The Romanian Police no longer have access to their extensive set of databases that help them recognize and identify fingerprints and faces due to poor maintenance of the systems, reports Romania Insider. The police use an Imagetrak database that contains many physical characteristics about registered suspects. For fingerprint recognition the police use AFIS 2000. The […]

Hitachi Europe Ltd. announced a partnership agreement with Toronto-based Invixium Identity. The agreement enables Invixium to become a value-added reseller of Hitachi’s Finger Vein Authentication Engine (FVAE) and the H-1 Biometric Finger Vein scanner. The FVAE system promotes IT security through its identity assurance process and accurate matching. It uses near-infrared light to transmit light […]

The Leyte Provincial Government in the Philippines has developed and deployed a biometric system for the purpose of authenticating recipients of cash grants from teh Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid para sa Pamilyang Pilipino (4Ps) project. As reported on Asia Pacific Future Gov, the cash grants are given to extreme low-income households […]

DigitalPersona Inc. has launched the next-generation version of its U.are.U Software Development Kits (SDKs). The new SDKs enable biometric authentication through easy integration to be able to offer high protection against voter and entitlement program fraud. The system meets the requirements for making standards-based development tools, which provides for the expansion of fingerprint biometrics throughout […]

Iris-based identity authentication provider EyeLock Inc. announced the release of an iris recognition turnstile called EyeSwipe-Nano TS design for use in environments that require secure access control. The turnstile can capture iris information both at-a-distance and in motion. Its capture range can function at high speeds. The system also features an integrated card reader to […]

The State of West Virginia has chose NextgenID’s Multi-modal Biometric Enrollment (MBE) KIOSK for enrolling employees, contractors and citizens into the state’s new West Virginia Identity Management Service. This service will aid in the transition of business process to a secure system using trusted digital identity cards in the state’s counties and municipalities. The state […]

Lumidigm announced that the company’s fingerprint technology can be extended to read barcodes and authenticate credentials. The new technology will be demonstrated at the 2012 Biometric Consortium Conference (BCC) and Technology Exposition, September 18-20 at the Tampa, Fla. Convention Center. The scanners can read bar codes, which can be used to enroll an individual into […]

The FBI has invested $1 billion in a biometrics-based identification system to help catch criminals, reports ZD Net. The Next Generation Identification (NGI) program will improve the FBI’s existing fingerprint ID service. It also plans on including other biometric measures such as facial recognition, iris scanning, DNA analysis, voice identification and potentially also rolled and […]