By Andy Williams, Associate Editor Wired locks were proving difficult at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass. Because of this the college turned to wireless doors both to provide more security for its 2,100 female students, and to give some administrative relief to campus personnel. The college’s previous encounter with wired doors hadn’t gone […]

Gemalto is providing the first multi-application contactless student card for identification and payment in Serbia. The cards have been delivered to Poslovno Informacioni Sistemi, a Gemalto reseller, which supplied the personalization solution for universities to issue cards directly to students. The card is already in use by more than 30% of Serbia’s student population, in […]

Pepsico has informed its customers that in the next few months, its Quaker Foods, Gatorade, and Tropicana divisions will begin using RFID-enabled plastic pallets exclusively to deliver their products. The company will use pallets from the Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS) LLC pallet rental firm. In a letter sent to customers last week, Pepsico elaborated […]

Sonavation, a biometric technology developer, has announced the development of a new fingerprint sensor they are touting as the wireless and smart card industries’ thinnest and most durable. The sensor, called the SonicSlide STS3000, is the thickness of a postage stamp and made from a material similar to commercial aircraft wings. The SonicSlide is based […]

Following a successful one-year pilot program, Volkswagen Group is preparing to introduce RFID-enabled tracking to its logistics system. IBM is supplying the system. The RFID system provides visibility throughout the Volkswagen logistics system, beginning at the shipping departments of parts suppliers. From there, RFID-tagged containers of parts can be tracked throughout transportation to Volkswagen facilities, […]

A swipe of the student ID card is all it will soon take for two-wheel transportation around the campus of St. Xavier University, Chicago,when the school rolls out an initiative designed to cut down on carbon emissions on campus. In a few weeks, students will be able to rent bicycles for short periods of time […]

Sony Electronics’ expansion of its FeliCa contactless technology in North America got a boost with the company’s announcement that it had signed MxN Media Group, a company doing business in the U.S. and Canada as an authorized FeliCa technology deployment channel partner. It’s part of the FeliCa System Integrator Application Developer program launched last year. […]