ID Industry News from Brady People ID
Posted by Debbie Caamano on Mon, Apr 25, 2011 @ 09:42 AM
Read About the Latest Developments in the ID Industry...
Congress investigating TSA biometric system failures
TSA officials did not show up to a U.S. congressional hearing for transportation worker credentialing. The hearing was looking into why it has taken the agency so long to get a viable biometric credentialing and security check procedure in place for airline flight crews, according to a Journal of Commerce article.
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Hotels curb theft with support from Linen Tracking Technology
Hotels from Florida, Hawaii and New York have installed RFID technology in an effort to prevent towel theft, reports The USA Today.
Miami-based Linen Technology Tracking LLC provided the washable RFID technology to three hotels – in Honolulu, Miami and Manhattan – and the system to keep track of towels, robes and bed sheets. The Honolulu hotel has reduced theft of its pool towels from 4,000 a month to 750 since it introduced the technology last summer, according to Linen Technology.
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Apple patents touchscreen as RFID reader
Apple has been awarded a patent for its method of adding RFID reading capabilities to the touchscreen of a device, according to AppleInsider.
The patent, “Touch Screen RFID Tag Reader,” details how the touch sensor panel of a device can be modified to incorporate RFID circuitry within touch sensor panel circuitry, thereby allowing the screen to double as an “RFID transponder,” reports AI. According to Apple, this method eliminates the need for a “space-consuming RFID antenna.”
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