UK-based RFID design firm Innovision Research & Technology has signed a deal with a Chinese smart card vendor. Under the terms of the contract, Innovision will develop and supply custom contactless smart card tag technology for the firm, which works in the contactless smart card and ticketing markets in China. The deal represents Innovision’s first […]

Un grupo de estudiantes de MBA (Maestría de Administración de Empresas) de la University of Victoria en Canadá sugiere una solución basada en RFID para encontrar, de manera segura, las agujas usadas por drogadictos ilegales y abandonadas en parques y otros lugares públicos. El proyecto, al cual los estudiantes llaman NeedleSight, ganó el premio del […]

For the second year, L.A. Marathon officials will deploy an RFID solution to track the running times of its competitors. More than 20,000 competitors at this year’s marathon, scheduled for May 25, will be issued RFID-enabled timing tags to be attached to their shoes. The time-tracking solution is provided by ChronoTrack Systems Inc. The company’s […]

USA Technologies has rolled out a series of enhancements to its back-end payment and telemetry service, ePort Connect, that include faster credit and debit card authentication, over-the-air updates for customers using ePort devices, a streamlined device activation process and, coming soon, machine health alerts to notify operators via the Web or email of payment mechanism […]

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Bling Nation has completed a 10-day test of its closed loop payment system prior to a rollout its Community Payment Service. The trial involved contactless BlingTags being used by 32 employees of a company that operates an online social network. The closed loop transaction network links local merchants and banks to enable […]

Since Ithaca College in New York implemented its card access program for dorms two months ago, six of the card readers have either been damaged or destroyed and, in one case, an entire reader was taken. Still, six of 250 installed readers is less damage control than college administrators anticipated, even though it is costing […]

Students in Poland, both in high schools and colleges, love their Gemalto-supplied electronic ID cards. At least 80% of them are satisfied with the cards because they’re functional and are a visually attractive way to identify them. The biggest advantage to the card is its convenience and small size, according to research recently conducted by […]