Lost among the countless articles announcing the launch of US-VISIT’s next phase today, was a little gem from IBM. They have a version of their T42 ThinkPad that includes a fingerprint reader. Another sweep sensor, actually. It was debatable as to whether this was even worth mentioning because the original press release is lost somewhere […]

“Pickberry Vineyards, a 30-acre, family-run business in the Sonoma Valley in northern California, is not the usual sort of customer for what multinational technology consulting firm Accenture has to offer. Pickberry was more than happy, though, to serve as a guinea pig for the innovative wireless viticulture system that Accenture associate partner Bill Westerman was […]

Labcal Technologies will be using Bioscrypt’s one-to-one fingerprint matching algorithm in its SmartPrint Mobile Checker, a wireless, handheld authentication unit used to read data from contactless, secure personal identification smart cards. New Solution Extends Bioscrypt-on-Board Enterprise Solutions to Include Handheld Authentication Device TORONTO, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Bioscrypt Inc., a leading provider of identity verification […]

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 […]

A new handheld reader is likely to make the wish list of every well-equipped security provider. Not only will it handle biometrics (fingerprints), it will also read smart cards, contactless cards, and even traditional mag stripes and bar codes. Judges at ISC West in Las Vegas, Nevada, in April were so impressed with Datastrip’s DSVII-SC […]

“Cypak AB, a company developing radio frequency identification, processing and communication technology applications, has received 30 million Swedish Krona (about $4 million) from the Swedish Industrial Development Fund and IT Provider, a venture capital group. While other RFID companies have pursued RFID sensors working with fixed infrastructure, Cypak wants to embed RF powered microcontrollers in […]

“[Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs’] Radio Frequency Identity and Geometry (RFIG) system consists of a hand-held projector that shines dynamic images onto physical objects of the user’s preference, and radio frequency identification tags augmented with photosensors, which identify objects for the projector. Radio frequency identification tags contain tiny, inexpensive chips that are read using radio waves. […]

At its facility in Quantico, Virginia, the U.S. Marine Corps is conducting a biometric test that could be a precursor to the use of biometrics on the Department of Defense’s Common Access Card. Bioscrypt’s V-Smart iClass access control reader will be used to tighten access in high-secure areas and to examine the benefits of implementing […]

Cypak AB, a leading developer of low cost computing technologies, will be demonstrating its latest innovations at CeBIT 2004 in Germany. The Swedish technology company has created the world s first disposable paperboard computer by integrating innovative microelectronics and printable sensors into paperboard. Cypak will demonstrate this unique technology in the product form of intelligent […]