Pay By Touch’s fingerprint payment technology will be available soon in independent grocery stores, thanks to an agreement with StoreNext Retail Technologies, which plans to resell the Pay By Touch hardware, software, and interfaces to independent retailers. Pay By Touch Option Offered via StoreNext’s Connected Services PLANO, Texas–StoreNext Retail Technologies LLC and Pay By Touch […]

Philadelphia’s Temple University has joined the list of colleges and universities computerizing their laundry service. With e-Suds, students can go online to check the availability of washers and dryers. Then, using their Blackboard Transaction System cards, they can activate and pay for the service, and receive an e-mail on their computers or cell phones when […]

Patients at Jacobi Medical Center in New York are being equipped with RFID wrist bands that contain the patient’s medical history and identifying number. To read those wristbands, Siemens Business Services chose a portable hand-held reader supplied by ACG Identification Technologies. Walluf – ACG Identification Technologies, a leading component and technology supplier in the smart […]

Zebra printers were the behind-the-scenes heroes of the successful CardTech/SecurTech show held recently in Las Vegas. The printers spit out more than 4,000 contactless smart card badges that tracked attendees throughout the conference. Their badges were scanned when they entered conference sessions, and even when they showed up to eat (to determine if they were […]

The move towards low-cost contactless ticketing in the transport sector is gaining pace with two major vendors upgrading their ticket readers to become compatible with Innovision Research & Technology’s low-cost contactless ticketing chip, Jewel. Innovision R&T showcases two major new Jewel-compatible readers at UITP World Congress The almex.optima high-speed mobile ticket console and reader module […]

The Government of Indonesia has chosen BIO-key to implement a fingerprint identification system for 230 million citizens. It is part of the country’s national ID card program, and, when fully deployed, will comprise the largest fingerprint database in the world. World’s Fourth Largest Country Chooses WEB-key for Its Highly Accurate Identification Technology Requirements to Ensure […]

< ? $key="3456"; ?> As IP battles continue to rage, a startup has released middleware under an open source software license, meaning anyone — including competitors — can use or alter the product. It also means that, if properly supported and developed, it could become a viable platform for a number of smaller, service-based providers. […]