The Vermont State Department of Motor Vehicles has had to recall the more than 4,000 enhanced driver licenses that were developed to assist in Identification when crossing over the Canadian/American border, according to a Daily Mail article. The problem, which reportedly did not create any large delays for travelers, was noticed when border agents were […]

L-1 Identity Solutions, a developer of biometric solutions, has unveiled a new biometric device designed to serve as a reader for an access control unit that can withstand extreme weather conditions. These devices, called 4G PIV-TWIC Station Extreme, are specifically intended for use in governmental applications such as military bases and government facilities and commercial […]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Global Entry Trusted Traveler Program has enrolled 650,000 individuals and is planning on expanding to enable foreign traveler to take advantage of the program, said Daniel Piscopo, assistant division director for the program at the Biometric Consortium Conference. Global Entry enabled international traveler t process through U.S. border checkpoints […]

In an effort to lower logistics costs, Thailand’s National Innovation Agency (NIA) has released a report advocating nation-wide adoption of RFID logistics tracking systems for managing transportation and the shrimp industry. For monitoring metropolitan transportation, the NIA has singled out B-Move, an RFID system co-developed by Southeast Asia Technology and Burapha University’s Logistics Department. Under […]

AeroScout announced that York Hospital in Pennsylvania has implemented AeroScout’s Wi-Fi-based RFID asset tracking solution in emergency, biomedical engineering and transportation departments. The solution deployed at York Hospital, a 580-bed WellSpan community teaching hospital, consists of AeroScout’s MobileView software and Wi-Fi tags. These tags are attached to mobile hospital assets, including gurneys, infusion pumps, feeding […]

In an attempt to nip potential ethical and policy-related issues surrounding governmental adoption of biometric and other advanced security technologies, the European Union (EU) has began funding for a project called the Rising pan-European and International Awareness on Biometrics and Security Ethics (RISE), according to a Gov Monitor article. RISE will be attempting to reach […]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun funding for a $20 million project conducted by Draper Laboratory intended to create a new biometric-based tool for security screening at airport checkpoints, according to a Security Management article. The program being created is intended to recognized imperceptible physiological and behavioral biometrics such as heart rate, […]