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

GAO launches reader for code verification

Monday, January 5, 2009

Canadian RFID solutions provider GAO RFID Inc. has introduced a low frequency RFID reader series designed for verifying code numbers of RFID transponders. The readers are suitable for use in personnel identification, POS systems, security systems and access systems.

The LF RFID Code Verifier (GAO 211001 series) offers contactless reading of RFID tags and can write a unique code to each tag during the manufacturing process. Other features of the reader include an LCD screen to display scanned ID numbers and a RS-232 interface that is decimal or hexadecimal code number selectable.

GAO’s new reader can function as an offline stand-alone unit. [end] 

Hong-Kong’s Advanced Card Systems (ACS) has announced the latest addition to its line of LCD-equipped NFC readers for payments and loyalty, the ACR1222L.

Successor to the ACR122L, the new reader is based on 13.56 MHz RFID technology and ISO 18092 NFC standard, and supports ISO 14443 Type A and B Mifare cards in addition to FeliCa and all 4 types of NFC tags, according to ACS.

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Murata and Beta LAYOUT announced a joint venture to launch an RFID starter kit aimed at printed circuit board (PCB) engineers and developers aspiring to incorporate RFID into their electronics design.

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Idesco announced that it has updated and enhanced its DESCoder software package, offering security providers and end users alike more control over their contactless access control systems.

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Raptor Identification Systems unveiled two new mobile biometric devices. The two new solutions, called RaptorONE-TM and RaptorPAD-TM, both run on the Android Mobile Operating System with one being powered by a smart phone and the other a tablet.

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California-based hosted and enterprise solution provider SutiSoft has announced new and different signing options for SutiSign, its electronic signature product that enables electronic signing of documents.

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Clarity Services, a provider of thin-file and underbanked consumer data reporting, has called on Experian to provide identity verification and fraud detection services for its subprime market product.

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