RFID Hammer Tracking System Integrates GIS and Sensors

Army RFID research looks to improve the understanding of rapidly changing conditions in real-time using RFID, geographic information, and multiple sensor perspectives. ...

... "The HAMMERTM is modular in design. The technology may be configurable to accommodate a variety of plug and play components, wireless sensors (e.g., seismic, thermal, acoustic, temperature, chemical), and other peripherals via conventional connections (e.g., USB 2.0, LEMOTM). The core unit includes a computer running a WindowsTM XP operating system, which allows secure and encrypted robust computing and 80 GB of data storage capacity. An embedded ArcGISTM software platform allows for integrated complex geographical information system (GIS) analysis. Base unit features include: position acquisition as well as stand-off positioning; distance, pitch, and roll measurements; and still and video processing. Users can collect data instantly via the a rapid event-capture trigger. Additional functions may include night vision, image stabilization and video pattern registration, voice recognition software, and biometrics for secure operations. Voice annotations, as well as audio communications, may be achieved through a wireless, hands-free, headset. A marking/tracking system may be used to mark and monitor dynamic situations and events across diverse landscapes, via active and/or passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags and hybrid bar code/RFID labels. " ...

Via US Army ERDC: HAMMER (Hand-held Apparatus for Mobile Mapping and Expedited Reporting)

Pretec RFID USB

Pretec integrates RFID with USB for application in healthcare and other industries where information and identification convergence is critical. ...

... "Pretec i-Disk RFID leads the new trend of Store with Innovation, combines the smallest USB flash in the world and RFID technology to a tiny form factor in a sturdy and waterproof construction, which can be conveniently incorporated with any systems in need of both digital mass storage and easy identification. The feature of being automatically identified and data remotely retrieved when i-Disk RFID passes within the proximity of a RFID reader and the added feature of ubiquitous USB flash drive, Pretec i-Disk RFID can be widely applied to variety of markets and applications such as hospitals, airports, warehouses, POS systems for access control, asset or inventory management, etc. " ...

Via Pretec: Pretec i-Disk RFID

Bluetooth RFID Scanner ...

RightTag introduces Bluetooth-enabled 13.56 Mhz RFID scanner, which relieves users of the burden of wiring. ...

... "RightTag, Inc., a leading provider of comprehensive wireless and wireline RFID solutions, announced the availability of the industry's first 13.56 MHz wireless radio-frequency identification scanner with Bluetooth. The new scanner, BT RIGHTReader, offers users greater flexibility by eliminating the need for cumbersome wires and transmitting data to devices up to ten meters (~10 yards) away. RightTag also announced the RIGHTScanner, a compact and inexpensive RFID scanner designed for companies looking to increase security and control and monitor access, or to better track products. The 13.56 MHz BT RIGHTReader is an easy-to-use and durable wireless scanner that can transmit data from any RFID tag, including ISO 15693, ISO 14443, USB and Serial port communications, to any Bluetooth-enabled device. The device is battery operated, and is fully functional in temperatures varying from -20 Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit) to 55 Celsius (131 Fahrenheit). The 1MHz bandwidth antenna can read tags as far as 16 centimeters (~6 inches) away and transmits to a Bluetooth receiver up to ten meters' distance, making BT RIGHTReader the most robust and flexible RFID offering available in the market. " ...

Bluetooth RFID Scanner: Via RightTag Inc.: RightTag Unveils BT RIGHTReader, Industry’s First Bluetooth RFID Scanner ...

RFID Reader Plug-n-Play ...

Sirit launches plug-n-play RFID reader product line ...

... "Sirit Inc., a leading provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, unveiled the Sirit Plug-n-Play product line - an innovative and cost-effective family of Secure Digital (SDIO) and USB based multi-protocol plug and play products, supporting a wide range of RFID applications. By utilizing industry standard SDIO and USB interfaces and integrated readers and antennas, Sirit's Plug-n-Play RFID products are designed to be easily installed into a broad range of devices without the need for complex engineering support or technical know-how. Accordingly everyday devices including smartphones, PDAs, handhelds, point-of-sale terminals and laptop PCs can now be quickly transformed into low cost RFID readers and writers. " ...

RFID Reader Plug-n-Play: Via Sirit: Sirit Launches Innovative Line of Plug-n-Play RFID Reader Products ...

RFID Multiple Authentication Factor ...

Encentuate offers multiple methods of authentication through identity form factors such as RFID tags, smart cards, and USB tokens ...

... "Each organization is different, and each situation provides a unique access security challenge, said Peng T. Ong, founder and chairman of Encentuate. What sets Encentuate TCI apart from other solutions is our ability to seamlessly integrate with a number of authentication technologies, from RFID to USB tokens. As a result, we can eliminate an organization’s dependence on weak passwords and ensure secure access to computer systems using a variety of authentication factors. The authentication opportunities are practically limitless and we work with each organization to determine the solution, which is most effective for their requirements. Encentuate TCI’s ability to integrate with a variety of authentication factors provides enterprises a seamless path to strong digital identity without introducing additional complexity, cost or overwhelming deployments.

Encentuate TCI gives organizations a choice of authentication solutions, each of which greatly improves security. With a simple swipe of an RFID badge or a fingerprint scan organizations can strengthen access to computer systems while allowing the staff to quickly access the information they need to be productive on their jobs. " ...

RFID Multiple Authentication Factor: Via Encentuate: Encentuate TCI Delivers Multiple Authentication Factor Support: Company's technology integrates with a variety of multi-function authentication solutions, including RFID, biometrics and USB tokens ...

RFID eIdentity USB Reader: Passport Capable ...

ASK introduces USB-connection RFID reader that has shown interoperability with Interfest e-passport standards. ...

... "ASK launches the RDR 400 series of contactless USB readers, designed for performance, security and ergonomics. RDR 400 readers are ideal for contactless logical/physical access control, identity, banking and PC-based applications. Based on CPL 400 couplers, the RDR 400 series is high speed, low cost, multi-standard and multi-application; its unique and powerful RF interface means that RDR 400 readers support all current ISO dual interface/contactless cards and contactless tickets.

RDR 400 has passed successfully e-passport Interfest interoperability tests taking place in November in Singapore. These tests involved 124 different passports complying with ISO14443 type A or B standards from 28 countries to be tested on 40 readers. ASK reader reached the best performances both in terms of interoperability and communication speed. ASK is breaking new ground in emerging markets such as e-identity and banking where clients need technology partners with superlative expertise in both RFID card and reader technology " ...

RFID eIdentity USB Reader: Passport Capable: Via ASK: ASK launches new contactless USB reader RDR 400 series ...

Founded in 1997, ASK is now the supplier of the most comprehensive range of contactless cards, tickets, RFID tags and readers on the market. All products comply with ISO and EPC standards. ASK addresses the mass transit, access control, e-government ID, supply chain and logistics markets. 50 million contactless cards, tickets and RFID labels are already in use worldwide. ASK’s manufacturing plant is located at its Sophia-Antipolis headquarters in France, with regional offices in Paris, Singapore and Westport, USA.

RFID Alladin eToken: Entertainment Company Selects

Entertainment company selects Alladin's RFID eToken for secure application access. ...

RFID Alladin eToken: Entertainment Company Selects: Via Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd: Leading Entertainment and Media Enterprise Selects Aladdin eToken ...

... "As the most powerful two-factor authentication token available today, Aladdin eToken now provides one of the world's largest international entertainment companies with a powerful, yet easily deployed solution for ensuring that employees securely gain access to critical applications and confidential data - an important process highlighted by its auditors. Aladdin eToken also offers unmatched password management capabilities, allowing both employees and the organization to simply create and manage password policies that match the needs of the company and its divisions. " ...

About the size of an average house key, the award-winning Aladdin eToken is easy to use and highly portable, providing users with powerful authentication by requiring something they have, the tamper-proof eToken, and something they know, a password. It is used for secure network logon, secure VPN, Web Sign-On, Simple Sign-On, secure email, and numerous other applications. eToken is available in smart card and USB form factors featuring physical access (RFID) capabilities and one-time password technology.

RFID DualInterface Smart Card

RFID DualInterface Smart Card: Raak Technologies Joins HID’s Development Partner Program to Supply Strong Authentication Products and Services to HID’s Reseller Channel ...

... "Raak's solution supports HID's dual-interface SMARTS program cards, which combine HID's proven RFID technologies with powerful smart card chips from various contact smart card suppliers. The solution also includes RaakSign, Raak's comprehensive cryptographic middleware package, smart card readers, and deployment services: everything a customer needs to enable strong authentication security for Network Logon, VPN, Citrix, Web Access, WLAN, E-mail and a wide variety of other applications." ...

Based in Austin, Texas, Raak Technologies, Inc. is a privately held firm that provides products and services that enable the deployment of strong authentication. Raak's solution is built around RaakSign, a powerful and cost effective middleware solution for USB Tokens and smart cards. By implementing RaakSign an organization can securely store their digital certificates and keys on a USB Token or smart card for use with any standards based Digital Certificate capable application, including Windows Log On, VPN Authentication, Web Access, WLAN Security and E-mail Signing & Encryption.

Wireless RFID Technology at Communications Summit ...

Wireless RFID Technology at Communications Summit: NI RF Products Advance Development of Emerging Wireless Technologies: National Instruments and SeaSolve Software Deliver Complete ZigBee, Wi-Fi Test and Analysis Solutions ...

National Instrument will showcase wireless technologies, such as RFID, at the upcoming communications summit ...

... "Engineers can learn more about emerging wireless standards and other related technologies by attending the NIWeek customer and technology conference and participating in this year’s RF and Wireless Communications Summit. The RF and Wireless Communications Summit offers the latest in industry advances including communications algorithm development, RFID, wireless sensors and telemetry, MIMO and software-defined radio (SDR). Leading RF experts, researchers and NI developers, including representatives from National Semiconductor, the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Texas, present technical sessions and technology demonstrations while providing training opportunities to attendees. " ...

... RFID, and other wireless technologies, are key to National Instruments product development strategy.

National Instruments is a technology pioneer and leader in virtual instrumentation – a revolutionary concept that has changed the way engineers and scientists in industry, government and academia approach measurement and automation. Leveraging PCs and commercial technologies, virtual instrumentation increases productivity and lowers costs for test, control and design applications through easy-to-integrate software, such as NI LabVIEW, and modular measurement and control hardware for PXI, PCI, USB and Ethernet. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 3,500 employees and direct operations in nearly 40 countries. In 2004, the company sold products to more than 25,000 companies in 90 countries. For the past six years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America.

Two-Factor Authentication System ...

Two-Factor Authentication System: PassMark Delivers the Internet's First Two-Factor, No Hardware ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... Conventional two-factor systems require the user to carry a smart card, key fob, USB dongle or other special hardware, making them impractical for mass-market ...

... PassMark Security today announced the Internet's first two-factor authentication system that requires no hardware tokens. The capabilities are delivered in a new version of the PassMark Two-Factor Two-Way (TM) System that commenced live commercial production today. Financial institutions and ecommerce sites can now provide strong two-factor authentication, without requiring their customers to carry any new hardware or install any new software. ...

PassMark Security develops anti-fraud and authentication solutions for consumer ecommerce. Web sites can deploy PassMark's patent-pending Two-Factor Two-Way Authentication (TM) to provide strong and comprehensive security, without requiring their users to carry any new hardware or install any new software. Bill Harris, former CEO of Intuit and PayPal, is the co-founder and chairman of PassMark Security.

Additional resources on two-factor authentication systems ...

What is two factor authentication?: physically present. Due to this limitation, almost all two factor authentication systems utilize electronic tokens. RSA Security ...

Application Highlight: Using Steel-Belted Radius with Token-Based: The benefits of token-based authentication systems are clear: these strong two-factor authentication systems are an extremely secure way of ensuring that only ...

Authenex:Solutions: Authenex offers strong two-factor authentication systems that are safe, secure, affordable and easy to manage. The Authenex Strong ...

RFID Smart Cards: Integration of Smart Cards with Upcoming Technologies Essential to ...

From Tekrati Industry Analyst Reporter (press release), CA ... Even as smart card manufacturers remain ... These USB tokens use a smart card-based network login system that eliminates the need for an actual card reader. ...

" ... Analysts at Frost say the uptake of smart cards is likely to be threatened by the emergence of alternative technologies, such as proximity and magnetic stripe cards in physical access control applications and universal serial bus tokens in logical access control applications. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, World Access Control (Physical & Logical) Market, reveals that revenues in this industry totaled $62.4 million in 2003 and are projected to reach $86.9 million in 2008. ... "

Frost & Sullivan employs over 400 consultants, market analysts, corporate trainers, account managers and customer support staff globally. They work together in providing growth consulting and corporate training solutions to clients in more than 50 countries around the world.

Smart Card: Aladdin VP to Speak on Strong Authentication in Identity ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... applications. eToken is available in smart card and USB form factors featuring proximity capabilities and one-time password technology. ...


eToken PRO is the ideal device for signing valued transactions requiring absolute proof and guaranteed non-repudiation. eToken PRO offers strong authentication and guaranteed non-repudiation for sensitive applications such as eBanking, stock trading, eCommerce and financial transactions. eToken PRO’s secure, on-board RSA 1024-bit key operations enable seamless integration into Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) architectures. eToken PRO can generate and store users’ personal credentials, such as private keys, passwords and digital certificates, inside the protected environment of the Smartcard chip itself. Users’ private keys never leave the token. Aladdin (Nasdaq: ALDN) is a leader in digital security, providing solutions for software digital rights management and Internet security since 1985. Serving more than 30,000 customers worldwide, Aladdin products include: the USB-based eToken™ device for strong user authentication and e-commerce security; the eSafe® line of integrated content security solutions that protect networks against malicious, inappropriate and nonproductive Internet-borne content; HASP® , the world's number one hardware-based software security system that protects the revenues of developers; and Privilege™, a software licensing and protection platform that enables secure software distribution via CD, electronic software distribution or peer-to-peer networks.

Teacube RFID: Teacube PC promotes open embedded standard

From InfoWorld, CA ... For example, a small T-Engine based terminal can read RFID (radio-frequency identification) tags on goods such as groceries and medicines so that an ...

Personal Media Corporation has released and put on sale "Teacube", a palm-sized ultra tiny embedded application product based on T-Engine. Personal Media Corporation is selling embedded appliance "Teacube". It is shipped from the end of March, in standard price 198,000 yen (excluding tax). This PMC's product "Teacube/VR5701 Evaluation Kit" is powered by CPU "VR5701" of NEC Electronics, and it has 100Base-TX LAN, external CRT output in SXGA (1280 x 1024 dots), USB and RS-232C(serial) connectors as default. It also contains standard software such as "PMC T-Kernel", a standard real-time OS extended to support MMU (virtual memory), T-Monitor (BIOS), T-Kernel Extension, and PMC T-Shell, a GUI middleware. It is highly suitable for a kernel machine to construct systems with WWW browser. PMC promotes Teacube to corporation users, mainly system construction vendors for various embedded fields, such as KIOSK terminal in museums, stations and stores, OPAC terminal to search books in libraries, and watch-line terminal in factories.

RFID Readers: Quatech Developing Complete Line of RFID Readers for Mobile and ...

From TMCnet  ... Quatech, Inc., a leading supplier of data connectivity solutions, announced its plans to develop a complete line of RFID readers for a variety of computing ...

Quatech's data connectivity product line includes a wide variety of interface adapters for desktop, laptop, thin client, and embedded systems. The central line consists of serial connectivity products providing multiple RS-232 and RS-422/485 ports via PCI, Universal PCI, CompactPCI, USB, Ethernet, PCMCIA, and ISA interfaces. Other products include synchronous serial cards, EPP parallel port cards and PCMCIA card drives. Quatech provides extensive OS support options, including Windows 9x/NT/Me/2k/XP, Windows CE, Linux, OS/2 and Solaris, to allow maximum flexibility for multi-platform systems.

Retail RFID: The Optimum for Multi-lane Retailers

From Green Sheet ... Other features include an RS232 port for connecting peripherals; a USB port, 10BaseT 10/100 RJ45 connector for Ethernet; and an optional built-in RFID module ...