Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

New IBM ThinkPad with fingerprint sensor

Friday, October 1, 2004

Lost among the countless articles announcing the launch of US-VISIT’s next phase today, was a little gem from IBM.

They have a version of their T42 ThinkPad that includes a fingerprint reader. Another sweep sensor, actually. It was debatable as to whether this was even worth mentioning because the original press release is lost somewhere in cyberspace. According to Gizmodo, the article said that they claimed it to be first of its kind. But MPC and Fujitsu know that isn’t true.

We’ll let you know if any more surfaces on this laptop. Read the Gizmodo entry.

Also - if you happen to use biometrics in your business now, you might want to drop the people at Gizmodo a line. They need to hear some case studies in favor of the technology. (gizmodo at gmail dot com)

UPDATE - Yep, the ThinkPad is available. Here’s some more details. From SearchSecurity.com From AME Info From Chicago Tribune (requires reqistration) [end] 

Vision-Box, a biometrics solutions provider, has come out with an automatic border control e-gate that supports multimodal biometric authentication.

This new e-gate is a thin system that contains vb i-match, a single sourced design that is modular and flexible and can be adapted to business requirements and infrastructure constraints that would otherwise disrupt passenger flow. It has the ability to cope with industry standards such as ICAO. The e-gate supports iris, fingerprint and facial biometrics.

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A group of graduate students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working to develop a new type of sensor using RFID technology to monitor freshness levels in fruits and vegetables, according to scdigest.com.

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MorphoAccess VP from MorphoTrak Inc. took the top honor at the Security Industry Association’s 2012 New Product Showcase, winning the Best New Product Award at the awards ceremony at ISC West.

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Mobile and network security provider AuthenTec has released the AuthenTec AE2750, a fingerprint sensor designed for use in mobile commerce applications.

The AE2750 contains many features found in smart sensor designs, such as a 192 pixel by 8 pixel fingerprint sensor array. It also offers hybrid fingerprint matching on a sensor match and host match, AES, RSA and SHA encryption block and One Time Password generation. The device can mount on smart phones, tablest and touchscreen-enabled mobile devices.

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British journal Benchmark Magazine, a monthly publication about security technology, found after testing a variety of fingerprint readers, that those using multispectral imaging provide more consistent readings than those relying on optical scans only.

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Sensor supplier Fingerprint Cards AB (FPC) has extended its partnership with Chinese biometrics provider Miaxis Biometrics Co. LTD to deliver biometrics products to the Chinese banking sector.

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