Beur Central Model Jail is going to be the first prison to implement India’s new e-prisons program that registers all prisoners and issues them smart cards, reports The Times of India. Bihar state electronics development corporation has developed the cards, which will contain the prisoner’s name, father’s name, permanent address, fingerprints, phots, identity proof and […]

Human Recognition Systems’ identity registration platform MTrust now helps ensure compliance with the U.K. Border Agency’s (UKBA) Tier 4 regulations around international student sponsorship. MTrust is a mobile biometric identification system that uses fingerprint readers to track people within a system. In the education sector, it can be leveraged for attendance information and to alert […]

In looking for the next big possibility in biometric identifiers, a computer scientist believes the knees might have it. As reported on Science Daily, Lior Shamir, a computer scientists at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan, says knees are just as unique as fingerprints and could be a valid identifier. Shamir says that biometric knee […]

The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology has partnered with Nexus USA to create a biometrics program that could facilitate a move to a cashless society. The program uses Nexus’ trademarked Biocryptology, a means of biometric identification through hemoglobin in the blood. A user scans his finger, and the system reads through the print, […]

Bridge Community Bank of Mechanicsville, Iowa, will be implementing digital representations as a way to add protection to customer accounts, reports KCRG. Bridge has contracted with TASCET Inc. to use its Financial ICONN system. Account holders visit the bank to create their own Financial ICONN, which consists of personal identifying information, two digital fingerprints and […]

By Peter Cattaneo, vice president of business development at Intercede The rapid consumer adoption of powerful smart phones and tablets is revolutionizing enterprises as employees increasingly use these devices to access corporate assets and IT systems. Today, users expect the same mobile experience they have in their off time. Taking and posting photos and videos, […]

Japanese researchers have developed a “privacy visor” that could help wearers become “invisible” to facial recognition technology that’s used in surveillance efforts, reports Slate. Researchers Isao Echizen of Tokyo’s National Institute of Informatics and Seiichi Gohshi of Kogakuin University spent months doing research on ways that could prevent facial recognition software from tracking information on […]

The Iraqi government has expressed interest in learning about India’s experience with its smart card program that provides health insurance benefits to the poor, reports The Hindu Business Line. The Iraq government is interested in moving from a universal public distribution system to a more targeted system. To that end, Iraq has requested that the […]