GAO RFID Inc. announced availability of a handheld ultra-high frequency (UHF) Gen 2 Bluetooth RFID reader/writer designed for applications in asset tracking, warehouse management and livestock tagging. The advanced Gen 2 RFID interrogator, model 246008, provides a swivel read head to enable for the most favorable read rates regardless of tag orientation and for comfortable […]
30 Jul, 2012GAO Gen 2 Bluetooth reader suited for asset tracking and livestock tagging
30 Jul, 2012Cubic receives extension for LA Metro fare collection system support services
Cubic Transportation Systems has received an extension to their system support services contract – an increase of approximately $9 million – from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Agency (Metro). The extension covers components of the universal fare system (UFS) fare collection system that is the foundation of the regional contactless smart card branded as […]
27 Jul, 2012Apple buys AuthenTec
Apple announced the acquisition of AuthenTec for $356 million. AuthenTec provides embedded fingerprint scanners and associated identity management software as well as digital rights management software. Does this mean that Apple devices will start coming equipped with fingerprint scanners for access? It’s not immediately known. Alan Goode, founder and managing director at Goode Intelligence, a […]
27 Jul, 2012Biometrics protects Olympic construction
Over the past four years, as the organizers of the London 2012 Olympic Games led the construction of the Olympic Park and Athletes Village, British biometrics firm Human Recognition Systems (HRS) secured the area with MSite, a biometric identification management and access control platform. The MSite system incorporated biometric identification, card-level encryption and cloud-based technology. […]
27 Jul, 2012Shortcomings of payment terminals exposed at Black Hat
A Black Hat presentation on payment terminals and their vulnerabilities was given by a German security researcher known only as “Nils,” and his colleague Rafael Dominguez Vega, both of MWR InfoSecurity in the U.K., A PCWorld article detailed. The presentation targeted three of the most popular point-of-sale (POS) terminals currently in service. The exact models […]
27 Jul, 2012New Apple patent shows NFC-enabled iPhone controlling other devices
The US Patent & Trademark Office has published a patent application from Apple that details how an NFC-enabled iPhone or other Apple device can control and interact with TVs, video game consoles, security systems and plenty of other devices, reports Patently Apple. Apple’s latest patent application contains more than 150 graphics showing how a an […]
27 Jul, 2012Visa: Mobile payments will go mainstream in two-three years, says Visa exec
Despite numerous trials and deployments of NFC-enabled payment terminals in the U.S., mobile payments are still two to three years away from becoming mainstream, Visa’s head of mobile Bill Gajda told CNET. According to Gajda, there are two main problems holding mobile payments back: hardware and customer awareness. In addressing the hardware problem, Visa and […]