RFID helps teach science

TV host and scientist Bill Nye, (the Science Guy), has introduced a climate change exhibition using radio-frequency identification (RFID) at the Chabot Space and Science Centre in the US, reports RFID Journal.

Bill Nye's Climate Lab strives to use technology to educate visitors about the most pressing environmental problems, and employs RFID to help it achieve that goal.

An RFID reader embedded in each exhibit collects the unique ID from an approaching visitor's card. Each visitor uses their card to take a poll or a quiz at the computer kiosks.

HID Global has deployed e-government RFID readers in France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Spain to help create robust identity-checking infrastructure in Europe, states Security Info Watch.

The company will be deploying its technology through leading system integrators in two additional countries during the first half of calendar 2011.

Mark Scaparro, HID Global senior vice-president of identification solutions, says: “We understand how important it is to minimise delays while maximising security at border crossings, and so we have focused on delivering best-in-class reader speed, accuracy and flexibility in our e-passports and other e-government solutions.”

RFID manufacturer, KSW Microtec, has created a smart mobile phone sticker for use in e-payment, e-ticketing, loyalty and access control applications, says EE Times.

The smart sticker has a passive RFID component embedded within it so that the phone can be used as an alternative to a contactless card.

The company claims, the mobile phone sticker can be used for financial transactions equivalent to those carried via debit or credit cards.