Eye Scans and Fingerprints=Future of Payment?

Scientists at UK based Barclaycard are developing futuristic biometric technologies that will make paying with body part scans mainstream. Contactless payment has gained in popularity recently, with RFID cards and key fobs leading ... to plastic in the next five to 10 years with new technologies to take its place emerging now. It could [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 15:53:47

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Evolis Dualys3 Double plastic card Printer

Evolis Dualys3 Double plastic card Printer The newest Dualys model is even faster, ... be equipped with an encoder for magnetic and smart cards as well as RFID transponders or a combination of them [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 12:08:33

Hey BART - why keep pushing EZ Rider when Translink is coming soon?

A lot of people today complain that BART's trains are a little dirtier, the employees are overpaid, the BART board is a bunch of nutjobs, ... ... so the EZ rider pilot program was the genius idea of BART officials to give RFID fare cards to passengers ... over.Even after installation of new BART vending machines and gates, the plastic fare cards still [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 06:07:00

Headline News - September 5, 2008

Get Rich Slowly: Credit Card Basics: Five Essential Skills for Mastering Plastic Official Obopay blog: ... plastic cash? Thailand: Financial transactions can be done via mobile phone CreditCards.com: Consumer Reports rates the best and worst of credit cards The Upcoming Technology of RFID For Contactless Access [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 13:52:58

Wireless Growth Prompts New Cashless Payment Trial

by Laurie Sullivan Wireless subscribers racked up more than 1 ... trials with credit card companies like MasterCard and Visa. Rather than carry around a plastic card ... ,” says Julie England, VP/GM for TI’s radio frequency identification (RFID) business. “ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 11:31:43

Or Are You Just Glad To See Me?

Starting this week, the State of New York has begun to issue driver’s licenses with RFID chips embedded in them ... first, namely keeping your RFID-equipped tracking devices “enhanced ID” from being swiped ... , and they now offer a model that has built-in RFID shielding. I would expect that within a couple of years [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 15:50:24

RFID: Convenience or obedience?

Printed in The Boar 7/8/08 An emerging technology is expected to make a “pervasive impact on every aspect of civilization” in the same way the ... at the end of this sentence. The second is an antenna or “transponder”, typically a flat, metallic ... society. That technology is RFID. If you renewed your passport in the last few years, check the back [more...]

Date: 2008-10-18 11:48:36

Borderline Security - Erica Naone, Technology Review

For some U.S. travelers, border crossings can be sped up by enhanced driver's licenses or by passport cards, wallet-sized plastic cards that are issued by the federal government and permit passage by land or sea to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, or the Caribbean. Both types of cards are cheaper than ordinary [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 00:25:00

SmarTrip Upgrades: Don't Hold Your Breath

SmarTrip card The notion that we'd all like to do more with our SmarTrip cards isn't new - we've been calling for such improvements for quite some ... indicated SmarTrip cards would be able to be automatically reloaded like E-Z Passes by the end of 2008 ... - including the oft-pined-for chance to have Metro and Metro-affiliated passes stored in plastic [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 21:13:25

Leave Your Thoughts at Home (Land Security)

This is right off the Sci-Fi channel. Homeland Security is working on a scan that reads your mind ... just long enough to determine whether any suspect materials - such as types of metal, rubber, plastic ... who refuse will most likely have to submit to a physical pat-down. As far as the RFID Chips [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 18:25:20

Chains of trust, questionable origins

If I wanted to print US Dollars at home, I’d need the printing equipment, the paper stock on which to do it, and the magical ink ... in the case of identification systems: passports and REAL ID driver’s licenses. Consider this article from the Washington Times.  The raw materials to make a new RFID passport, namely, the blank [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 13:47:54

Expect Tidal Wave Of Limit Reductions and Credit Card Closures to Hit Before Christmas

Yesterday I wrote about a little old hardware store that had noticed an increase in card purchases over cash. That’s not a good sign if people are using plastic more for routine things and especially in this environment of credit card issuers reducing credit limits, raising interest rates and closing cards [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 17:50:42

RFID Sniffer: Sniffs out tagged objects

I thought only my dog Brownie had great sniffing power but here is RFID Sniffer which doesn't sniff bones ... : Shaw selects ODIN technologies to design and install a radio frequency identification (RFID ... can detect 13.56 MHz RFID tags deployed generally in case of bank cards, loyalty cards etc. The kit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 03:57:34

The Implanted Radio-Frequency Identification Chip: “Smart Cards” in a Surveillance Society

If incorporating personal details into an RFID (radio-frequency identification) ... are divided into two categories, passive or active. A “passive” tag doesn’t contain a battery and its “read” range is variable, from less than an inch to twenty or thirty feet. An “active” tag on the other [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 17:12:15

Yahoo! Finance: AVY News

Avery Dennison Corporation produces pressure-sensitive materials, office products, tickets, tags, labels, and other converted products ... , including papers, plastic films, metal foils, and fabrics to label printers and converters; graphic ... -jet and laser printer labels and cards, related computer software, and index products [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 19:17:35

From Chip and Pin, to Wave and Pay: the Cashless Society of the Future

If some predictions are to be believed, notes and coins could be a thing of the past by no later than 2012, as debit and credit cards become more and more ubiquitous in 21st century consumer culture. But even if such predictions are a little premature, there can be little doubt that plastic ‘chip and pin’ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 12:28:00

The Ultimate Wallet

Once in a while a new product comes along, so well-designed, so cool, that I just have to get one ... a problem I shouldn't have. I count 16 plastic cards currently in my wallet and that's only because ... of plastic or paper in my wallet, including business cards, pictures of my kids and cash, could [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 12:19:30

Printed Electronics Spawn Emerging Electronic Giants

Issue #167 | Oct. 23, 2008 | by Raghu Das Printed electronics is a term that encompasses thin film transistor circuits (TFTCs) ... have now entered this market. Readers of RFID Street may know printed electronics as the technology that will print RFID tags right on items in the not too distant future, eliminating the cost of applying them [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 14:31:02

RFID goes beyond inventory tracking

By: Grant Buckler - Network World Canada  Click here to view original article ... to affix radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to merchandise has been the poster boy for RFID for so long that anyone could be forgiven for thinking RFID is simply an inventory control technology – [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 20:54:11

Convenience and Security Boost Payment Card Industry

The Green Sheet 2.0 :: NewswireWith card companies offering benefits such as redeemable reward points, and cash-back offers, ... cards is expected to drive up the market for contactless debit cards and RFID smart cards. However ... customers are being beguiled into using their cards for payment of various products and services [more...]

Date: 2008-09-02 09:28:00

RFID, Privacy and the Surveillance Society

If incorporating personal details into an RFID (radio-frequency identification) ... of everyday life. RFID tags are small computer chips connected to miniature antennae that can be fixed ... and civil liberties: * Hidden placement of tags. RFID tags can be embedded into/onto objects [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 13:40:25

The Implanted Radio-Frequency Identification Chip: “Smart Cards” in a Surveillance Society

Dandelion Salad by Tom Burghardt Global Research, September 6, ... when a RFID reader emits a radio signal. The chips are divided into two categories, passive or active. A “ ... 2008Antifascist Calling… RFID tags implanted in physical objects or human beings If incorporating [more...]

Date: 2008-09-07 17:29:50

Michael Faraday 22 September 1791 %u2013 25 August 1867

image page: universe-review.ca/F15-particle.htm "No wonder that my remembrance fails me, for I shall complete my 70 years next Sunday (the 22); -- and during these 70 years I have had a happy life; which still remains happy because of hope and content" Faraday in later life (22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 12:43:00

The Day I Became An International Rider

There is nothing like the dog days of summer for heat in metropolitan New York City, and they really get to barking in the first few weeks of August. But you wouldn’t have known that on this August day, when I decided to become an international motorcycle rider [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 18:06:00

Minitek : The Magic Begins Tonight

Ready to shut down the office computer for the last time this week, the next destination is MINITEK ... - Tokyo, JAPANwiimote DJ and RFID light sequencerRedefining existing media and technologies ... as an innovative musician with a Wiimote DJ performance and also as a groundbreaking RFID artist [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 19:22:00

News 12/17/08

From MM: "Re: EMR. $83 million for an EMR? Unbelievable! Who besides me thinks EMRs cost a little less than an order of magnitude too much? I don’t blame vendors entirely. I blame the conceptual model used in the industry (CDR-centric that duplicates data already available electronically) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 03:07:57

Barclaycard Plans to Do Away With Plastic Credit Cards

In the future we may not have to pay for purchases using credit cards, well not in the conventional sense anyway ... . The credit cards provider has said that you would still be able to use a conventional plastic credit ... with a cheque, you wouldn’t believe them. Plastic cards are soon to go the way of the cheque Barclaycard intend [more...]

Date: 2008-09-20 04:43:40

RFID chips in U.S. passport cards and some driver's licenses are at risk of being cou

RFID chips in U.S. passport cards and some driver's licenses are at risk of being counterfeited or tracked, researchers say. ID inside: The antenna in the new U.S. passport card, shown above, emits radio frequency ... identification (RFID) devices that can be read at a distance. If a traveler holds a card [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 10:48:48

Daily Briefs: I believe that children are the future

By CHRIS PACKHAM You guys, I love this so much. Ed Whelan at the National Review has actually found a way to deepen the intellectual vacuity of what remains of the Republican party by suggesting that Barack Obama's mother probably wanted to abort him [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 04:31:54

NFC makes m-payments sexy again

Earlier this year Etisalat announced the commencement of a trial with a local bank to utilise Near Field Communication (NFC) ... cards and would typically be low value payments. Emirates National Bank of Dubai is amongst a small [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 10:41:16

The TV Generation

About 45 years ago, give or take a day, is when my memory begins. I remember the black & white TV, on the wire rack stand with the plastic clear wheels, bringing the images of Walter Cronkite, a caisson, a horse with the boots backward in the stirrups [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 21:10:00

RFID sniffer

RFID sniffer Posted on 09 Nov 2008 RFID sniffer Here is the RFID sniffer.It is used to  find out if objects are tagged ... RFID tags. These tags are commonly used in all kinds of plastic cards like access badges, bank cards, library cards, loyalty cards and so on. Also many other objects may carry RFID tags without [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 03:33:28

Sorry Charlie...The Cat's Outta the Bag

Last week I wrote in a post entitled "Sorry Charlie.. ... the students were going to discuss generating fare cards, reverse-engineering magnetic stripes, and hacking the RFID technology in the cards.Ironically,the very same presentation, including the sordid [more...]

Date: 2008-08-18 16:14:00

The Week in Geek - Oct. 29, 2008

Facebook’s Roar Becomes a Meow By most measures Facebook’s in a better place now than a year ago. It’s the biggest social network on the planet and the average user spends 100 minutes a month online, vs. just 60 minutes a year ago (among the college demographic, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 01:48:59

Nokia 6212 Classic: Brings together Visa and Nokia for RFID enabled services

Nokia 6212 Classic: Brings together Visa and Nokia for RFID enabled services ... that the day is not far off when people will chuck their plastic cards in favor of NFC phones which would ... for paying for their purchases which means you would not have to carry your plastic card along every time [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 15:33:26

how to be invisible

I’ve always been of the opinion that people over concerned with surveillance and data security are displaying the first stages of clinical paranoia. It’s well known, for those that care to look [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 15:47:17

Barclays gives away 50,000 contactless coffees

September 10, 2008 at 10:34 pm (coffee) (barclays, coffee republic, contactless, thames festival) silicon.com 10 Sep 2008 Barclays will be giving away 50,000 single use contactless payment cards ... goers will be able to pick up one of the one-off cards on either Saturday or Sunday and use the stored [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 22:34:36

Michael Porter and Chris Peters: Ubiquitous computing

Michael Porter (WebJunction) and Chris Peters (MaintainIT) ... in price and availability is what makes UbiComp possible.  A good library example of UbiComp is RFID ... .  Imagine things like RFID in all sorts of places, in our libraries, and in our communities.  Another [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 20:42:20

Use of Manufacturers' Coupons Soaring Among U.S. Consumers; Coupon Delivery Systems Going High-Tech; But Fresh & Easy Stores Don't Accept the Coupons

Merchandising and Promotional ReportU.S. consumers are using manufacturer's cents off coupons in higher percentages today than at anytime in recent history, and that use is expected to increase even [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 23:29:00

Current Facts 29

Wal-MartWhen Bush cut taxes in 2004, the family that owns Wal-Mart increased their wealth by $91,500 per hour ... employee per year. One assessment states that for every two jobs created by Wal-Mart, three jobs [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 15:22:00

Stunning Silver 8GB MP4 Player - Who Said Solid Isn’t Sexy

Stunning Silver 8GB MP4 Player - Who Said Solid Isn’t Sexy 8GB MP4, mp4, mp4 player, ... more about the product: secure rfid 25 inch sata hdd enclosure Stunning Silver 8GB MP4 Player ... s seems that all too often now that the MP4s you see on the market today are flimsy pieces of plastic [more...]

Date: 2008-07-16 03:13:14

The Latest from Boing Boing

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Date: 2008-09-05 12:07:21

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