Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

EV-Box launches smart charging stations for electric cars

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

EV-Box of the Netherlands has begun production on smart card-enabled electric vehicle charging stations, according to evworld.com.

The new stations require drivers to identify themselves with a contactless ID card, dashboard tag or mobile phone in order to charge up their cars.


The first EV-Box stations have already been installed in several locations in The Netherlands and Belgium.

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Dublin-based AIB Merchant Services (AIBMS) has announced the launch of its new customizable loyalty program for small to medium-sized businesses, according to siliconrepublic.com.

The new solution, AIBMS loyaltyplus, uses contactless tags from ZapaTechnology that combine multiple loyalty cards onto one single device accepted at AIBMS point of sale terminals.

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Silicon Valley-based Cimbal has announced the public launch of its software-based NFC payment network. The network, which the company claims is the first of its kind in the world, enables secure payment and peer-to-peer transactions using a smart phone instead of a plastic card.

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The Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council is holding a meeting on open standards payment for public transportation in New York City on September 22 - 23.

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GAO RFID has released a new 13.56MHz contactless disc tag designed for asset tracking, anti-counterfeiting applications, factory automation systems, item identification and security systems. The clear, thin tag features a max contactless read/write distance of 12 cm, is ISO 14443 compliant and comes equipped a 1k Mifare chip.

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Cymbet Corporation has announced the release of its new EnerChip RF Induction Charger evaluation kit CBC-EVAL-11, enabling electronic designers to experiment with RF (Radio Frequency) Induction charging for EnerChip CC solid state energy storage devices and wireless sensor nodes.

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eAccess LLC, a subsidiary of Cubic Corporation, has announced it will deliver 1 million smart cards to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PATH) under a new three-year-contract.

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