Key Source International (KSI) has announced the release of a new line of computer keyboards that offer a number of security input options. Among the various embedded options for securely authenticating one’s identity in the keyboard, called the KSI-1700, are biometrics, RFID, HID and contactless smart cards as well as technology called SonarLocID, which automatically […]

Schools in Taylor County in West Virginia are integrating biometric systems into their school lunch programs in an effort to stream line processes among other purposes, according to a Mountain Statesman article. The Taylor County School System is using a fingerprint-based system developed by biometrics developer identiMetrics and has opened the option to parents to […]

The Department of Motor Vehicles in Rhode Island is employing a facial recognition-based system in its license and identification card issuance programs in an effort to curb identity fraud, according to a Turn to 10 article. The system the DMV utilizes is can compare all the photos taken for state-issued ID cards and run them […]

Smart ID announced it will unveil its new biometric enrollment kit designed for the international marketplace at CARTES & Identification 2011 at the Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition centre in France. The full kit from Smart ID includes a fingerprint scanner, iris scanner, laptop, additional monitor, Web cam, pen drive, offline KVA UPS, 500 GB of […]

SecuGen announced that one of its manufacturing partners, iPulse Systems, is rolling out biometric time and attendance systems that incorporates fingerprint modules from SecuGen to all the McDonald’s restaurants across South Africa. The systems being implemented at the fast food outlets, called iPulse iDU5, utilizes SecuGen’s SDA04M fingerprint OEM module and has already been in […]

The Los Angeles World Airports, which oversees airport operations for the city of Los Angeles, has awarded a contract modification to Unisys to upgrade its access control and alarm monitoring system that is used to identify the 45,000 airport employees, contractors, police and others who work at the organization’s three airports. Under the modification, potentially […]

Global Industry Analysts has announced the release of a new market research study on the global biometric industry’s marketplace projecting the market to reach $16.47 billion in worth by 2017. Among the reasoning behind the projected growth are government-backed pushes for the technology due to the increasing threat of terrorist attacks, the rising need for […]

DigitalPersona announced the release of its new fingerprint feature extraction technology called FingerJetFX. Unlike most releases from the company, however, the FingerJetFX solution has been release with an Open Source Edition in addition to its commercially available edition. The open source edition opens up the source code for free to application developers and manufacturers looking […]