ID WORLD

European standard approved for RFID in UHF frequencies - First volume order of 64k cards for the U.S. Gov. - ABI predicts explosive biometrics push - ACG unveils its new business unit - Secure ID, Inside supplies smartfilm for Pakistani e-passports - Norwegian banks select Todos - Verichip signs medical distribution agreement with Henry Schein - Belgium’s National e-ID program breaking new ground - Mexican government orders multi-biometric ID solution - Imageware selected by Unisys for ID projects - Peer-to-peer RFID software development platform - Gemplus opens new plant in Tianjin - China, Sokymat and Cubit combine forces, Wherenet and Cisco sign agreement - GE joins open security exchange - Viisage wins contracts for drivers’ license - G&D to supply Belgian digital tachograph cards - End user ill prepared for RFID data volumes

Focus on Retail Solutions

Personal ID

by Andrea Alfonso, ImageWare Systems

The six things you should consider before investing in a photo ID software package

Smart Cards

Next generation card printer/encoder - Palette loading further automates card manufacturing - 288k Eeprom secure microcontroller - A new family of low-power smart card interface ICs - Gemplus surveys U.S. wireless user preferences - High-speed smart card reader with integrated keypad - New standard for pin pad smart card readers - Smart card reader ICs for digital signature and home banking - EMV-ready software stack free of charge with smart card reader ICs - Standards collaboration leads to new smart card features - Identity-based encryption for smart cards - A universal contactless platform for multi-application cards

Special Report on Transportation

Supply Chain Management

by David C. Wyld, Southeastern Louisiana University

A look at the pact between the world’s two aviation superpowers aimed at bringing RFID to their industry and mutually reaping the benefits of this enabling technology

Automotive logistics provider tracking 15,000 vehicles with RFID - Real-time supply chain performance management solution - El Paso county tracks assets with RFID - Inventory management solutions for small to mid-sized businesses

by Christian Huff, EMS

While the EPC world, with the attention of the media, is busy piloting systems for tomorrow, other RFID applications have been running profitably for over 10 years and are silently evolving. We take a look at how Toyota upgraded an 11-year old RFID-based manufacturing solution at one of its UK facilities with today’s technology

Lower defect rates during car body assembly - 4 inch printing from belt wearable printers with Irda - bluetooth and 802.11b, Low cost, low power, multi-standard contactless chip interface - New RFID S4100 multi-function reader evaluation kit

Access Control

by Michael Szücs, Idesco

We take a look at how the variety of open and closed proximity and smart card technologies available today enables access control system architects to create solutions in which price, performance and security are optimized according to application-specific requirements

by Victor March

A look at how Audi rolled out an innovative access control solution which condenses the six separate cards and IDs previously issued to some employees into a single multifunctional contactless credential which operates at all of the group’s sites in Germany and abroad

Access control solution for nuclear power plants - One time passwords guard insurance company’s network - Managing ID enrollment processes and data - Smart card terminal for high security transactions on select IBM mainframes - Cardman 4040 integrated into the safeboot product range - Survey reveals one customer in four does not trust their internet bank - 14,000 dual interface smart card readers for NTT communications’ internal network security - Europe-wide access control solution for Abn Amro

Biometrics

by Thomas Stanford, Akoura Biometrics

In order to enter into a robust growth phase, the biometrics industry needs to replace the historical focus on cost and accuracy with a commitment to an “adoption” philosophy coupled with the development of enterprise solutions

Events

by Victor March

1,128 visitors attended the first exhibition organized alongside the annual ID WORLD International Congress from November 17 to 19 in Barcelona

The ID community gathers in Barcelona to recognize some of the industry’s movers and shakers

Logistics equipment - systems and technologies in Chicago - Solutions for a digital world - The new definition of retail, European auto ID show ready to launch in Wiesbaden, Germany