Students aren’t the only ones who play hooky. Teachers are too, at least at India’s Delhi University. To combat this issue, the school is implementing a biometric system that will track attendance for both students and teachers. The teacher absenteeism problem has been going on for quite a while. Predictably, the move towards a biometric […]

The National Bank of Australia (NAB) is throwing its weight behind voice recognition as a better, more secure customer identifier than fingerprinting, writes ZDNet. The NAB has been exploring the use of voice recognition since 2009, having customers use it instead of a PIN for identification. About 140,000 customers use the voice recognition services. The […]

As the influence of emerging technology continues to stretch toward every corner of the globe, political structures on the African continent stand ready and willing for resurgence. As reported CNN, elections on the African continent have come a long way but democracy is still in the embryonic stage. However, there are promising signs that change […]

Suprema Inc. has won the Mexican national electronic passport project. This project will develop a passport issuing system for 2.7 million electronic passports throughout the country. Suprema has finished its initial shipment, which includes over 500 units of biometric and passport issuing devices such as the RealPass-V epassport reader and the RealScan-10 live scanner and […]

States have more than a couple of reasons to improve their driver license processes. In January the bell tolls for states to comply with the oft-delayed REAL ID Act with potentially severe consequences for states that don’t meet the standards. There has also been an influx of fake driver licenses and state IDs from China. […]

The U.S. Patent Office has recently confirmed that Microsoft has a gaming development that could enable for real-time biometrics for multi-player gaming. The patent – uncovered by PatentBolt.com – shows a technology that would enable gamers to quickly and easily join a video game session already in progress using advanced biometrics. The biometric capture method […]

At December’s Security Investor Conference, more than 60 companies in the identity and security markets will discuss their solutions for the enterprise, residential and homeland security markets as well provide insight into financial plans and investment opportunities. The event will be held December 12-13 in New York City at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. This annual […]

The Philippines Senate approved Senate Bill 1030 to required all qualified voters to register to vote with biometrics, reports GMA News. Senator Lito Lapid authored the bill, which would require all registered voters who are not currently registered with biometrics to go to the election officers and submit photographs, fingerprints, signatures and other identifiable features. […]