Near Field Communications Handsets and Tags, NFC Pilots and Projects

HANYUAN inroduces new leather key-fob

Friday, September 11, 2009

Chinese RFID manufacturer HANYUAN has announced the release of their new leather key-fob.

According to HANYUAN, the portable, waterproof key-ring tag is suitable for use in employee access control, time attendance, membership management and NFC payment systems.

The leather key-fob is HANYUAN’s latest addition to its line of key-ring RFID tags, providing an upscale alternative to the colorful plastic-encased AB Series key-fob tags released earlier this year. [end] 

EK Ekcessories’ electromagnetically opaque sleeve has received FIPS 201 approval from General Services Administration under the most recent test criteria.

The One Hander Card Holder protects personal information from unauthorized data skimming. The new holder features a similar design as a flip cell phone; the face of the protective clear case flips open to expose the ID or proximity card for scanning and in the closed position it has a protective shield to prevent unauthorized scanning of your ID card.  

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China’s GYRFID has announced the release of its new ISO14443A Mifare 1K/ Mifare 4K/ Mifare Ultralight multi-function contactless card.

The 13.56Mhz, 512bit contactless card is suitable for public transportation, payment systems, logistics, e-ticketing and more, according to GYRFID, and measures 86mm by 54mm, with a thickness of 0.84mm.  

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Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies, provider of security solutions and manufacturer of Schlage contactless smart credentials and readers, have entered into a partnership with ScreenCheck International which will let customers design, encode, print and manage its card population through ScreenCheck’s BadgeMaker Online software.

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Verayo, a security and authentication solutions provider has launched the newest product in its family of unclonable integrated circuits: the Vera M1HW.

Verayo’s unclonable technology takes advantage of the unavoidable, unpredictable and random variations in the IC fabrication process to uniquely characterize each chip. The variations cannot be controlled, modeled or replicated, effectively rendering each physically unclonable - enhancing security and reducing counterfeiting concerns.

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Gemalto has announced the launch of its new PROX DUTM smart card reader for physical and logical access control.

According to Gemalto, the dual-interface reader supports a host of applications using both contactless and contact technologies, including employee corporate badge, electronic identity, health care, retail and mass transit ticketing.

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California-based Kena Kai is launching a new line of wallets specifically designed to protect contactless cards from data theft.

The secret of the new DataSafe wallets is the multiple layers of radio-frequency (RF) shielding embedded in the material, which the company says can block unwanted “skimming” of personal information.

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