A night club in Singapore has incorporated biometrics into their party business. Thumper reopened its doors this month using an advanced biometric ID system that allows club goers to drink and party without ever having to carry cash or credit cards. To pay for your drink, simply press your thumb to a sensor on the […]

No later than November 30th of this year, workers at the Port of Halifax will be identified using vascular technology as part of a new credentialing and access control database system (CACDS) developed by Unisys Corporation. A photograph and infrared scan of the back of the cardholder’s hand will be embedded in a Smart card […]

Republican Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani’s platform includes a biometric ID card for all non-citizens. Part of his focus will be to end illegal immigration and secure our borders. He proposes a “tamper-proof” Secure Authorized Foreign Entry (SAFE) biometric ID card for all non-citizen workers and students. His platform also proposes that a biometric “check-out” system […]

Claiming that the use of biometrics (specifically a time-keeping system that uses finger measurements to track worker’s hours) is the “mark of the beast,” several employees of the City of Wilmington, NC have filed religious protests against their employer. “As my divine…right, I request that you, my employer, accommodate my sincerely held religious belief by […]