The American Civil Liberties Union today urged Virginia not to become the first state in the nation to place radio frequency identification (RFID) chips in its driver’s licenses. “Until now, the controversy over RFID tags has focused on Wal-Mart and other retail applications,” said Chris Calabrese, Program Counsel of the ACLU’s Technology and Liberty Project. […]

INSIDE Contactless has begun shipping its ISO 14443B and 15693 compliant Picopass for Singapore’s train network. The Picopass also comes with read and write functions, a secure credit and debit counter, and enough memory to store multi-applications and ID photos, data records and biometric templates. Picopass good for single-trip use in Singapore’s train network Aix-en-Provence, […]

ACG Identification GmbH has developed a dual, high-speed ISO 14443 A and B compatible RFID reader, one of the few readers interoperable with nearly all available RFID transponder solutions. The new reader comes in three flavors–from just the basics for those customers who want to design their own readers to those needing a ready-to-use out-of-the-box […]

“As RFID technology becomes more advanced, they warn, it could allow both the tracking of books borrowed by a reader and the tracking of the reader via his library books. This could permit the government or other interested parties to compile a list of readers who have checked out books on particular topics – a […]

“But widespread ‘item-level’ tagging may actually happen much sooner–more a question of when, not if–discussions here at a radio frequency identification (RFID) conference indicate. Pharmaceutical companies are gearing up to slap tags on individual packages of certain prescription drugs within the next three years, under a mandate from the Food and Drug Administration, according to […]

Evan Bontemps is the President and CEO of Exavera Technologies Incorporated How will RFID overcome the barriers that have prevented the adoption of barcodes and electronic medical records? The healthcare IT market is looking to upgrade their existing paper-based paradigm to the electronic medical record. To cross the technology chasm, the IT departments must include […]

The FDA report on counterfeit drugs has only been out for seven months and already at least one group has stepped forward to show that a “track and trace” method of tracking drugs is feasible. On Sept. 28, a group managed by Accenture released its first report on utilizing EPC and RFID technologies across the […]

“Speaking today at a conference, top DOD officials said they would like to eventually use RFID systems to not only manage the department’s supply chain but also gather precise information about the deterioration of parts such as Humvee tires in sustained combat operations.” And later, “FDA officials called on pharmaceutical manufacturers in February to apply […]

After successful trials in Orlando and Dallas, MasterCard’s PayPass is ready for national prime time with one of the nation’s largest restaurant chains helping to kick off the rollout. Participating McDonald’s restaurants in Dallas and the New York metropolitan area will implement MasterCard PayPass later this year, with additional locations to be added in 2005. […]

In addition to Secure ID News, AVISIAN Inc. produces three other ID technology publications. Contactless News focuses on the use of radio frequency identification technology in access control, transit, and payment arenas. CR80 News covers the use of all types of identification technologies in closed systems such as college and corporate campuses. And RFID News […]