Campus Cards, College and University Identification and Security

Sleek handheld from Labcal reads biometrics, contact and contactless chips, barcodes, and more

Monday, August 1, 2005

The latest ammunition in the continuing struggle to keep secure areas secure may come in the form of a small handheld biometric reader that can identify a fingerprint or read a bar code off a truck, license tag, or ID card. With contact and contactless capability, the new reader from the Canadian company, Labcal, can also serve as a backup system if the main server goes down.

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