A new smart card programmer from HID has given the University of Nebraska at Lincoln more start-to-finish control over card issuance, while giving its students and faculty an increased sense of security. The iCLASS™ CP400 Card Programmer is a hardware...
by Lauren Lowrey, Contributing Editor This semester has been a mag-stripe reading adventure for the administration at Kutztown University in southeastern Pennsylvania. Springing from a regulation to halt non-students (e.g. recent graduates, drop-outs) from using the bus, the university decided...
To understand the options available to your card program, an understanding of the payment card landscape is essential. An easy way to distinguish debit cards from other payment tools is to think of the payment or repayment cycles. With credit...
The majority of ID Card Printers use dye sublimation technology, as do an increasing number of Photo Printers. But what is dye sublimation, and how does it differ from printing techniques like ink jet? This guide will give you the...
If Horizon Software International is doing its job, you’re probably not going to hear much about it. That’s not to say it’s flying under the radar, but the work it does is not something you’d notice. Its most popular commodity,...
Recognition Source’s WyreLess Access™ group is pioneering wireless communication for door access readers. And the company doesn’t see this as a niche market application. It’s going for something much larger and, so far, it seems to be paying off. With...
PowerPay’s contactless tag is designed to make it easier for football fans to return to the game quicker. The contactless tag got its start with the Seattle Seahawks last season (see November/December Contactless News), and is now in used in...
There are three basic ways in which radio waves are altered or modulated in RF communication. They are amplitude modulation (AM), frequency modulation (FM), and phase modulation (PM). Sound familiar? AM and FM have become household names because of their...
So just how does the modulating of radio waves enable data transmission in contactless card systems? The answer is found in the concept of coding. Coding refers to a modulation pattern that is understood and shared by both a transponder...
The only publication dedicated to the use of campus cards, mobile credentials, identity and security technology in the education market. CampusIDNews – formerly CR80News – has served more than 6,500 subscribers for more than two decades.
Great inverview on the Public Key Open Credential (PKOC) standard with ELATEC's Jason Ouellette, Chairman of the Board for the @PSIAlliance.
Attn: friends in the biometrics space. Nominations close Friday for the annual Women in Biometrics Awards. Take five minutes to recognize a colleague or even yourself. http://WomenInBiometrics.com
