As hordes of commuters zoom through the ticket gates of Taipei’s mass rapid transit system, some wave a piece of plastic over the turnstile’s built-in sensor pad, while others simply tilt their bags or wallets toward it. It takes only 0.4 seconds for the sensor to detect the proximity chip embedded in their smart cards, […]

FreedomPay and Bank of America have generated considerable interest with the QuickWave program. The fall of 2002 saw the launch of a QuickWave pilot program by Bank of America near its Charlotte, North Carolina headquarters. The QuickWave program pilot involves 15 downtown restaurants and shops, bank-installed equipment and about 10,000 Bank of America employees. Participants […]

The use of biometrics in conjunction with contactless smart cards is certainly high on many lists of security goals–but it has been a goal that is costly, time consuming, and technology-intensive to attain. With the development of the bioCLASS product line, Irvine, California-based HID is taking steps to change all that. “The bioCLASS reader is […]

At the occasion of the Cartes & IT Security Show 2002, SAGEM introduces the MORPHOACCESS 220, a biometric terminal providing the possibility to identify fingerprints and contactless smartcards at the same time: when the card holder puts his/her finger on the optical sensor, the system’s algorithms match the captured fingerprint against the templates stored on the […]

IDenticard, a leading producer of biometric security identification, asset tracking and access control systems, and Bioscrypt Inc., a leading provider of advanced fingerprint technology, announced today they are working together to meet the growing worldwide demand for the increased security provided by coupling smart cards with biometrics. These industry leaders have paired IDenticard’s IDentiSMART(TM) family […]

ROCHESTER, N.Y. and TORONTO, Oct. 9 /CNW/ – Lenel(R)Systems International, Inc. and Bioscrypt Inc. announced today the availability of a new family of fully integrated fingerprint biometrics solutions for facility access control. Called Bioscrypt OnGuard, the new line up integrates Bioscrypt’s awarding-winning fingerprint biometrics technology and Veri-Series readers with Lenel’s OnGuard Total Security Knowledge Management […]

If you utilize your campus card for access control, there is a good chance that you have heard the term Weigand (pronounced wee-gand). Typically, it is used in the context of “Weigand output,” “Weigand standard,” “Weigand encoding,” or “Weigand numbering scheme.” And more than likely, it has made the people on your campus responsible for […]

TORONTO, ON and IRVINE, CA, May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – HIDCorporation and Bioscrypt Inc. (TSE: BYT) today jointly unveiled a practical and affordable new solution for access control that combines the high security of biometrics with a new generation of recently announced contactless smart cards from HID called iCLASS. Bioscrypt, the world’s leading provider of fingerprint-based […]

General Meters takes pride in its single vendor single database integrated identification, access and vending modules which include more standard report capabilities than those found in most competitive product offerings. Currently, thirteen individually available departmental/auxiliary modules designed to meet virtually every identification, access and vending related need on campus are available. Modules are available separately […]