RegardingID Archive | Kiosk Show Yields Fancier Techstuffs, Some Include RFID

Thursday, October 5, 2006

Wireless basket scanners. Fewer conveyor belt. Digitized buying and souped-up kiosks.

Such was the scene at the 2006 Self-Service and Kiosk Show, where vendors showed multi-faceted products. Source’s latest includes ID scan, biometric identification, camera, triple-des pin pad, RFID reader and signature pad features.

Read about the gems – the fruits, so to speak, of the floor.

DigitalPersona adds facial recognition to authentication software

DigitalPersona Inc. released a new version of its DigitalPersona Pro Enterprise software that includes facial recognition as a method for authentication.

Facial recognition can now be combined with fingerprint biometrics, passwords, PINs, proximity cards, smart cards and OATH tokens for a multi-factor authentication solution. Policy creation and enforcement works through a client’s existing Active Directory infrastructure.

Coachella rakes in more fans via RFID social media

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with help from Intellitix, an RFID technology provider for live events, added an online audience of more than 30 million last month when over 30,000 fans registered to “Live Click” around the festival site.

ANDY Awards offers guests social media experience with RFID technology

The ADEVERTISING Club of New York’s 48th Annual ANDY Awards has selected dwinQ to provide a live social media experience for guests using RFID technology and the patented dwinQ platform.

Access presents secure travel and ID document readers

Access IS is gearing up for Security Document World (SDW) 2012 where it will be showcasing its latest range of security document readers.

There the company will introduce its new passport reader - the OCR601 - which is able to quickly and accurately verify the machine readable zone (MRZ) and enables the data in an e-passport’s chip to be read, all in a single action.

Iowa students woo legislators with cupcakes

Can cupcakes convince legislators to vote a certain way? College Republicans at the University of Iowa think so. They handed out cupcakes to lawmakers to urge their support of a voter ID bill. All legislators had to do was show their own ID, such as a driver license, to receive the goody.

Shippensburg University tests NFC payments on campus

Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania has launched a mobile payments pilot that enables students to purchase meals on campus using an NFC-enabled sticker, according to Mobile Commerce Daily.

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Kiosk Show Yields Fancier Techstuffs, Some Include RFID