The Thrifty Scot reports that credit card customers would be able to track debt as it happens if this new invention ends up on the market. It is a contactless credit card designed by Jacob Palmborg that shows customers their financial status before making a purchase. Customers could link it to any of their accounts, […]

The 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron recently activated an entry system at a deployed location that will help make operations there safer and more secure. When a person attempts to enter the base, the system scans his or her ID card and handprint. The handprint must match the ID card holder’s handprint for that person […]

The Biometrics Consortium, a leading industry group, defines biometrics as “automated methods of recognizing a person based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic. Among the features measured are; face, fingerprints, hand geometry, handwriting, iris, retinal, vein, and voice. Biometric technologies are becoming the foundation of an extensive array of highly secure identification and personal verification […]

Carnegie Mellon University will be collaborating with the National Biometric Security Project to develop advanced biometric technologies. The collaboration will focus on identifying and resolving new biometric challenges, developing and distributing reports about biometric-related topics, and conducting technology testing and evaluation. PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University and the National Biometric Security Project (NBSP) have announced a memorandum […]

Support for the iCLASS® contactless technology from HID is expected to be available (Q2 2007) in the SmartCity® smart card offering from SmartCentric Technologies. According to SmartCentric, this will include cashless purchases at POS, vending machines, laundry, printers, and dining as well as both logical access and physical access. The SmartCity platform is used by […]

A Connecticut ID solutions provider is part of a Northrop Grumman team that will provide an Automated Biometric Identification System to the U.S. Department of Defense. The anti-terrorism project will become the biometric repository for 2.4 million finger, face, palm and iris records. STAMFORD, Conn.–L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc., a leading supplier of identity solutions and […]

The SmartCity® multi-application smart card system that drives campus card programs, corporate sites, military installations and other programs now includes a contactless option. Previously based on contact chip cards only, the newest version supports both types and thus, according to CEO Kieran Timmins, “means greater card choices, less hardware and simpler and hence cheaper card […]

Unisys has chosen ImageWare Systems’ Biometric Engine to be part of the company’s Registry and Positive Identification and HSPD-12 solutions at its Center of Excellence in Reston, VA. That will, according to Unisys, better position it to meet the requirements of future programs, including national ID, e-passports and e-visas, among others. SAN DIEGO–ImageWare Systems, Inc., […]

RFID systems provider AXCESS International is slashing prices post-holiday for its comprehensive physical asset management suite. The Asset Activator Compete System with Dual-Active RFID Tags, Infrastructure, Middleware, and Scalable Software automatically churns out location information and inventory, making tracking easier. But is lower pricing a response to low demand? Based on a roundabout-PR-speak explanation, we […]

SmartCentric announced the addition of campus card industry veteran, Carl Painter, to the role of Director of Technical Services. Carl brings more than fifteen years of campus card and ID technology experience to his new role – stretching from early years with Florida State University’s FSUCard program to more recent work with imaging system developer […]