States are considering kiosks for renewal or replacement of driver licenses to cuts down on lines, wait times and improve customer service. MorphoTrust has seven states with systems deployed and more in the pipeline.

According to Goode Intelligence, biometric authentication in Smart Mobile Devices – smart phones, phablets and tablets – is becoming a common feature. The consultancy issued an update to its report forecasting that by 2019 there will be 604 million users of wearable biometric technology globally.

Brivo Labs’ Rändivoo visitor management system will be capable of integrating with the Nymi band for identity authentication.

Health care providers are starting to see the benefit of using biometrics for patient identification. These benefits include: less fraud, fewer duplicate records, shorter wait times. M2SYS Technology’s Michael Trader and Novant Health’s Melanie Wilson chat with Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan about biometrics in health care.

The new Zwipe MasterCard enables consumers to dump PIN codes and passwords. Zwipe and MasterCard have teamed up for on a contactless payment card featuring an integrated fingerprint sensor.

Whether you call it a squiggle, doodle or free-form gesture, the act of drawing a curvy line in lieu of typing a four-digit code is getting positive reviews from researchers, software developers and users when it comes to authentication.

Weekly news briefs detailing new reports on the fingerprint sensor and smart card markets as well as details on the Norwegian Police PKI project and improvements in fingerpint spoofing from NexID.

The Security Industry Association looks at some of the potential technologies that can help the U.S. secure its borders. From biometric exit and entry to fences, real and virtual there are a variety of systems that can help protect the borders.