Click to see full size image. The 3M Confirm laminate that will protect the new licenses and IDs in Montana contains a floating image so that it appears both above and below the card’s data depending on the viewing direction. It provides both overt features to make it easy for police officers, bankers and others […]

Biometric Intelligence & Identification Technologies, a biometric technology provider, has filed for a patent on a mobile, wireless handheld iris scanner. The new device, called MORIS for Mobile Offender Recognition and Information System, is immediately intended for use by law enforcement agencies as a means of quickly identifying someone in custody. MORIS is software that […]

MasterCard has reached an agreement with Obopay Inc. to offer an on-demand person-to-person mobile payment service in the United States. The service, offered via MasterCard MoneySend, will enable MasterCard issuers to provide a mobile payments service to their MasterCard cardholders on all credit, debit and prepaid MasterCard-branded products. The new Mobile MasterCard MoneySend Person-to-Person service […]

Hong Kong-based Advanced Card Systems Ltd. provided two days of Smart Card Technology Training to students at the Information Technology Services Centre of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The training took place at the headquarter of ACS, and ACS’ Chief Technical Officer, Keng Boon Tan was the trainer. The university, founded in 1963, has […]

Gonzaga University trials phone-based payments on campus and around town By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor College students can be ideal test subjects for new technology, particularly if it’s “cool.” While programs testing near field communication are cropping up worldwide, until now the use of cell phones as a payment mechanism has rarely included colleges. Even […]

The new University of Wisconsin- Madison’s Wiscard has a new look as well as new features simplifying life for students, faculty and staff by enabling them to performing four functions in one card. The new card will serve as a campus photo ID, be used for building access, and work as a debit and meal […]

bioMETRX’ MasterLock smartTOUCH garage door opener was named best in class and the most reliable biometric garage door opener after testing in an independent lab. The testing was conducted by Good Housekeeping’s Research Institute. “bioMETRX was aware that Good Housekeeping was performing tests on our GDO product, but we didn’t expect the tests to include […]

Tacoma, Wash.-based Sagem Morpho received the “Best Biometric Identification Technology” award for its MorphoFace Investigate (MFI) system. Sagem’s MFI is a facial recognition application including case evidence management, biometric matching and forensic evaluation tools for investigative and crime solving tasks. “MorphoFace Investigate received the Best Biometric Technology award for its ability to work with degraded […]

Forty-one law enforcement agencies across the State of Maine will use iris recognition biometrics to assist in identifying and locating missing children. The system was developed by Biometric Intelligence & Identification Technologies (BI2 Technologies) of Plymouth, Mass. The Child Project is a nationwide network and registry that enables law enforcement and social service agencies to […]

Since January 2006, the IRIS (Iris Recognition Immigration System) automated biometric border crossing systems delivered to the United Kingdom by Sagem Sécurité has successfully identified more than one million passengers. The identification systems are used for the automated ID checks of pre-enrolled travelers at borders and use iris recognition to ensure frequent travelers a fast, […]