Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

ExCel London goes with Salto

Thursday, July 31, 2008

SALTO Systems has been tapped by ExCel London to provide a new smart card access control system to the conference and exhibition center. The new system will include 363 smart card electronic locks that will replace traditional mechanical locks or keypads. The exhibitor has a mix of on and off line doors now, but eventually all will be online. [end] 

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.

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Two teams of NFC developers have been awarded kick-starter funds after being named winners at Isobar and O2’s “Isobar Create London,” a 34-hour challenge which brought together more than 65 international developers and designers at the Shoreditch Studios in London this weekend.

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Samsung and Visa are providing their sponsored athletes and trialists at the London 2012 Olympic Games with special edition Samsung Galaxy S III handsets equipped with Visa’s payWave NFC payments application.

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OTA Training announced that it will hold its first international NFC Bootcamp event at the Screenmedia expo on May 16 and 17 in London.

Presented in partnership with Merchant 360, NFC Bootcamp is a globally standardized NFC educational series that shows business leaders how they can leverage NFC technology to drive brand awareness and increase revenue.

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The biometric program at HMP Isis prison in London requires inmates to authenticate their identities via thumbprint before moving from one area to the next. System errors, however, have been leading to back-ups that leads to all prisoners waiting before they can move on, according to an article from The Telegraph.

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Digital communications agency Isobar and mobile operator O2 have teamed up to host a London event aimed at driving the development of new NFC applications.

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