RFID Payment System for Cars
iPIN, a transaction payment infrastructure copany, is working with an unnamed auto manufacturer to develop an RFID payment network.
World’s Thinnest Smart Label
Flying Null, a British maker of magnetic tagging technologies, has unveiled an ID label that is just three microns thick.
Cashless Payments Go Wireless
USA Technologies has added wireless wide area network and Wi-Fi capabilities to its low-cost cashless transaction system.
The Privacy Nightmare
Only an aggressive PR campaign and an enforceable code of ethics will get people to accept self-regulate of RFID tracking of consumer products.
UCC and RosettaNet To Merge
The high-tech industry’s e-business standards group will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Uniform Code Council.
Identix Posts Steep Loss
The leading biometrics company lost $55.4 million for fiscal 2002, but it is record growth for fiscal 2003.
HID Increases the Frequency
Days after Texas Instruments announced plans to offer a 13.56 MHz access control system, HID Corp. unveiled its own product.
Auto-ID Center Adds Aussie Co.
Visy Industries, a leading packaging company, has become the first Australian company to sponsor the EPC effort.
The Sound and The Fury
The only way to achieve a global standard for a low-cost RFID network is if everyone understands what their long-term interests are.
Smart Card Makers Struggle
It’s been a rough year for companies that make smart cards, but a new Frost & Sullivan report says sales may start to pick up soon.