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Alien Earns SAFETY Designation From DHS

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Alien Technology Corporation, which manufactures RFID products and provides services related to the technology, announced that its offerings have earned designation as Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technologies under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies (SAFETY) Act of 2002 for airports baggage and cargo handling systems.

Designation under the SAFETY Act is granted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and provides legal liability protection to customers and users of Alien Technology baggage and cargo implementations related to an act of terrorism. [end] 

Salamander Technologies announced that its MOBILE and MOBILE PIV software has been validated by Motorola Solutions.

The Motorola Solutions’ Validated Solution Program includes joint testing at the Motorola Solution Center in Holtsville, New York. MOBILE software provides bar code and smart card reading to identify and track personnel and companies at an incident, emergency or field event.

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Engineered Systems has elected Field ID inspection software to boost safety compliance management of it various overhead cranes, trolleys and hoists supplied in the U.S. southeast.

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Alien Technology is working together will systems integrator CDO Technologies to launch a program designed to increase community recycling levels in the city of Dayton, Ohio.

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IC-TAG Solutions announced it has earned certification from Alien Technology to use its EPC Gen 2 RFID inlays.

IC TAG utilizes Alien Technology’s EPC Gen 2 Squiggle, Squiglette, and Square inlays in their IC-TAG RFID labels and tags. Alien uses its own proprietary microchip, Higgs 3, to produce its ultra-high frequency RFID tracking devices.

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Human recognition Systems announced a partnership with the Olive Group, a provider of safety, security and technology solutions, that will see the Olive Group distributing HRS’s solutions in the Middle East and North Africa regions.

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The U.S. Government Printing Office designed and printed an FBI special events credential that was used at Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis by public safety personnel.

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