Thirty five finalists are in the running for 10 Sesames awards that will be presented during the 2008 edition of the CARTES & IDentification show Nov. 4-6 in Paris. At first there were 233 entrants, but the field has been cut to 35. It’s a field which features some of the top names in the […]

Looking for an identity card application without all the bells and whistles? INSIDE Contactless may have just the thing. Anticipating the need for faster, lighter-weight versions of so-called ICAO-compliant identity chips, microprocessor producer INSIDE has announced what it calls “ICAO-Lite” applications. With faster read times and lighter memory options than standard ICAO solutions, such as […]

While Harvard’s new contactless student ID cards get high marks for the university’s forward thinking, the school’s student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson, panned the cards for creating a high frustration level. The reason? It’s hard to find the “sweet spot” on the reader that opens doors. In addition, it was thought students would be able […]

AeroScout Inc., working with VenueSoft, announced that Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum is using AeroScout’s Wi-Fi-based Active RFID solution to manage safety at events. Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum and ORACLE Arena are home to the Oakland Athletics, Oakland Raiders and Golden State Warriors, as well as other sporting events, concerts and family shows. It has a capacity of […]

Murcia University in southeast Spain, has tapped HID Global’s iCLASS technology to record its students who use the university’s bus system to travel around the university or between its two campuses. The existing procedure required bus drivers to hand-count passengers and cross-reference that information to the number of cards sold. Drivers also needed to remember […]

The United States, the largest payment card market in the world, will be the featured country during the 23rd edition of CARTES & Identification Nov. 4 through Nov. 6 in Paris. The country has adopted contactless payments as well as secure identity programs such as the 13 million Common Access Cards that have already been […]

More than 200 Southwest Airlines pilots will participate in a biometric screening program at Baltimore Washington International Airport over the next two months. The SecureScreen program is using biometric and identification technology from Chicago-based Priva Technologies. Southwest pilots participating in SecureScreen undergo enrollment using Priva’s Cleared Security Platform, which stores their fingerprints, photograph, and other […]

The Smart Card Alliance Physical Access Council has announced new officers and steering committee and upcoming projects for the next year. Upcoming activities include a white paper on interoperable identity credentials for the air transport industry, recommendations for enhanced Wiegand message formats to support FIPS 201-related implementations, and an in-person council session at the Smart […]

Following rigorous testing of its biometric products such as flash drives, time clocks and mice, Avalon Technology Group (ATG) has been chosen by Biometric Security Group (BSG) to distribute their products to the Gulf Region in the mid east. BSG’s partners in the region are among the largest IT companies in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE […]

Idesco has introduced an EPC reader intended for use in cheaper applications. The new passive UHF reader enables longer read ranges of lower cost, passive identifiers, enabling identification applications for vehicles, logistic systems and access control. The Idesco EPC reader can work with one external and one internal antenna. Both antennas can transmit and receive […]