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SRI Sarnoff's Iris on the Move N-Glance identification system now validated as a biometric product for Lenel access control systems.
In what is believed to be a world first, 16 and 17 year olds are able to use the automated biometric SmartGate systems.
Aware is providing biometrics software and services for three large-scale border management systems as a result of separate team-based project wins in Europe, the Middle East, and North America.
Fingerprint Cards and Miaxis strengthen partnership in China with more banking and governmental projects on the horizon.
Vision-Box has announced general availability of a single sourced multimodal biometric ABC eGate.
CSC has teamed up with Daon to launch a biometric authentication service to help banks reduce risk and protect their customers from fraud and identity theft.
Remember the last time you bought a new computer only to learn that you then had to upgrade your printer and find the appropriate drivers? Similar problems exist for biometrics. Until now…
US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has indicated that the USA and Australia could soon begin opening up their biometric-based trusted traveller systems to each other’s citizens.
Fujitsu Laboratories Limited claims to have developed the world's smallest and slimmest palm vein authentication sensor.
Sensory has announced the availability of speaker verification for the company's voice recognition and activation products.
The Biometrics Institute has launched its 2012 Industry Survey and is asking members and key stakeholders to provide input on the current status and future developments of the biometrics industry.
DNA has always been seen as a highly-effective biometric “in theory”. But in order to take the technology and put it into “practice” as an automated biometric system is a tall order. Latest developments look promising, however.
Speed Identity wins contract from Estonian Police and Border Guard Board to supply passport enrolment equipment.
Planet Biometrics has launched its latest In Focus section, this time turning its attention to the use of biometrics in mobile applications.
Business strategists at iris recognition company AOptix may award themselves an A+ after securing themselves a strategic partner deal with industry heavyweight Morpho.
Human Recognition Systems’ (HRS) MForce identification platform has been given the capability to operate using fused multi-biometric and biographic intelligence.
Hooters restaurants – renowned as much for its US-style cheerleaders as its food – is adding a new ingredient to the mix – fingerprints.
NIST’s latest research into the performance of iris recognition – its IREX III evaluation – highlights that a major factor in the success of future deployments will be the improvement and careful selection of iris recognition algorithms.
BioEnable, a supplier of biometric products in India, has launched what it claims is the first iris recognition scanner developed and manufactured in India.
Get a feel for where things are going on the international standards front. A special report on the SC37 standards meetings in Phuket which took place earlier this month (January 2012).
Get a feel for where things are going on the international standards front. This article reveals all the highlights from the recent SC37 biometric standard meetings in Kyoto, Japan
Since 9/11, biometrics have been heralded by politicians as the panacea for all security problems. The worst thing that can happen to a new technology is to be badly marketed in its starting phase. This has happened to biometrics.
I am very happy to have been asked to serve as the Editor of the Biometric Standards In Focus area of the website and look forward to bringing you the latest in standards news and information.
Here is an in-depth overview of how well biometric technology is performing in India's UID project. And, more crucially, it explains why performance is so good?
The entire biometrics community has suffered from vocabulary confusion, especially in large-scale, public procurements. Help is at hand thanks to a standards initiative looking specifically at Vocabulary Harmonization.
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