West Virginia University has received $5 million in funding for its biometrics and forensics program, according to a Times West Virginia article. All of the money coming in to the programs have been awarded as grants from different government agencies for the work its department has been doing. The first two grants are FBI grants […]

M2SYS Technology, a developer of biometric systems, has announced an agreement that sees them providing a fingerprint identification system to the Bwindi Community Hospital, a health care provider to some of the poorest areas of the world. The M2SYS provided system is to be utilized to identify patients in an effort to reduce chances of […]

Futronic Technology Company Limited, a developer of fingerprint authentication products, has announced the release of their new fingerprint scanner that can utilize two fingerprints at once. The new system is also being touted as a rugged solution due to its anti-scratch scanning surface and ability to handle poor samples due to wet, dry, blurred or […]

New York-based CYBRA Corporation and its partner, Key West Technologies, have signed an agreement with China’s Waterborne Transportation Institute (WTI) to develop and manufacture RFID-enabled smart shipping containers to improve logistics tracking in China’s maritime shipping industry. The involved parties will unite to form a joint venture company called Beijing Smart Shipping Technologies (SST). SST’s […]

Florida-based VeriChip Corporation, maker of the world’s first human implantable RFID chip, has announced that it will receive a $10 million investment from Optimus Technology Capital Partners. VeriChip plans to use a portion of the investment to fully fund its program with RECEPTORS LLC to develop a virus triage detection system for the H1N1 virus […]

Italian bank Credito Valtellinese will be piloting the first European trial of Visa’s V Pay contactless debit product on Nokia phones. Fifty of the bank’s employees are scheduled to take part in the experiment that will enable payments of about $22 using the phone equipped with the Tellcard Mobile V Pay. The employees will be […]

INSIDE Contactless announced a technology partnership to provide critical NFC technology to Paris-based MobiNear, a provider of proximity mobile communications solutions. Through this cooperation, INSIDE is providing NFC reading capabilities to enhance the MobiNear Box kiosk, which will now be able to let people use their contactless transportation cards and NFC-enabled mobile phones to access […]