Evolis has announced new and improved features for its Tattoo2 printer. The entry-level printer creates customized badges and ID cards that feature pictures, text, logos and bar codes. The printer can print one at a time or print ID cards in small batches using the detachable 100-card feeder, or the manual feed option. The new features available include: direct transfer onto thermosensitive cards, ISO-compliant magnetic encoding, and printing on paper tickets. These new features help to increase the versatility and functionality of the Tattoo2.

Chicago’s St. Xavier University unveiled a new bike sharing program with environmentally friendly goals in mind. The Green Bike Program allows students and faculty to check out bikes using their Cougar cards. Bikes are unhooked from their docks with a swipe of an ID card and renters are allowed to use them for as they need them. Bikes are then returned to their docks. At the moment, rentals are free. In the fall the university plans to make the program free for the first 15 minutes and then 60 cents for every 15 minutes after that. The university hopes that students will ride the bikes in between classes and on errands instead of jumping in their cars and driving, thereby reducing the impact on the environment.