Arizona State University was looking for a “state-of-the-art” door access control system. Saddled with existing proximity and magnetic stripe cards, the university knew neither could handle more sophisticated security features such as biometrics. That was one of the reasons that led this large university to go with a contactless smart card produced by Irvine, California-based […]

XceedID Corporation announced that it will work with GE Security, part of GE Infrastructure, to offer next-generation contactless smart card and reader products to the security industry. XceedID and GE Security, along with other industry leading security companies, will offer a range of contactless products and work together toward establishing an open protocol standard for […]

IRVINE , Calif. , March 31, 2004 – HID, the premier manufacturer of contactless access control cards and readers for the security industry, today announced the expansion of its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) product family with the OEM50 module, a low-power, 13.56 MHz contactless smart card read/write module designed for embedding into small-format products to […]

With a population of 23 million, Malaysia is on target to have most of them–everyone over the age of 12–carded by the end of 2005. It is billed as one of the world’s first national ID card programs, a multi-purpose smart card incorporating both government and private sector applications onto a single card. The US$71 […]

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 3, 2003–San Diego-based Cubic Corporation (AMEX:CUB) and LaserCard Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Drexler Technology Corporation (Nasdaq:DRXR), announced they have developed a new type of smart card that combines contactless and optical memory technologies to support biometric identification. The next step is to offer this new product to the United […]

On campuses across the country, metal keys are disappearing in favor of plastic cards. As witnessed by the hotel industry in the preceding two decades, these offline electronic locks are revolutionizing door access in college dormitories. And the growing flexibility of these systems is taking them beyond the dorms and into a variety of multi-access […]

Princeton Junction, NJ, August 18th – The Smart Card Alliance has announced its Fall Conference program, “Smart Cards in Motion,” focusing on one of the principal drivers of the widening use of smart card technology – mobility. The three-day agenda is rich with users who will advise attendees on the experiences of recent smart card […]

Recently I had the opportunity to speak with Frank Abignale, the man whose teenage years were chronicled in the book and subsequent Steven Speilberg movie, Catch Me If You Can. Mr. Abignale is considered by many to be among the most creative financial crime, forgery, and bank fraud expert to have lived. And he accomplished […]

In May, contactless technology takes over the Cardtech/Securtech conference in Orlando, Florida. I say “takes over” because the growing cross-industry focus on the technology will be in full view at this year’s expo. By my quick estimates, 1 in every 3 booths will be showing some form of RFID product. One of the pre-conference workshops […]

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd has launched a new multi-ISO Standard compliant contactless smart card system called ‘LEGIC advant’. The new LEGIC advant RFID system (on show at CTST, Orlando, FL, May 12-14) has been developed to ideally support the design of access control and other person-related service applications such as time & attendance, cashless payment, parking, […]