Students taking the Medical College Admission Test will have to produce a fingerprint to prove they are who they say they are. The BIO-key International fingerprint verification procedure will be used by members of the Association of American Medical Colleges who administer some 70,000 MCAT exams yearly. BIO-key’s Fingerprint Identification reduces check-in time and assures […]

“The badges–which are encoded with an identification number and law enforcement agency number specific to the division–work in conjunction with Blackinton’s Enforcement Identification (Eid) software, which validates badges and verifies the wearer and tracks information on each badge in a department’s inventory. So far, three departments–the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the Brookline, Mass., Police Department, […]

Tackling a 600 fpm conveyor at 10 feet per second, you better have a plan The situation: Armed with one RFID reader and four antennas, we had to figure out how to get a 100% read rate on tagged items as they moved along a conveyor. At first it seemed that the typical ‘box’ design […]

Back-room alliances, sleepless nights and billions at stake (This article originally ran in the May 2005 issue of RFIDOperations) By Dann Anthony Maurno, Contributing Editor RFIDOperations Until Sept. 10, 2003, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology had been nurturing the technology called Radio Frequency Identification. MIT’s Auto ID Center was a coalition of nearly 100 companies […]

Saflink has announced a partnership with identity management solutions provider ImageWare Systems, allowing Saflink’s SureAccess to integrate with ImageWare’s secure identification software development kit. Through the partnership, organizations such as ports and airports will be able to use both solutions to implement and manage custom credentialing systems. Comprehensive Offering Enables Organizations to Easily Deploy and […]

The Iowa Department of Transportation recently completed deployment of a Digimarc system that produces driver licenses with an embedded digital watermark to increase security. The new system also allows for instant issuance. The Real ID Act-compliant system includes upgrades in hardware, software, camera equipment, and a modular-component architecture supporting 123 Iowa issuing locations. New Secure […]

Cross Match Technologies has released its PIV One, which will allow federal agencies to create biometric personal identity records of employees and contractors. The records can then be converted into an Electronic Fingerprint Transmission Specification and submitted to the FBI for background checks. New Biometric Identity Solution Provides Secure, Reliable Form of Identification for Federal […]

Precise Biometrics has received an extension of last year’s contact that will lead to the eventual delivery of national ID cards to Thailand’s 64 million citizens. The 2005 order for 12 million cards was successfully completed with production of the biometrics-based Precise Match-on-Card. LUND, SWEDEN – Precise Biometrics AB, a Swedish company that develops and […]

The Smart Card Alliance is sponsoring a live demonstration of an end-to-end FIPS 201 identity management system process during the ISC West 2006 conference in Las Vegas April 5-7. The demo will cover enrollment, registration, printing, issuance, activation and use of a PIV card. Las Vegas– U.S. government agencies and federal contractors working toward compliance […]

Lenel OpenCard Readers are now compliant with U.S. Government FIPS 201 Medium Level Assurance requirements, and also support backward compatibility with Lenel Prox cards, thanks to its private label OEM agreement that now allows XceedID multi-technology readers to be produced under the Lenel name. Golden, CO and Rochester, NY– XceedID Corp. and Lenel Systems International […]