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RFID News Monthly

Tuesday, June 7, 2005

Man in Chair



This month editors explore more entrenched RFID programs. Manhattan Associates and Precision Dynamics are making headway into large-scale, live operations &mdash in this issue the prison system and a large California produce company. Dr. Peter Harrop of research group IDTechEx explains the state of the industry and makes some long term technology predictions. RFID News also interviews Doug Ahlers of the controversial in-school RFID company, InCom.

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UK-regional bus group Bluestar has launched a new transit card for discounted weekly and monthly travel on its network, according to Southern Daily Echo.

The new card enables cashless fare for any service on the Bluestar Network in Southampton, Eastleigh and Winchester. It also supports travel on Wilts & Dorset buses and Southern Vectis on the Isle of Wight, both of which are owned and operated by Go-Ahead Group.

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The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), the state run bus service in Maharashtra, India, has adopted a smart card ticketing system to replace its existing paper passes for transit buses.

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Bank of America announced that it will begin charging a $5 monthly fee for cardholders who use their debit cards, a move that may impact banking relationships on campus.

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Personal information of 9,000 current and prospective students was inadvertently posted online by Valencia College in Orlando. The school has apologized for the mistake.

The information included the students’ names, addresses, dates of birth and student ID numbers but not their Social Security numbers or financial information.

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Fox News Business has taken a look at university IDs that also double as prepaid cards. Fox dubs the prepaid aspect as “the latest twist on a long tradition of college campus ID cards serving a dual financial purpose.”

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Another library joins the long list of those converting to RFID technology to developing a more efficient method of borrowing items - the Grand Rapids Public Library system.

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