At Indiana’s Fort Wayne International Airport will use fingerprint biometric readers from Bioscrypt to secure access to key facilities. Fort Wayne is the latest in a series of airports in the U.S. and abroad looking to biometric technologies–either combined with a card technology or standalone–to increase security levels and monitor access. Bioscrypt’s Finger Scan Technology […]

Katherine Albrecht is the Founder and Director of Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering (CASPIAN) What factors have contributed to the news media’s negative portrayal of RFID technology? By its very nature, RFID technology is disturbing to people. According to Procter & Gamble research published in January 2003, 78% of people surveyed respond negatively […]

Reader Infrastructure Investments Today Not Obsolete with Future Standards DALLAS, TX (April 21, 2004) – With the development of radio frequency identification (RFID) 13.56 MHz standards, end users for smart label, payment, transit, access control, logical access and other proximity communication applications expect that their RFID infrastructure be fully interoperable, allowing them to use tags […]

Mobile Identity Verification Solution Honored by Security Industry AssociationEXTON, Penn., April 6 /PRNewswire/ – Datastrip’s DSVII-SC (Smart Card Edition), a handheld contact/contactless ID card and passport reader with an integrated fingerprint sensor for matching a live fingerprint to a stored biometric template, was recognized as the best new biometric product of the year in the […]

 TUALATIN, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 29, 2004–Digimarc Corporation (Nasdaq:DMRC) today announced the availability of Digimarc IDMarc-certified scanner devices from SYSCAN, Inc. (HK: 8083) as a means to positively authenticate driver licenses that incorporate Digimarc IDMarc(TM) security features. Digimarc IDMarc is a covert, machine-readable digital watermark that transforms portraits and artwork on identity documents into interlocking digital security […]

Move Positions TransCore to Deliver End-to-End Visibility Solutions in Homeland Security, Fleet and Supply Chain Markets TransCore, the largest global manufacturer of transportation-based RFID products deployed in applications such as electronic toll collection and SMART border crossings, announces the purchase of satellite tracking, monitoring and global positioning system (GPS) technology assets from Ottawa-based Vistar Telecommunications, […]

CNW Telbec “Med-ic eCAP(TM) is a programmable RFID reminder and monitoring solution that tracks medication usage without active patient input. It consists of IMC’s Med-ic(TM) RFID “smart” sensor embedded in a RCIL’s bottle closure. Med- ic eCAP(TM) can easily be programmed to remind the patient when the next dose is due and records the time […]

DALLAS, March 8 /PRNewswire/ – In its recently launched RFID Future Lab, Wincor Nixdorf is demonstrating how radio frequency identification (RFID) technology can improve the management of goods within the retail supply chain, while also improving customer service by personalizing the shopping experience and streamlining the payment process. Working with Texas Instruments RFid Systems, a […]

Canadian Crown Corporation Moving Forward With Biometric Security TORONTO, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – After a competitive bid process, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) has chosen ACME~Future Security Controls to develop a comprehensive solution for the operational trials of CATSA’s restricted area identification card (RAIC) project to improve security at Canadian airports. ACME~Future Security […]

Citing privacy concerns, hearings held in California late last year could lead to regulations that would slow the development of contactless technology in the U.S. Although the hearings were aimed at regulating how retailers use RFID sensors for inventory control or at points of sale, any future regulations could end up impacting all uses of […]