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

Evigia announces new product line

Friday, September 5, 2008

Michigan-based RFID hardware supplier Evigia Systems Inc. has introduced a new line of active RFID transponders, interrogators, and accessories. The EV3 family of products is intended to offer a cost-effective solution to increase visibility of assets in-transit through a complex supply chain, monitor security breaches and provide a more reliable and timely supply network


Evigia has focused on using integrated sensor and application-specific integrated circuit technologies to improve the functionality and cost of active RFID hardware products. A spokesman for the company claims that through their research innovations, the EV3 product line can increase a network’s functionality, visibility, and security control while the hardware products offer the benefits of smaller size, lower power consumption and lower cost than previously offered devices. [end] 

The Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois has equipped itself with an RFID-based surveillance tag system utilizing wireless sensing technology provided by Evigia Systems.

The integrated system consists of Evigia’s EV3 platform and will be used to track the physical locations and monitor the status to help ensure the safety and security of nuclear materials during processing, storage and transport.

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NFC payment solutions provider DeviceFidelity has expanded its management team with the hiring of Fabrice Jogand-Coulomb as vice president of Product Management and Philippe Martineau as vice president of Business Development.

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A new study reveals the market for RFID transponders, readers, software and services will generate more than $70.5 billion from 2012 to the end of 2017.

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Biometrics firms Morpho and AOptix have formed a partnership to deploy advanced biometric systems targeted to border management and aviation security industries.

Under the terms of the partnership, AOptix products will be integrated into Morpho’s border management product line. This includes InSight Duo, AOptix’s combined face capture and iris recognition system.

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Zvetco Biometrics launched ten new biometric readers in its Verifi line of products. These include both biometric-only and biometric/smart card combination devices.

The new models include the Verifi P4600 and P5200 desktop fingerprint readers that are about 1/3 of an inch thick.

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UPM RFID announced the new UPM Web ultra-high frequency (UHF) and UPM Trap near field (NF) UHF inlays based on the Monza RFID chip from Impinj.

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