AOptix Technologies Inc. announced a partnership with the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Joining the Passenger Experience Management Group and the Security Forum, the partnership will enable AOptix to play a role in determining how biometrics can be deployed as a part of IATA’s Checkpoint of the Future, International Traveler Scheme and other initiatives. AOptix […]

Morpho has announced it is bringing one of its latest biometric offerings to South Africa via its South African distribution partner Ideco Biometric Security Solutions, according to am IT Web article. The new product being introduced to the South African marketplace is the MorphoAccess VP Series, a multimodal physical access control system that utilizes finger […]

The City of Monash Council in Melbourne, Australia has announced plans to implement a biometric employee attendance tracker in a local library to better ensure tardy employees’ time cards are being reported correctly, according to a SC Magazine article. The rollout of the new technology, which is designed around a finger vein scanner developed by […]

Human recognition Systems (HRS), a developer of biometric technology, has announced they will be demonstrating its suite of MFlow products that are designed for use in aviation settings at the Transport Security Expo event in Olympia, London on the 13th and 14th of September. The purpose of the demo is to show attendees how the […]

IMS Research has launched a new report predicting that within five years 90% of passport holders will be using e-passports with integrated smart card IC chips. According to the report, “Electronic Government and Health Care ID Cards – World – 2011,” nearly half of all current passports issued today use smart chip technology, thanks to […]

Researchers from the Queensland University of Technology’s School of Engineering are looking into the viability of using soft biometrics, such as estimated height, weight, hair, skin color and other simple descriptors with video surveillance systems in hopes of developing a new way to automatically identify individuals of interest via simple surveillance, according to an article […]

AuthenTec has announced its TCEFC1 TouchChip module with TCS1 TouchChip fingerprint sensor has been chosen to be incorporated into fellow biometric technology developer BI2 Technology’s new multifactor solution. The new solution from BI2 is called the Mobile Offender Recognition and Identification System (MORIS) and is designed for use by police personnel to assist with identification […]

Valtech, a consulting firm, has partnered with Biometric Signature ID Inc. (BSI) to offer enhanced identity proofing and electronic signature applications. Valtech will leverage BSI’s BioSig-ID technology, a biometric handwriting and gesture technology that a user activates by using a mouse to create an online ID. For identity verification, the product’s Click-ID technology requires users […]