Authenticating and authorizing the personnel who operate, update and maintain manufacturing systems in industrial automation applications is typically accomplished using magnetic stripe cards, smart ...

Rather than reinvent the wheel, you might want to check out the extremely impressive ESP-RFID project. It’s still based on the ESP8266 we all know and love, but it combines the diminutive WiFi-enabled ...

The ID badge has become a nearly universal emblem of corporate life. At companies large and small, new employees are issued a radio frequency identification (RFID) card that provides visual ...

Passwords, PINs and physical keys are so yesterday. Today’s employees, students, tenants and consumers are used to accessing all kinds of locations, goods and services with the wave of an ID card or ...

I just received my RC522 RFID reader and made this simple Arduino access control system that uses the reader, a buzzer for the alarm and a relay shield for the security system. The relay can be used ...

A partnership between Precision Dynamics and Salto Systems will allow production of RFID wristbands for keyless entry to rooms and storage lockers in hotels, resorts, amusement parks and other ...

It’s a scenario frightening for both its simplicity and tenacity. More and more people use wireless communication devices such as mobile phones, biometric passports and credit cards with radio ...

RFID card access systems are used by most companies to let people into their buildings. But over the last few years, researchers have shown how these systems can be easily bypassed. Francis Brown, a ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--Future government-issued travel documents may feature embedded computer chips that can be read at a distance of up to 30 feet, a top Homeland Security official said Tuesday, creating ...