Kia Motors and Australian winemaker Jacob’s Creek will launch an RFID-based program at the 2013 Australian Open Tennis Championships to prevent alcohol-related incidents and to enable tennis fans to share their experience. Fans who register for the program upon entry to the Melbourne Park will each receive a RFID-enabled lanyard which can be linked to […]
11 Jan, 2013RFID reminds tennis fans to drink responsibly at Australian Open
10 Jan, 2013Validity Sensors demonstrates screen-based fingerprint recognition at CES
San Jose-based Validity Sensors has developed fingerprint recognition technology that will function within a mobile device or tablet screen. It’s demonstration this technology, called Natural ID, at this week’s International Consumer Electronics Show, reports PC World. Natural ID works through sensors that are located underneath the device’s glass display screen. These sensors can scan and […]
10 Jan, 2013NFC Forum to make special announcement via webcast, invites public to take part
The NFC Forum has announced a webcast entitled “NFC Goes Vertical: Introducing NFC Forum Special Interest Groups,” which will take place on Jan. 24th at both 11 a.m. EST and 9:00 p.m. EST, with a third offering on Jan. 25 at 11 a.m. JST. The webcast seeks to address the growing NFC market, and with […]
10 Jan, 2013Netpremacy ‘s five steps to securing corporate data in the cloud
With more IT security enterprise capabilities moving to the cloud, Netpremacy has revealed 5 steps that it believes can better protect corporations’ data in the cloud. Data location risk, risk of data loss and data security are three of the top barriers to cloud adoption. However, security can also be an enabler to cloud adoption […]
10 Jan, 2013Ingenico achieves German approval for contactless payment terminal
Ingenico, a worldwide provider of payment transactions solutions, has received approval for its iPP350 payment device in Germany for the new contactless payment method, called girogo. The Ingenico iPP350 payment device has been approved for all of the card-based payment methods relevant in Germany and has been in operation in the German city of Hanover […]
10 Jan, 2013RURO unveils RFID kit for biobanks and biorepositories
RURO Inc., a developer or research productivity tools, is offering its FreezerPro ColdTrack RFID Kit, an RFID solution for labs of any size specializing in the collection and management of frozen samples. The FreezerPro ColdTrack RFID Kit is designed to electronically track large collections of samples kept at ultra-low temperatures in biobanks and biorepositories. The […]
10 Jan, 2013Keystroke biometrics for online course ID
Free online class provider Coursera will start offering identity verification so that students can claim their class accomplishments, according to a report in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Coursera is launching a pilot project to check the identities of its students and offer verified certificates of completion for a fee. In order to validate the […]