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Posts from ‘February, 2010’

Dallmeier, initPRO literally improve visibility of supply chain

Integrating RFID data into video images to provide higher visibility has been made possible with the combination of Dallmeier’s experience in video surveillance shared with initPRO’s knowledge of RFID technology.
Data transmitted via RFID tags, such as date, time or serial number, can be integrated into any video image, using management software, allowing users to not [...]

UK’s Stansted Airport deploys biometric e-passport gates

Stansted Airport has rolled out its new facial recognition security gates, which use document scanning from 3M. Passengers with new biometric e-passports travelling to the UK via Stansted can use the Autogates being trialled in the arrivals area, which can scan their face and check their passport photo in seconds – helping to save [...]

Asian schools automate attendance with biometrics and smart cards

January 26, 2010
Roll-call has now become an automated process at schools in Hong Kong, Japan, India and Singapore, with the use of biometrics and smart cards, according to FutureGov.
The days of manually taking attendance are over, leaving teachers with more time spent teaching. No more calling parents to inform them about kids missing school. These [...]

The biometric battle

Biometric ID cards have recently received heat for whether they truly are the best security solution to identity theft. In an article on timesofmalta.com, the biometric ID card is compared to standard credit cards in terms of vulnerability and risk to data breaching.
The biometrics are electronically read and converted to a sequence of ones and [...]

Germans put e-health program on hold

Concerns about security and confidentiality are putting the German health smart card program on hold, according to a report in eHealth Europe. The card was supposed to be issued to 80 million German citizens.
The card was supposed to store a patient’s health data, medical history, prescriptions and insurance status. The program was supposed to be [...]

Canadian Beef Processor Deploys RFID for Food Safety

Levinoff-Colbex instituted a monitoring system to quickly identify and track any animal products from potentially contaminated or diseased animals.
By Elizabeth Wasserman
Jan. 25, 2010—For decades, the Dubé family owned Colbex, a slaughterhouse based in Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, in Québec, Canada. In 1988, the Colas family, owner of Levinoff Meat Product Ltée, headquartered in Montreal>, joined with the Dubés, [...]