Charlottesville, Va.-based Privaris introduced a new biometric token that enables logical and physical access with one device. The plusID 75 uses Bluetooth technology to secure access to personal computers. A user presses a button on the token, slides their finger over the swipe fingerprint scanner, and are then able to login to their PC. The […]

Austria’s biggest private hospital chain, the ‘Barmherzige Brüder,’ is to begin using biometric fingerprinting to control access to IT systems. The biometric solution is delivered by Siemens IT Solutions and Services. The company has integrated its ID Center software into the Citrix-based Hospital Information System and installed PC mice with a sensor. Siemens provides the […]

In a move that has some people shouting “Big Brother,” Microsoft has applied for a new patent for a system that can track a worker’s productivity, physical wellbeing and competence. The Microsoft patent details a “unique monitoring system” that includes wireless sensors that read heart rate, galvanic skin response, EMG, brain signals, respiration rate, body […]

Alien Technology today announced the expansion of its RFID deployment within well-known sour cream manufacturer Daisy Brand’s distribution centers in Texas and Arizona. For Daisy, which has been using RFID to track goods since 2005, the RFID expansion in 2008 includes the installation of the new Alien ALR9900 enterprise-class readers at distribution centers in Casa […]

TAGSYS, a maker of item-level RFID infrastructure products, today announced the Medio(TM) L400 – which it calls the industry’s first self-diagnostic and self-correcting long-range HF RFID reader. TAGSYS also announced that the Medio L400 will be compatible with the highly-anticipated, next-generation, high-performance EPCglobal RFID standard-HF Version 2 (V2)-via a simple firmware upgrade. TAGSYS Announces Intelligent […]

VidSys has partnered with On-Net Surveillance Systems (OnSSI) to create a physical security management solution that enables customers to more effectively investigate and handle security events in real time. OnSSI’s IP Video Surveillance System Management Solution is a suite of products running on a single platform that allows security professionals to identify incidents, notify and […]

Ingram Micro, Inc. will work with Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. to distribute the Fujitsu biometric login interface products for Novell® eDirectory™ and Novell Access Manager. The contract covers distribution in the United States and its territories. Fujitsu Microelectronics and 123ID, Inc. have developed biometric login solutions to allow database users access to Novell eDirectory applications […]

Catcher Holdings, Inc. announced several organizations that supply products and integration services to the US Department of Defense and to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have begun accepting shipments of Catcher’s recently introduced CATCHER® Grizzly (“Grizzly”) product line. The Grizzly, which was previously called by its internal product name of version 2.0, joins the […]

e-Smart® Technologies announces that in December 2007, the Company completed manufacture and testing of its next generation superthin polyimide flexible circuit biometric card. The name of the new card is “i am.”™ The new “i am”™ Super Smart Cards are made with a super adhesion technology and a superthin polyimide flexible circuit that is produced […]

Tel Aviv-based Visonic Technologies has released an All Weather Asset Tracking Tag, the news site UsingRFID.com reported earlier. The “robust” device, for tagging and monitoring heavy industrial mobile assets, has significantly reduced the needed infrastructure by greatly increasing the tag’s radio range, according to Visonic. It is capable of communicating using a number of standard […]