The PASScard coming..

A high-tech travel passport card (passcard) is on the anvil for travellers bound to the US from Canada, Mexico, Caribbean and Bermuda. The wallet-sized card uses RFID technology to link the passenger to a database of personal information and a photograph. The passcard will benefit both passengers and security officials as it’s more convenient than scanning pages of a booklet and is part of Washington’s Western Hemisphere initiative requiring all Americans and Canadians visiting the US by land, sea and air to show a passport or other secure identification (to be implemented June 2009).