A new series of compact ticket printer has been launched at Intertraffic by GeBE. The GeBE-Compact Plus printers have been designed for small spaces and tight enclosures. Crucially, the new machines print tickets transversely instead of longitudinally, so a smaller roll of paper is used for the same number of tickets. GeBE is exhibiting its bespoke printers for kiosk applications, ticketing and parking machines and access control systems.
From January 2014 smartphone users will be able to scan QR codes on L’Oreal product labels and buy them using HexaPay’s “store to mobile meta-wallet” purchase solution. It is the latest advance by the startup in its efforts to bring easy, one-click style purchases to smartphone users. HexaPay is agnostic in terms of mobile platforms and payment systems as its application operates through users’ phone browsers to complete a purchase when they scan a QR code or wave their phones over an NFC reader, said Micha
Ceit-IK4, within the framework of the European I-HEeRO project, is developing a system that allows motorcycles to call emergency services in an accident.
Researchers from the Applied Mechanics department at Ceit-IK4 are part of the I-HeERO project, which aims to create the infrastructures that will support the eCall electronic safety system, which enables the vehicle itself to call emergency services in the case of a serious accident. Beginning in March 2018 the eCall device will be a standard feature in