As the biometric Personal Account Number (PAN) plan for India’s citizens begins to get underway, multiple IT firms have stepped up to develop the cards and infrastructure and provide support for users, according to a Business Standard article. Among the companies throwing their hats in the ring are Infosys, HCL, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), CMC, […]

A team of MBA students at Canada’s University of Victoria have suggested an RFID-based solution to help safely find and discard used needles discarded by illegal drug users in parks and other public places. The project, which the students call NeedleSight, won the “people’s choice” award at the university’s annual trade show. According to the […]

The notorious Conficker worm struck some 700 campus computers at the University of Utah, including those at the school’s three hospitals last week. The outbreak was first detected Thursday and by Friday had spread throughout the Salt Lake City school. While no patient data was affected, a university spokesperson said that log-in and password data, […]

Vermont Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin wants smart cards to be used to track health care costs, he told the Burlington Free Press. David Gruppo, an IBM researcher, last week provided lawmakers with background on how smart cards might be used to streamline medical bill collection. Legislative leaders, the administration and the non-profit Vermont […]

While a Frost & Sullivan study warns of uneven market conditions in the Asia Pacific smart card market, countries with a strong contactless infrastructure already in place shouldn’t see a significant decline in smart card production. In fact, according to the report, some countries in the region, such as Japan and South Korea, have continued […]

Compu-Power, an information technology firm that has focused on the tire industry, has announced the formation of a business unit dedicated to its growing RFID application offerings. The new unit, to be called RFID-Pros, will specialize in applications utilizing the company’s ASSETracs software system. Compu-Power’s roster of RFID-enabled solutions include applications for vehicle access tracking […]

South Korea’s Suprema Inc., a provider of fingerprint recognition and identity management solutions, has announced the certification of its RealScan-10 print scanner by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI certification signifies that the device is in full compliance with Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) Image Quality Specification (IQS) Appendix F standards. Meeting […]