The Security Industry Association (SIA) is taking the lead on privacy protection issues with the release of a 12-item “Privacy Framework.” The Framework was drafted to address privacy concerns related to the recording of video, the collection of personally identifiable information and the use of biometrics, RFID and other security technologies.
HID Global and UPM Raflatac recently announced a worldwide technology license agreement that enables UPM Raflatac to incorporate HID Global’s tamperproof and secure RFID sealing label technology and IP into their contactless product family. UPM Raflatac is the first company to offer HID’s secure RFID sealing solution worldwide.
Security Products magazine, the only integrated product magazine reaching the entire security market, announced the winners of its 2010 New Product of the Year Award at the publication’s premiere Virtual Event today.
Lockheed Martin's Savi Technology has received a Marine Corps order for 50 Portable Deployment Kits (PDKs) to locate, track and manage RFID-tagged supplies anywhere, anytime in support of expeditionary force surges in Afghanistan.
Freshmen and sophomores at Northern Arizona University will soon have extra incentive to go to their classes. Starting with the Flagstaff campus this fall, as a tactic to encourage class attendance, the school will install an RFID system that scans student ID cards in 100- and 200-level classrooms that hold 50 or more students. The system will produce an attendance report for the professor.
- By Sherleen Mahoney
- Jul 01, 2010
Toledo Ticket Company and TransCore have jointly developed an RFID-based hang tag for wireless access control at entry and exit points of parking facilities.
Global electronic hotel lock provider, SAFLOK, has completed its installation at The Townsend Hotel in Michigan.
Despite the economic doldrums which required downward adjustments to ABI Research’s RFID forecasts for 2009 and 2010, the outlook is good for steady growth through the next five years, according to new market data just released by the firm.
When you think RFID in security, you automatically think access control. Access control badges are ubiquitous in enterprise environments for use at entrances and exits in virtually all industries. But there is more to RFID in security applications than going through doors.
- By Bill Nuffer, Leon Chlimper
- Feb 02, 2010
The registration of a filled supermarket trolley directly at the checkout via RFID transponders, without customers having to place all items on the conveyor belt, is, at the moment, still a long way off. The idea of integrating RFID data into video images however has now become a reality for the first time.
Kaba Multihousing and Institutional, an electronic lock supplier for the multi-family residential market, has successfully completed the pilot installation of its new RezShield system at The Gardens, a retirement community in Madison, Wis.
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a unique and robust method to prevent cloning of passive radio frequency identification tags
The airline industry now has another well documented use for RFID -- baggage tracking.
Like all retailers, Sainsbury's Supermarkets has realized the need for heightened in-store security to combat shrink. This popular chain's brand is built upon a rich 140-year history of providing customers with healthy, safe, fresh and tasty food, as well as clothing, general merchandise and pharmacy items. Quality and fair prices go hand-in-hand with a responsible approach to business.
- By Paul Cataldo
- Dec 01, 2009
The Rutgers Center for Innovative Ventures of Emerging Technologies (CIVET), together with RFID TagSource, recently announced the launch of the new Rutgers University RFID Research Center. The center is located on the Rutgers Busch Campus in Piscataway, N.J.
Guests at Splash! La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center in La Mirada, Calif. are buzzing about one of the waterpark's state-of-the-art attractions. Turns out that it isn't a water ride but a dynamic locker system that provides convenient keyless access, electronically activated by guests' RFID wristbands.
The Department of State is tagging 10,000 mission critical IT assets with passive RFID to save money, increase security and reduce administrative burden.
RF Technologies has partnered with Ocean Medical Center of Brick, N.J., to help protect infant patients with the recent installation of Safe Place Infant and Pediatric Security Solution.
Premier Purchasing Partners L.P., the group purchasing unit of the Premier healthcare alliance has selected AeroScout’s healthcare visibility solutions as the exclusive Wi-Fi-based RFID solutions for Premier’s member hospitals.
VeriChip Corp., a provider of RFID systems for healthcare and patient-related needs, announced recently that it has sold the VeriTrace system, including 1,000 RFID microchips, for disaster preparedness and emergency management needs to Kentucky’s Green River District Health Department.