Travelers in Augsburg, Germany already using the contactless KAROCARD to travel on the trains and buses in the area, but officials are thinking of adding other applications to the card, including paying for parking and even fuel at gas stations. Around 85,000 citizens of Augsburg are already using the cards for rides on the transit […]

HID Global will demonstrate a variety of products at the ISC West International Security Conference and Exposition. Under the theme “A World of New Possibilities,” HID’s booth (#11052) shows a suite of products, resources and partnerships that enable end-users to implement everything from networked physical access control to contactless logical access solutions. Highlights of HID […]

Jon Oxer, who has been labeled “Australia’s geekiest geek” by a Sydney newspaper, has made some adjustments to his car. Most are not that surprising for a man who clearly takes his technology seriously: 24-hour internet access in Mazda RX-8 might be unusual, but not that extreme. The remote ignition controlled via his iPod Touch […]

PowerID Ltd., an Israeli provider of battery-assisted passive (BAP) RFID technology, has released new versions of two of its popular BAP labels. The PowerG and PowerM labels are 56% and 62% smaller, respectively, than their previous incarnations, but have not suffered any performance loss in it the shrinking process. The two BAP labels were originally […]

Lumidigm, a biometrics developer, has announced that terminal integration partner and software provider, ZK Software, will be releasing a low-cost biometric access control reader using Lumidigm’s fingerprint technology. The new product, called the LA2000, is being unveiled at the ISC West security conference and expo in Las Vegas. The LA2000 is capable of both indoor […]

Zebra Technologies, a Lincolnshire, Ill. provider of specialty printing and automatic identification solutions, has rolled out its latest model, the Zebra ZXP Series 8, a retransfer printer that includes options for smart card encoding and networking. The printer is designed for such applications as high-security ID cards, driver licenses, gift cards and financial cards. The […]

In an effort to give its students more spending options, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tenn. has extended its declining balance ID BUC$ program to off-campus merchants. So far, five businesses, including a grocery store, pharmacy, two fast food restaurants and hair salon, accept the school’s ID BUC$ mag stripe card which is linked […]