B.O.S. Better Online Solutions Ltd. (BOS), an Israel-based provider of RFID-enabled supply chain solutions, has announced the sale of its waste management solution to Otto, a waste management firm with operations in Europe and the U.S. The RFID solution will be used by Otto to in support of a weight-based billing system for waste collection. […]

GAO Tek Inc., another division of Canada’s diverse GAO Group, has introduced a new, UHF Gen2 version of its passive ear tag. Though the company refers to the tag, GAO product number GAO116032, as a pig ear tag, it is suitable for the tracking of a range of medium-sized livestock. The new tag has been […]

German RFID provider iDTRONIC GmbH has announced the launch of a new “UHF gun” reader terminal. The lightweight, pistol-gripped UHF reader is battery-powered with a docking station for charging and synchronizing, making it convenient for use in office or vehicle-based applications. The new reader offers a reading range of up to two meters for UHF […]

Two financial institutions see double-digit increases By Chris Corum & Andy Williams, AVISIAN Publications College Banking partnerships are alive and well despite a lousy economy. Last year was actually a pretty good one for banks doing business with college campuses in the U.S. In fact, according to CR80News’ annual College Bank Survey, two reported hefty […]

New credit card technology, such as contactless cards, while attracting more young people, won’t lead to a cashless society, says a representative from APACS, the UK payments association. Despite the success of these technologies, says Sandra Quinn, communications director, people will continue to use cash despite the marketing of contactless cards as the answer to […]

Austria-based biometric developer ekey has announced the release of ekey home and ekey net, its two new consumer-level biometric locks. Each device is intended to replace standard door locks with ones that require only a fingerprint sample to lock and unlock them. While both are physical access control systems, the two systems have a couple […]

Forget contactless stickers. Just get on with NFC, a Boston, Mass. researcher argues. Nick Holland, Aite Group, tells Digital Transactions that contactless stickers, the kind that can be affixed to cell phones or PDAs and are meant to serve as an interim step before NFC takes hold, are “fundamentally flawed.” He believes the stickers, which […]