Intelleflex, a provider of RFID platform solutions, has announced its entry into the expanding RFID market in India. The move comes via a partnership with Batronics India, an Auto-ID integrator. The company’s arrival in the Asian subcontinent follows a year of rapid expansion for the Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm. The company also recently began sales […]

The iPhone as a student ID card? That may be next at Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif., which, thanks to an entrepreneurial firm created by Stanford students has already produced a suite of iPhone applications that include the university’s course catalog, campus map and other resources. Called iStanford, the application suite was rolled out in […]

EarthSearch Communications International Inc., a specialist in GPS-based solutions, has introduced an asset tracking system, AutoSearch RFID, which combines GPS and RFID technology to enable the detailed tracking of human and property assets in transit. The solution integrates the two technologies on a hardware level. RFID tags are placed on packages or other assets in […]

Contactless card supplier Oberthur Technologies has begun delivery of its next generation dual interface payment card, called Chrysalis Fly, to S2p, the banking subsidiary of French superstore chain Carrefour. It is part of the company’s new universal payment card project that has been billed as one of Europe’s largest contactless projects to date. For S2p, […]

Credit card fraud is on the rise in the UK despite deploying Chip and PIN five years ago, according to a report in The Independent. The latest figured points to 600 million pounds of credit card fraud in 2008, compared to 535 million pounds in 2007. Organized criminals have switched from card present fraud to […]

The March meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a […]

GAO Asset Tracking, a division of Canada’s GAO Group, has introduced a LF RFID tag constructed of bio-glass for use in animal tracking applications. The tags are prepackaged in a sterile injector and sealed in plastic to protect against contamination. The tag is designed for injection under an animal’s skin, and is suitable for solutions […]