In a move to modernize campus access, University of California at Irvine trialed Amazon One, a contactless biometric system that uses palm vein recognition for identity verification. Wayne Fields, UC Irvine’s Assistant Director for Student Affairs IT, says he was...
A recent humor column in the University of Virginia’s Cavalier Daily newspaper takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the importance of declining balance and flex bucks on college campuses. The author describes a fictional casino set up by the University of Virginia...
Berkeley Dining expanded its Grubhub mobile ordering to allow both flex dollars and meal swipes at four on campus dining locations. Previously, flex dollars could only be used to purchase food through the Grubhub app from off campus restaurants, but...
A fleet of 105 autonomous food delivery “rovers” are making more than 1,000 deliveries daily via a partnership between Ohio State and Avride robots. The university upgraded to the new autonomous rovers from Avride in early 2025, replacing the previous...
Yale students are visualizing their on-campus dining history in a unique way thanks to a new service called Yale Hospitality Wrapped. It was created by an undergraduate computer science major and based on the incredibly popular Spotify service of the...
Smart lockers are a growing trend on higher ed campuses, but other markets are also getting on board. It is often beneficial to look to other use cases to spark ideas for your own applications, and the efforts of a...
While Amazon Just Walk Out technology seems to be succeeding in campus c-stores and stadiums, the retail giant has failed to make a go of it in its company-owned stores. Just Walk Out is a cashierless shopping solution that allows...
Computer vision and AI-driven checkout provider Mashgin added 50 new campus clients in 2024 and got students to class faster 3.5 million times. With a seven second transaction time, the company estimates that this saved students 30,000 hours of waiting in...
A new partnership between Topanga.io and Starship is enabling students to request reusable containers within the Starship app, eliminating the need for a second app or process. Topanga’s ReusePass program is integrated directly within the app, providing students with the...
To make it easier for campuses to bring sustainability to dining, Transact+CBORD and USEFULL have expanded their partnership to deliver reusable to-go containers to campus clients. The enhanced collaboration establishes USEFULL as the company’s premier provider of sustainable takeout solutions....
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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
