ID cards at universities are increasingly seeing technological upgrades. One of the most recent schools to increase its use of customized identification cards is the University of Pittsburgh.
The school is beginning the process of replacing student, faculty and staff ID cards in favour of a different design and a chip that will allow them to use local buses after the company upgrades its technology. The photo and number on the ID card will remain the same to eliminate long lines and create more efficiency. The new cards are just another example of many in how schools are creating new uses for campus ID cards.
When the bus company updates its vehicles, students won’t flash their cards at bus drivers. Instead, they’ll flash the contactless cards at a reader, installed on each of the buses that recognizes the chip inside the cards. The reader will determine whether the card is active or invalid. The new ID card system is also a great way for the school to keep better track of student and professor ridership. People who use counterfeit IDs or other people’s old University IDs will no longer be able to ride the buses without active cards.
However, due to their sensitive nature, the chip cards cannot be punched or altered in any way, as mutilation will deactivate the technology. Instead, students should be using badge holders or gripper lanyards for their IDs.
News Source: Pitt News
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