The AIDC Centre has published a White Paper covering the general background to the concept of intelligent communities as a technique for delivering sustainable urban improvement.   The paper, entitled, "Strategies And Methodology For Sustainable Urban Improvement Using Intelligent Technologies" also discusses wider issues to do with Intelligent Communities and touches on the concept of...

AIDC has been appointed as the Secretariat for a new  trade association to represent the smartcard and secure eServices industry.   A Steering Committee has been formed, chaired by Mick Davies, Chairman of LASSeO. 

Senior industry figures interested in being part of this Steering Committee and helping to shape the new...

Clinical trials have begun of a smart plaster - a sensor-studded band aid that wirelessly monitors vital signs, according to a story from the BBC.

Once stuck to a patient's chest, the band aid monitors heart rate, blood pressure and other health indicators.  Its creators hope it will eventually take...

A new short film produced by Timo Arnall and Jack Schulze shows RFID in action in a novel and interesting way.  The film recreates the well known "domino effect" when one item falls against another and so on and so on, causing a long chain reaction.  The difference in the film is that the...