The Indian government has chosen Evolis, a European-based card printer, to provide solutions for decentralized production and distribution of health ID cards. The Indian government has implemented a new health care access program for 60 million Indians living below the poverty line. This scheme provides families with health insurance values at $800 per year. The […]

Suprema, a developer of fingerprint recognition technology, has announced that their algorithms for matching and extracting fingerprint data has outperformed the other matching algorithms and 23 of the extracting algorithms tested in the Minutiae Interoperability Exchange (MINEX) test performed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Their matching algorithm yielded a .23% false […]

3M has introduced a new protective sleeve for contatcless smart cards and electronic passports. The 3M Toughshield sleeves are intended to form a barrier to protect against data-skimming of such devices. The new sleeves resemble the paper shields used as protection for cards during shipping, but are lined with a thin, copper-coated conductive polymer. The […]

Students wishing to attend the UK under a student visa will soon need biometric identity cards. Fingerprinting is expected to begin this month for students seeking to renew their student visas. More than 50,000 students are expected to be affected. The move is meant to clamp down on fake colleges offering people a way to […]

Officials have confirmed that Bahrain International Airport will install biometric security gates, according to a Gulf Daily News article. The new systems, called ImmSec, were developed by Swedish security technology developer Gunnebo Security Group and include five years of maintenance by Gunnebo’s business partner the Securicore Group. The ImmSec systems will use a smart card […]

Since this video was recorded in September, SAFRAN through Sagem Securite purchased Motorola’s AFIS business. Read more here.