Tool hire firm Speedy has partnered with biometric technology developer Human Resources Systems (HRS) in order to create a biometric solution for physical access control on construction sites, according to a Cranes Today article. The solution, called MSite, utilizes either hand geometry or iris recognition in conjunction with full height turnstiles to restrict or allow […]

Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies revealed that its Schlage wireless panel interface module now integrates to Mercury Security access control panels via RS485. With a new protocol, a single Mercury access panel can manage up to 64 Schlage wireless devices including the modular designed AD-Series, which lets users change credential technologies or networking capabilities without removing […]

Databac has announced that it will will be demonstrating a range of contactless and biometric solutions for access control, time & attendance, logical access and asset management at the Salón Internacional de la Seguridad, March 2-5 in Madrid. Among these will be Databac’s line of UHF Gen2 cards, boasting a read range of more than […]

Pilot project enabled bookstore payments via microSD equipped handset At Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg, 120 students and faculty members are using their cell phones to make payments in the campus bookstore. The mobile technology startup, RFinity, developed the secure solution using microSD cards with Near Field Communication capabilities to enable contactless payments with the […]

FST21, an Israel-based developer of biometric solutions, has announced the release of their new multi-factor system called the SafeRise System, which is designed as a physical access control for high-rise, office, multifamily and multi-tenant buildings. SafeRise utilizes facial, voice and behavioral biometrics to authenticate a user’s identity and determine whether or not the individual is […]

West Ashley High School, in Charleston, S.C., is changing the way it handles campus visitors with the installation of a new computer system, reports The Post and Courier. Different from the school’s old method of handling visitors, which was simply flashing your drivers license, the school now uses computerized system to run visitors’ names through […]

Dates: December 7 – 9, 2010 Location: Paris, France Venue: Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center URL: http://www.cartes.com Description: This is the event where decisions are taken on the future directions and on major trends in smartcard and contactless technologies (transactions, telecoms, services, transport). CARTES: The world leading show for banking technologies and e-transactions, with mobile payment […]

Dates: September 21 – 23, 2010 Location: Tampa, FL Venue: Tampa Convention Center URL: http://events.jspargo.com/biometrics10/ or http://www.biometrics.org/ Description: We are pleased to announce that the 2010 Biometric Consortium Conference and Biometric Technology Expo will be held again in the Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL, USA on September 21 – 23, 2010. On-line attendee and housing […]

NuVision Networks, provider of one card system solutions, introduces the Tempest Reader for use in college and university campus card operations. The full touchscreen interface is navigated similar to the iPhone’s swipe interface and use an advanced Web-based design for easy update configurations from anywhere, making it unnecessary to go to each physical machine to […]

atsec information security, a laboratory for the GSA FIPS 201 Evaluation Program which runs a product approval program for PIV-related products, has announced the successful GSA FIPS 201 evaluation of four Codebench products. Codebench is the first company with solutions evaluated for GSA product categories Caching Status Proxy, PIV Authentication System, and CHUID Authentication System. […]