Magellan Technology recently appointed CES (Creative Electronics and Software Inc), a dedicated US based electronics turn key manufacturer and distribution facility, to manufacture Magellan’s full line of Phase Jitter Modulation (PJM) RFID reader products in the United States. The demand for Magellan’s unique range of RFID products from US customers has now reached a level […]

Modern-day employees hard-pressed for time can now get CompTIA RFID+ Certification online, thanks to Dallas-based OTA Training’s new Web curriculum. RFID on the Web provides 12 self-directed learning Modules of comprehensive, flash animated e-Learning content based on a real RFID implementation project, according to OTA’s Robert Sabella, CEO and founder. Students learn RFID ‘Best Practices’ […]

A multi-city NFC trial launched this week in Memphis, Tennessee and Jackson, Mississippi thanks to Cellular South. About 75 of the wireless operator’s customers will use a Kyocera phone to make payments at 50-plus merchant locations and vending machines. The trial will run through August 2007 “with an anticipated widespread consumer roll-out of WirelessWallet in […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Six colleges, located around Boston’s famous Fenway Park, have something in common besides their affinity for the Boston Red Sox. Their student campus cards can be used interchangeably among the six schools. It took a consortium to make that happen, as well as a card company with the technology and […]

Sirit has been notified that it will continue to supply the Transportation Corridor Agencies (“TCA”) in Southern California with RFID technology for the toll collections. The company reports that the three year contract is expected to generate US$10.6 million. Sirit Selected for US$10.6M Renewal Toll Contract TORONTO, June 7 /CNW/ – Sirit Inc. (TSX: SI), […]

A multi-city NFC trial launched this week in Memphis, Tennessee and Jackson, Mississippi thanks to Cellular South. About 75 of the wireless operator’s customers will use a Kyocera phone to make payments at 50-plus merchant locations and vending machines. The trial will run through August 2007 “with an anticipated widespread consumer roll-out of WirelessWallet in […]

BIO-key International, Inc. announced that the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has included BIO-key’s Vector Segment Technology® (VST) fingerprint software in their listing of approved products as part of the GSA’s FIPS 201 Evaluation Program (GSA FIPS 201 APL). BIO-key’s VST software enables ANSI-INCITS 378 template generation and matching and can be easily integrated into […]

A leading logistics operator on Southeast Asia will use Secured Digital Applications’ RFID-based automatic tracking “solution” for containers and pallets. Though the company’s press announcement (released this morning online) did not include the name of the logistics operator client, plans are in place so the system will be implemented in the client’s warehouses and vehicle […]

BIO-key International successfully launched its biometric identification solution, protecting patient’s medical records at The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates (MFA) in Washington, D.C. BIO-key’s patented VST software enables MFA physicians and resident physicians-in-training to quickly and accurately log into their TouchWorks™ Electronic Health Record from Allscripts without needing to remember passwords. Current practice at […]

Liska Biometry has recently received FIPS 201 approval from the US Federal Government for its suite of DCS5000 image capture platforms that use a standardized digital camera. Also, the Company has received FIPS approval for its Facial Recognition Middleware. The suite is also capable of producing International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) compliant portraits. Liska’s FIPS-approved […]