The State of New Jersey has awarded Radiant RFID a five year contract to provide its RFID-based solutions to assist evacuation and emergency tracking during catastrophic events. Raidant will provide the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness (OHSP) with a managed evacuation solution that tracks evacuees, pets, emergency transport vehicles, and commodities deployed at state […]

The James Bond movie franchise is one that has always captured the imagination of its viewers for its portrayal of over-the-top action and fantastic settings. For some, however, the unsung hero of the films has forever been “Q,” and his suite of cutting-edge gadgets and gizmos. The latest installment of the franchise— “Skyfall”— is no […]

DAILY RFID announced its customized RFID disc stickers, also called RFID clean tags, designed for applications in asset management including libraries, logistics, anti-counterfeiting and so on. Available in different sizes, the RFID stickers are applied with self-adhesive 3M glue and utilized in various applications to track items and objects. Operating in 125 KHz or 13.56 […]

Bell ID, a smart token management solution provider, is the latest company to join the Smart Card Alliance’s EMV Migration Forum. This forum is designed to help companies from various industries come together to drive the EMV payments technology implementation in the U.S. Bell ID will contribute its know-how in terms of provisioning and managing […]

Google may be planning to launch plastic wallet cards that would work in conjunction with Google Wallet. In a report leaked by AndroidPolice.com, the physical Google Wallet card seems is very real and could be released soon. The physical card will work in conjunction with Google Wallet, can be used the same way as the […]

Athena Smartcard has completed a milestone delivery for the Italian health ID program. Athena is providing smart cards for Carta Regionale dei Servizi (CRS), the Italian Regional Health Card system. This year Athena has delivered 15 million smart cards to the Italian CRS for its eHealth and Digital Signature/Authentication and eGovernment card project. This project […]

Groups of students from Sydney’s University of Technology (UTS) created use cases for NFC technology in smart phones. As reported by CIO.com, UTS’ u.lab in partnership with Australian-based Commerce in Motion are hosting the “Launchpad” event, which enables students the opportunity to showcase a semester’s worth of work in the IT, business and design disciplines. […]