Episode 144: Implanting an NFC chip
Credential Convergence Takes Hold in Key Industries
Health, finance lead charge to unite PACs and LACS
Ticketless, cashless Lollapalooza
NFC wristbands replace tickets and cash at mega music fest
Non-payment use cases for NFC
Fall 2016 Regarding ID
10 Nov, 2009TORO a Sesame finalist
TORO, a developer for NFC mobile platforms, has had its product AKAMI selected as a finalist for the Sesames Innovation Awards in the mobile category. Akami is a mobile software suite that provides a user management system for the distribution to end-users of NFC services, such as payment, transport, loyalty, tickets, and even marketing, CRM, […]
10 Nov, 2009DeviceFidelity rolls out microSD payment tool
DeviceFidelity Inc. today announced the availability of its patent-pending In2Pay solution, a microSD-based technology that enables any mobile phone with a memory card slot into an contactless transaction device. Compatible with near field communication technology, In2Pay is now for trials with banks, wireless carriers and payment networks, with volume production for commercial deployments in 2010. […]
10 Nov, 2009NFC aims to keep Pakistani children healthy
By Andy Williams, Associate Editor, Avisian Publications Near field communication may be hyped because of its payment abilities, but a health care project in Pakistan is helping save children’s lives and showing the flexibility the technology can enable. Called an Interactive Alerts system, it was designed by NextLab at MIT, Cambridge, Mass. and Interactive Research […]
09 Nov, 2009CARTES event brings world’s ID community to Paris for top notch education and expo
CARTES and IDentification Congress 2009, featuring 1,500 delegates, 240 speakers and 20,000 visitors, will take place in Paris, Nov. 17 though Nov. 19 at the Paris-Nord Villepinte. The 24th edition of CARTES has also added four new areas in addition to the return of most of its normal standbys. Not to be overlooked, however, is […]
09 Nov, 2009G&D rolls out payment sticker
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is providing a completely new form factor for debit cards. Convego Air Mobile is a sticker which enables the user to pay contactlessly. The sticker contains the full functionality of a credit or debit card. Once the foil has been affixed to a cellphone or PDA the device can be used […]
09 Nov, 2009INSIDE partners with loyalty provider
INSIDE Contactless announced it is providing infrastructure components to Taggo, a membership card aggregator and storefront, for a service Taggo will launch in Singapore and other parts of South East Asia early next year. Using ID stickers based on INSIDE’s PicoPass 2KS contactless memory chip, contactless readers based on INSIDE’s M210-2G proximity coupler and INSIDE’s […]
06 Nov, 2009DHS issues enahnced ID cards to 4 Native American Tribes
As part of its Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun issuing RFID-enabled ID cards to four Native American tribes, including the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, the Pascua Yaqui of Arizona, the Seneca Nation of New York, and most recently the 28,000-member Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona. As of June […]
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