LEGIC Identsystems AG has announced that Bosch Sicherheitssysteme, a supplier of security and access solutions, is using LEGIC’s advant based security systems and components for its access control, time and attendance and biometric applications. The partnership will allow Bosch to integrate LEGIC’s flexible smart card technology into its solutions, allowing the company to offer its […]

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd has announced the launch its new generation of contactless reader chips for personal identification. According to LEGIC, the new SM-4200 reader chips are equipped with the company’s advant smart card technology, making them suitable for single and multi-applications in access control, time and attendance and e-payment. The SM-4200 is also the smallest […]

The American Civil Liberties Union is questioning Contra Costa County, Calif. on their implementation of a microchip-tracking program in their preschool centers, according to the California Watch. Contra Costa’s tracking initiative called Child Location, Observation and Utilization Data System, or CLOUDS for short, assigns students a shirt that has a small locator chip sewn into […]

The Palos Heights School District 128 in Chicago is using GPS technology to track its students allowing the district to keep up with the student–when he or she first entered the school bus and when the student exited the district’s care. The contactless luggage type tag affixed to the student’s book bag is scanned as […]

Automated Valet has released a valet operating system that includes a biometric time and attendance feature. The system, called AVPM, marks a potential change in the valet industry wherein hours worked may be more accurately tracked as compared to the multitude of traditional hour tracking systems valets normally use including manual reporting. The biometric time […]

Manufacturer Buckingham Foods has deployed hand geometry scanners from time and attendance at two of its facilities in the UK, according to the Birmingham Post. The new system removes the need for punch clocks and enabled the manufacturer to know who is on premise at any given time. Read the full story here.   

Legiant has announced a partnership with biometric technology developer Fulcrum Biometrics that yielded a low-cost biometric time and attendance tracking solution for employers. The new solution is called FbF Timeclock and utilizes a virtual time clock that an employee clocks in or out via a USB fingerprint scanner connected to a computer and integrates with […]

PowerID, a provider of battery-assisted, passive RFID technology, announced that its PowerT tags were recently used in numerous fun-run races around the world, from Asia to Australia, to the United States. Most recently, the PowerT tag was used by PowerID partner, RFID Race Timing Systems, at the Riga Marathon, the HBF Run for Reason in […]

The National Thermal Power Corporation, India, has deployed RFID technology to improve operational efficiency, as well as plant security and productivity in many of its upcoming projects, according to PC Quest. Using a combination of RFID technology and the GPRS-based Tracko system, National Thermal is able to track the movement of locomotives which carry coal […]

GAO RFID added a 13.56 MHz RFID waterproof wrist band tag to its product collection, designed for use for attendance management in swimming pools, washing centers, saunas and other outdoor water recreational centers. The tag is compliant with the ISO 156693 standard and offers a read range of 1 cm to 10 cm. With a […]