Forget the hassles and time lags associated with traditional card fulfillment … an new vending machine takes applications, dispenses cards or tags, and encodes them for instant use. After nearly three years of development, Accelitec is about to unveil the AcceliStation, the first self-service automated transponder dispenser. AcceliStation looks, and operates, like an ordinary vending […]

In addition to Contactless News, AVISIAN Inc. produces three other ID technology publications. Secure ID News focuses on the use of identification technologies in government and corporate credentialing. CR80 News covers the use of all types of identification technologies in closed systems such as college and corporate campuses. And RFID News explores the emerging use […]

PowerPay’s contactless tag is designed to make it easier for football fans to return to the game quicker. The contactless tag got its start with the Seattle Seahawks last season (see November/December Contactless News), and is now in used in Detroit and Philadelphia as well. Consumers, using the cashless PowerPay fob, can complete a transaction […]

As you may know there are a number of weblog format RFID websites, RFID News amongst them. Some are targeted: RFID Concerns and Tag Blockers both focus on overcoming the social problems to be caused by RFID. The related sites share categories such as “Opposition,” “First Page” and “Advertisement,” and both apparently walk a tightrope […]

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 […]

For those needing to support both contact and contactless cards in the same environments or for those wishing to use contactless in existing PC-based applications, there is a new reader just for you. Omnikey’s CardMan® 5121 supports the major contactless flavors and supports contact chip cards via the standard PC/SC protocols. OMNIKEY Announces Affordable PC-Linked […]

Since we first launched CR80 News three years ago, AVISIAN Inc. has added three additional publications. Two years ago, Contactless News was added to focus on the use of radio frequency identification technology in access control, transit, and payment arenas. This year we added Secure ID News covering the use of all types of identification […]

Intermec Technologies Corporation of Everett, Washington is a part of UNOVA, a $1.1 billion industrial and data services company. Founded in 1966, the company invented the first hand-held order-entry terminal in 1969, and two years later the first portable bar code scanner. Over the next few years the company rolled out the first commercially available […]

Samsung will be deploying Philips’ Near Field Communication chips in its cell phones, opening the door for a wide variety of contact/contactless options, such as allowing users to conduct secure payment transactions, gaining access to public transportation, building access and storing digital rights. Philips and Samsung Join Forces for the Development of New Mobile Devices […]

By Jie Weng, co-founder of ChinaRFID.org In the past two years, RFID has been pushed to the forefront of emerging technologies. IDC predicts that RFID related spending for the U.S. Retail Supply Chain in 2005 will approach $800 million dollars. A key impetus to the widespread adoption of RFID is the standardization efforts originally pushed […]