Ford Motor Company’s new concept car offers a glimpse at the auto company’s vision of the family car of the future. What does America’s least financially-troubled car maker envision the family of the near future requiring? RFID technology, among other things. The Transit Connect Family One concept has an RFID-enabled computer in the dashboard, enabling […]

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has unveiled a health ID card through partnerships with EXTENSION Inc. and TrustBearer Labs. This system has been deployed at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City with the issuance of the first G&D patient health cards on April 1. EXTENSION Health Connect provides patient identification and information exchange. It […]

Dates: September 22 – 24, 2009 Location: Tampa, Florida Venue: Tampa Convention Center URL: http://www.biometrics.org/bc2009/ Contact: http://www.biometrics.org/bc2009/contacts.php Description: One of the leading Biometric conferences, BC2009 will address the important role that biometrics can play in the identification and verification of individuals in government and commercial applications worldwide. The conference is open to the general public. […]

Blackboard has released a free application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that enables students to access course information wherever and whenever they wany. Students accustomed to logging in to their institution’s Blackboard Learn platform every day can now tap in to mobile learning opportunities by receiving updates and alerts on grades, assignments, tests and […]

The NFC Forum, a non-profit association created to advance the use of NFC technology, has selected 20 finalists from 52 entrants in its Global Competition 2009 awards. Entries represented 21 countries and four continents. More than half of the 20 finalists are from two countries, Finland, with seven, and Germany, with four. Developers in a […]

The school’s Mobile Experience Lab explores the future of life with the mobile handset Most trials of near field communication have involved payment applications at the neighborhood department store, restaurant or transit agency. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge took a different tact, however, attempting to illustrate the many other ways NFC could be […]

The Smart Card Alliance will present a workshop on NFC-enabled mobile payments and applications at International CTIA WIRELESS 2009, Friday April 3rd from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Room N262 (North Hall, Level 2). The session is designed to give attendees an understanding of the technology and security […]

By Andy Williams, Associate Editor Television shows like HBO’s The Wire and Homicide: Life on the Street depict Baltimore as a gritty city. While the shows are fiction, crime is a real concern and Johns Hopkins University is testing a system that detects gunshots in an effort to help keep the campus safe. The gunshot […]

Atsec explains how every end user of security technology benefits NIST, the GSA, and a series of international bodies may set the standards for ID technologies, but who ensures that the products we use are following them? Atsec information security is an independent, standards-based IT security consulting and evaluation services company with global reach. Testing […]

System demonstrations available in D.C.-area March 2-6 AOptix Technologies Inc. will roll out its first iris-at-a-distance product next week in Washington. The Campbell, Calif.-based company is holding an open house in Crystal City, Va. to demonstrate the product to system integrators, consultants, end users and the media. AOptix is a Silicon Valley startup founded by […]