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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1



                     AXCESS INC. ACQUIRES RFID TECHNOLOGY--
                    SECURES AND PROTECTS PEOPLE AND PROPERTY


         DALLAS, TX September 10, 1998 -- AXCESS Inc. (Nasdaq: AXSI) (formerly
Lasertechnics, Inc.) Announced today it acquired the intellectual property
assets of ASGI, Inc. in Dulles, VA, to market and manufacture RFID-based (Radio
Frequency Identification) access control and asset management solutions.

         This proprietary technology and the related products were obtained as
part of the company's previously announced strategic plan to bring to market
access control products utilizing the most preeminent emerging technologies in
the rapid-growth security industry.  According to Frost & Sullivan research,
1997 total worldwide revenue from the sale of RFID related products was just
under $500 million and is projected to grow to over $3 billion by 2004.

         AXCESS Inc. will formally launch its new RFID products at the ASIS
(American Society of Industrial Security) trade show in mid-September.  The
company expects to take dealer orders at this show and begin shipments in the
fourth quarter.   "This puts the company a full quarter ahead of our business
plan," stated Richard C.E. Morgan, AXCESS Inc.  chairman of the board.

         Benefits to the company include: ownership and control of this unique
RFID technology and its patents pending; the revenue potential from new
contracts, licensing opportunities and working the existing backlog; and ASGI's
established distributor relationships, strategic partnerships, installed
customer base and the seasoned expertise of their staff -- more than 50 years
experience in RF/security product and systems design and development.

         "This move is brilliant on two fronts," stated AXCESS Inc. board
member Gregory W. Haskell, president and coo of XL Vision, Inc., a Safeguard
Scientifics partnership company.  "It capitalizes on the trend to RFID as the
most promising technology in the security industry.  Secondly, the deal was
struck within the company's existing funding envelope eliminating the need to
raise additional capital or dilute the stock beyond that which had already been
contemplated.

RFID TECHNOLOGY AND THE SOLUTIONS

         "Over 60 percent of employers' shrinkage problems come from employee
theft," said Harry S. Budow, president and ceo of AXCESS Inc.  "Companies now
realize they have to protect the contents as well as the perimeter.  Laptops
are walking out the door in every company."

         A system is made up of small active tags, antenna (readers) and a
server (PC).  The reader identifies the tag (distance can vary from inches up
to 100 feet) and communicates the information to a server with software for
processing specific applications.  In a typical solution assets to be tracked
would be tagged.

         As the assets move about the facility, the system logs the activity.
Further each employee badge would contain a tag.  The system would then record
who left with what, when.  An instant inventory can





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be obtained at any time providing manufacturing and logistics companies with
sophisticated inventory management as a value-added to security.  The
hands-free AXCESS Inc. RFID solution has unique capabilities such as
Tag-to-Tag(TM) communication which expands the range of field, Functional
Linkage(TM) which associates a person with an asset, and the ability to read
multiple tags in a field allowing speed of access and on-demand inventory
management.  The product is easily integrated into existing security systems.
Besides access control and asset management, some typical applications are time
and attendance and vehicle management.

COMBINATION BIOMETRIC READERS

         AXCESS Inc. will introduce and demonstrate a combination reader at the
September ASIS trade show.  The combi-reader, designed in partnership with XL
Vision, Inc., will read a fingerprint template inexpensively stored on an ID
card and match it to the finger placed on the reader.

         "When biometrics are added to the solution, the business is assured
that access to vital assets and data such as development labs and trade secrets
is limited in a truly secure manner," Mr. Budow continued.  "Last year
intellectual property fraud losses at US companies exceeded $300 billion."

         A biometric uniquely identifies a person via physiological
characteristics such as fingerprint, voice, iris scana, etc.  Multi-levels of
security can be installed to limit access to facilities or data.  For example,
perimeter doors may trace entry of those with a card containing an RFID tag but
computer room access requires biometric match with a card (or tag) containing
the fingerprint template.  Combi-readers can be integrated into virtually any
type of security system and are planned for mass production in the second
quarter, 1999.

         The company sells through indirect channels (i.e., dealers,
distributors, integrators and original equipment manufacturers) to the general
business community and government.

         AXCESS Inc., founded in 1982 as Lasertechnics, Inc., consists of two
operating groups: (1) AXCESS, headquartered in Dallas, TX with offices in
Australia and Europe, which markets RFID and biometric technology solutions for
access control and asset management systems through indirect channels; produces
fraud-resistent wallet-size ID cards and assembles and sells dye-sublimation
secure card printers and (2) Lasertechnics Marking Corporation of Albuquerque,
NM (wholly-owned) which provides laser marking systems and related technologies
for a diverse range of industrial and commercial markets.

         For additional information, please see our website at www.axsi.com.

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