Three U.S. Olympic teams will be carrying their health information and medical records on an ID card when they compete in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, reports Indiana Public Media. The U.S. diving, synchronized swimming and gymnastics teams will be using Merrillville, Ind.-based I-DENTI-FIED’s patent-pending health care identifier system that places medical records onto […]

Building on its investment in the Middle East, Entrust Inc. released Arabic-language soft tokens for its IdentityGuard software authentication platform and security framework. Entrust intends for the local language tokens to ease the security process for native Arabic-speaking customers. Two of the largest financial institutions within the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have already […]

Playhouse Child Care Center in Sartell, Minn. has installed a fingerprint identity system to avoid unauthorized personnel from gaining access to their facilities, according to a report in USA Today. Playhouse Child Care already employed the use of a keypad security system that required parents and employees to provide a four-digit code to enter the […]

Identive Group announced that its tomPAY NFC tag technology is being deployed at hospitality events at the London 2012 Olympics. Identive’s tomPAY solution can be used as conventional contactless payment card or the NFC tag portion can be peeled off and affixed to a mobile phone to make contactless payments, redeem loyalty points and more. […]

Juniper Research has released a new report declaring 2011 a “watershed year” for NFC payments, despite retailers’ reservations about adopting the technology. According to Juniper, the NFC payments market acceleration of 2011 revealed that many retailers are less convinced of the benefits of NFC payments over existing card technologies and are unwilling to invest in […]

Visa’s new Prepaid CitizenCard ID is adding a feature that enables the card to be used for commercial purchases. The cards, which are available for ages 12 and above, display not only the date of birth of the cardholder but an age band as well. The age bands– 12-15, 16-17, 18+, 21+, etc.– along with […]

Parrot, the guys behind the Zik NFC head phones, unveiled an NFC-enabled product that lets you dial and answer calls in your car via voice command. After tapping your NFC phone against the Minikit Neo to establish a Bluetooth connection, the device clips into the sun visor of your car, ready to accept, refuse or […]

HID Global achieved ATEX Certification for its complete IN Tag portfolio of industrial RFID tags, including the company’s new high frequency IN Tag 200 OM and 500 OM transponders, designed to perform when mounted on metal assets. The company’s entire line of industrial Glass Tags has also earned ATEX certification. ATEX certification validates that HID […]

CYBRA Corporation released the findings of their latest customer survey on RFID trends, which revealed an upward movement in the adoption of RFID technology. The company’s first RFID Survey was conducted in 2008, in which only 21% of companies stated that they use RFID technology. New statistics, however, reveal that a growing number of companies […]

The Federal Communications Commission passed an NFC-enabled Motorola device thought to be the Droid RAZR HD, according to Droid Life. The FCC filing shows that the device, model number XT926, contains an embedded NFC antenna, as well as GSM and WCDMA radios. The filing also shows that the handset was tested for Verizon’s 3G and […]