EarthSearch Communications, East Coast Diversified Corporation’s RFID and GPS division announced launch of its latest product integrating RFID and GPS at the hardware level, called TrailerSeal. A mechanical, battery-powered, reusable padlock, TrailerSeal provides an all in one solution with embedded with RFID, GPS, and GPRS for remote container tracking. The embedded RFID allows shippers to […]

The University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. has deployed an application to make sure only students ride the school’s bus system between its campuses in St. Paul and Minneapolis, says Read Winkelman, vice president of sales at CBORD. The buses are equipped with wireless access control readers that connect to access control panels […]

The National Thermal Power Corporation, India, has deployed RFID technology to improve operational efficiency, as well as plant security and productivity in many of its upcoming projects, according to PC Quest. Using a combination of RFID technology and the GPRS-based Tracko system, National Thermal is able to track the movement of locomotives which carry coal […]

Starting next summer, music festivals in the UK will go entirely cashless, according to which4u.co.uk. The new payment method will most likely involve preloaded contactless wristbands, which will act as both tickets to the event and as contactless payment devices, allowing concert goers to purchase concessions, merchandise and gain access to fairground attractions. Two “well […]

Hawk Systems, a developer of fingerprint authentication technology, has announced a new offering that would require a fingerprint to start a car called SECUREPASSTM System Vehicle Identification System. The hope of Hawk Systems is that this new biometric solution will help with preventing car thefts by only enabling authorized users to turn over the engine. […]

idOnDemand and Ingersoll Rand have partnered to enable smart card technology and secure identity development. This effort allows small and large businesses the ability to compile the necessary credentials of an individual so that they may access both a physical building or online secure network. The product will not require a separate token to be […]

LEGIC has announced the release of a new contactless locking system, as well as a new partnership with Magna Carta, the Netherland’s largest cashless vendor. Magna Carta is a global supplier of contactless identification solutions for the education, health care, leisure, government and business environment, working in applications such as catering, vending, access control, ticketing, […]

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore recently placed an order with LEGIC Security’s for its CardLink solution to manage access to its campus dorms. Access to the campus’ 6,000 student dormitories will be managed by this new solution, which allows students to obtain their constantly changing access privileges at online reader and then carry it to (offline) […]

Integrated Biometrics was touting its light emitting sensing fingerprint biometrics at the ISC West show. Jim Seaborn, vice president of business development at Integrated Biometrics, talked about how the technology uses a different type of fingerprint sensor that is resistant to “spoofing,” or using a fake biometric to fool a scanner. “The light emitting sensing […]

Mark Allen, marketing manager at Kaba, discusses the advantages of the company’s wireless locks for physical access control. “It’s the ability to give the customer the same functionality you have in an online system without having to run any wires to the door saving time and money and giving the end user the same functionality,” […]