A new self-storage facility in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. has opened that incorporates high-end security measures such as fingerprint scanners and heartbeat detectors, according to a Sun Sentinel article. The facility, called RoboVault, is intentioned to target high-society for their needs of storing objects such as art, wine and car collection pieces.

The Queensland Police Service in Austalia is set to become the first force in Australia receive smart ID cards, according to squidcard.com. The cards are expected to increase security against hacking and optimize identity management processes within the police force.

The government in Orissa, a state on the East coast of India, has introduced biometric smart cards to replace ration cards that will be used in a pilot with its citizens in the Rayagada district, according to a SiFy article. The new program was developed in a joint effort between the Orissa government and the United Nations World Food Program in hopes of improving the Targeted Public Distribution System.

OpenTrust, a Next-Gen IT security software publisher, announced that it has partnered with a global corporate and investment banking provider to implement an all-in-one solution for one user to log on to multiple work stations using smart cards.