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It’s a Phone; It’s a Wallet; It’s NFC
Touching your phone to a sensor to make a purchase is one of the most compelling NFC applications – and it’s also one of the most complex. …
RFID: Up Close and Personal
In the competitive travel sector, sought-after business and luxury travelers are hard to please and even harder to impress. Accordingly, hotels are investigating …
Hotels at sea
If you wanted to describe the security challenges of a cruise liner, you could think of a hotel inside an airport. When it comes to the individual cabins, …
Place your bets on RFID
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is being used to track everything from border crossings, cattle, blood samples, beer, and other consumer …
Check-in phone
Long queues after a tiring day on the road is an unwelcome sight for any traveler, but a new electronic-locking solution, which communicates with cell …
Getting in the swim
Lower-cost passive RFID technology is beginning to appear at hotels and resorts that value its ability to improve security and service. For properties …
The Future of Airport Security
Security at airports has always been tough. But the terrorist attack on New York, showed that it was not tough enough. The airports employ various security …
Life on the fast lane
It’s been a tremendous challenge for airports in the U.S. and around the world: How can they measure up to new standards in traveler screening and …
Security built from ground up
Airports face two difficult security challenges: First, they must get the right people to destinations around the world, quickly and safely; second they …