With the help of wireless access control readers from Schlage and the campus card solution from Blackboard, students at Georgia Tech no longer need a physical ticket to get into home football games. At the school’s Bobby Dodd Stadium, turnstyles were outfitted with card readers to enable card swipe and subsequent eligibility verification to grant or deny entry. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/cr80news-4.gif)
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Dublin will see a new integrated smart card ticketing system by early next year, according to The Irish Times. The the €55 million project will start with a smart card rollout for the Luas and Dublin Bus services, to be joined later by Irish Rail, private bus operators and Bus Éireann. read more »GloberRanger Corp., a provider of RFID, mobility, and sensor-based solutions, has been named a finalist in the Emerging Company Horizon Award category as part of the 10th Annual Tech Titans and Titan Fast Tech. read more »Higher One has paired with Indiana Tech in Fort Wayne, Indiana to electronically distribute financial aid and other monetary disbursements to students via Higher One’s OneDisburse refund management service. read more »The Canadian Visa vendor Home Trust has selected Gemalto to manage its migration to EMV smart payment cards. Up until now the company has supplied only magnetic strip payment cards. With the support of Gemalto, Home Trust will begin issuing the new cards through pilot programs in Ontario. read more »Loyola University, Chicago, is offering more buying power for its students through the campus card program, allowing them for the first time to take the card off-campus at local dining establishments. The program will start small, focusing on a handful of restaurants. read more »Fans at Brighton and Hove Albion F.C.’s new stadium in Falmer, England will soon be able to pay for merchandise, food and drink with contactless smart cards, according to The Argus. read more » |
