PerSay, a developer of voice-based biometrics systems, has announced the completion of field testing for a new fraudster detection system designed for use by contact centers. The technology, which is based on the company’s FreeSpeechT Voice Biometrics platform, operates by utilizing recordings of known fraudsters and tipping off workers when they have encountered one on […]

The Kaduna State Muslims Pilgrims Welfare Board in Nigeria has announced that it will be utilizing technology from biometrics provider M2SYS to assist with the enrolling of more than 8,000 pilgrims into their system. Further, the system will allow for the board to verify each pilgrim in attendance at Haji in Mecca as well as […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a report, called Mobile ID Device Best Practice Recommendation Version 1, that details recommendations for best practices in the next generation of portable and mobile biometric devices. The specific items they are drawing attention to in the report deal with interoperability between technology and hardware housing […]

DigitalPersona, a developer of biometric systems, has announced the release of its new software Development Kit, One Touch I.D. The SDK along with a best practices guide is designed to easily enable users to embed fingerprint authentication to existing applications. In addition to the allowing for greater security by replacing passwords and PINs with biometric […]

Ulink, the bus service operated by the University of West England and Wessex Connect and originally established for students, introduced this month an Oyster-style card for passengers to make their travels across Bristol easier. Now in its second year, Ulink became the first bus service in Bristol to successfully launch the new smart card system. […]

St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, Ind. has implemented a new system in its operating rooms that use RFID to track and locate surgical sponges during surgery. The RF Surgical Detection System uses a handheld scanning wand hooked up to a compact, self-calibrating console to read micro RFID tags embedded in surgical sponges, towels and […]

According to a report on businessweekly.co.uk, the surge in orders for RFID in 2009 will create a 5% percent rise in the global RFID market this year to $5.56 billion. The report found that the US, China, Japan and the UK have been the most active in pursuing RFID projects in 2009. The report looks […]