is designed for students and aims to combine the advantages of a payment card with those of the International Student Identity Card. With the ISIC card, users can make […]

The NFC Forum has unveiled its “target mark,” what its chairman called a “milestone in the global commercialization of NFC technology.” The new N-Mark, introduced during an NFC Forum Web cast today, is designed to show consumers where they need to touch to activate the NFC interaction. The NFC Forum N-Mark is available to anyone […]

By Andy Williams, Associate Editor, Avisian Publications They consider themselves special. They expect to earn lots of money when they graduate from college, profanity in proper conversation is no longer off limits and they probably had a huge hand in electing the latest president of the U.S. They’re part of the Millennial Generation, or Gen […]