Dates: December 6-8, 2006 Venue: Crystal City Double Tree Location: Washington, DC URL: www.intertechusa.com/biometrics Contact: Peter H. Cheesman, [email protected] Description: Co-chaired by Terry Hartmann, Director, Secure Identification & Biometrics – Unisys; Grant Evans, CEO – A4 Vision; Scott Carr, Executive Vice President – Digimarc; and Benjamin Brink, Assistant Public Printer at the U.S. Government Printing […]

Part of the AVISIAN Publishing Expert Panel series to be published throughout December 2006 Read Winkelman, The CBORD Group, Inc. Video cameras are becoming increasingly common on college campuses. It is now estimated that more than half of junior high and high school students attend a school with one or more security cameras. We are […]

The Win CE-based handheld reader from TTI now handles iCLASS credentials from HID. The device can read/write to iCLASS and standard issue contact smart cards, read biometric fingerprint data, and enable for secure validation of cards. The built-in Secure Access Module (SAM) handles digital keys and the GSM/GPRS module provides mobile high-speed data transfer and […]

Whether you’re using gift cards, riding roller coasters, or buying a fast food meal, cashless payments are hot. So hot, in fact, that GO SmarTTender RFID gateway, a payment gateway and transaction processor, scored a “Best New Product” award at the recent IAAPA Expo in Atlanta. The product enhances the guest experience (current Proximities clients […]

QI Systems, a developer of goods that facilitate contact and contactless payment and more, on Tuesday announced the appointment of Donny V. Lee to Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Lee formerly served as CEO and Chairman of Applied Wireless Identifications Group (AWID), a company he founded in 1997. QI Systems Inc. Appoints First CTO; Donny V. […]

In “Round B” of funding for the biometrics startup, CellMax, the company was able to raise $2 million to further advance its proprietary VioMetric technology. This, after collecting $1.3 million in the first round of funding. Innovative voice biometrics start-up CellMax Systems announced the closing of $2 million in Round “B” funding from US private […]

Utah has tapped secure identity solutions provider Digimarc to produce the state’s new more secure driver’s licenses aimed at reducing counterfeiting. The five-year contract will also help Utah comply with the new Real ID Act. Beaverton, Ore.–Digimarc Corporation announced a five-year contract with the Utah Department of Public Safety Driver License Division that includes newly […]

Ekahau Inc., a provider of Wi-Fi-based real-time location systems (RTLS), today introduced the Ekahau Positioning Engine (EPE) 4.0, a major upgrade of Ekahau’s server software that features faster and more accurate location tracking capabilities than its predecessor. It’s a solution, say some, that is ideal for RFID applications. “Our strong partner relationship has resulted in […]

Precision Dynamics Corporation, which makes smart wristband applications targeting waterpark venues and patrons at resorts, will show its wares at the Atlanta, Ga., International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions conference next week. Great Wolf Lodge, a family resort with an indoor waterpark entertainment area, currently uses the bands in two locations – Pocono Mountains, […]

On Track Innovations and VeriFone demonstrated their new reader systems at CARTES in Paris that will allow an easy upgrade to contactless payment technology for retailers using existing VeriFone systems. Solution Targets VeriFone V(x) 510 and V(x) 610 Payment Systems FORT LEE, N.J.– On Track Innovations Ltd, (OTI) announced that together with VeriFone Holdings, Inc. […]