Wireless Dynamics Inc. is introducing the SDiD Card, the first RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Reader/Writer SD (Secure Digital) Card in the industry. Users can now utilise their Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) and Smartphones as portable RFID terminals. Applications include reading and writing RFID tags for the health-care, pharmaceutical, retail logistics, and other industries. RFID tag […]

New security management software from IR Security and Safety’s Electronic Control Systems will It view, acknowledge and secure alarms, define an unlimited number of alarm conditions, send alarms to pre-defined workstations in order of priority, and email recipients, the company recently announced. New Software Provides Multiple Security Application Supervision FORESTVILLE, Conn. – IR Security & […]

Recognition Systems’ biometric fingerprint readers in the Fingerkey DX series have passed national Underwriter Laboratories and Canadian National Standard requirements for access control systems, the company recently announced. Fingerprint Scanners Meet Rigorous UL, Canadian and British Quality Standards CAMPBELL, CALIF. – Recognition Systems, the biometric component of Ingersoll-Rand’s (IR) Security & Safety Electronic Control Systems, […]

It takes just the palm of their hands for Members of Eastern Financial Florida Credit Union in south Florida to access their safety deposit boxes via a new Recognition Systems solution. The boxes are more secure, yet access can be gained in under a second. HandKey Units Provide Secure, Attendant-Free Access to Safe Deposit Box […]

The Food and Drug Administration today announced that SurgiChip, a revolutionary RFID solution that uses RFID printer/encoders and labels from Zebra Technologies, has been cleared for marketing. The system embeds and prints information on an RFID “smart” label that travels with the patient into surgery to help prevent errors. Viewed as another vital safeguard to […]

In the following Q&A section, key biometric concepts are presented to accompany the article titled, “Bolt-on biometrics.” What are biometrics? Under the broadest definition, any measurable characteristic or behavior that can be used to establish identity. What is registration/enrollment? The process of measuring a biometric and associating it with an individual. What do they mean […]

Whether viewed as sci-fi, Orwellian, or other, most observers agree our day-to-day use of biometrics will increase rapidly over the next few years. On campus, the reality is that biometric implementations are likely even more immediate. That means you should get involved, or at least pay attention. Here are three examples for biometric implementations that […]

A private Wisconsin pre-K-12 academy has opted for biometric hand readers to regulate school access for its students, faculty, staff, and parents. The Recognition Systems’ hand readers automatically take a three-dimensional reading of the size and shape of a hand and verify the user’s identity in less than one second. Academy Considers Security Top Priority/HandReader […]

IR Recognition Systems biometric HandReaders, which take a three-dimensional reading of the size and shape of a hand and can verify the user’s identity in less than one second, are checking employee identities at San Francisco Airport before allowing them access to restricted areas. Homeland Security Initiative – Airport TSA Contractor Uses Biometric Technology to […]

RFID News is reprinting the CASPIAN weekly newsletter as it is not regularly available on the web and may be of interest to readers. The newsletter does not represent the views of RFID News editorial staff. CASPIAN NEWSLETTER, 09/06/04: Major US Retailers going to RFID Consumer privacy and RFID newsletter Edited by Katherine Albrecht (filling […]