The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a new software suite called Biometric Conformance Test Software for Data Interchange Formats (BioCTS2012) for biometrics users to test biometrics apps against the NIST standard. The software tests against the ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 standard, which provides a defined method for digitally encoding and storing biometric data. […]

The Emirates Identity Authority claims to hold the world’s largest database of civil integrated biometrics and has applied to the World Record Academy to verify its record. The database holds information from the UAE population register system and as of October 11, it contains 103 million decimal and rounded fingerprints, palm prints, hand print and […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the fall 2012 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]

AOptix and Certis CISCO announced a partnership that will provide iris and face recognition solutions for biometric security systems in Singapore. AOptix will offer its iris recognition and face capture systems to customers using biometrics for identity verification in aviation security among other applications. Certis will bring its expertise with security solutions as well as […]

The State of New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles has implemented a smiling ban for driver license photos in an effort to protect its facial recognition database. As reported on RT.com, the state updated its rules earlier this year to do away with drivers smiling because its facial recognition database has problems managing large numbers […]

The upcoming Playstation 4 may feature a new user identification and tracking technology that would enable Sony collect and store your biometric data online, TapScape reports. The speculations come as a result of Sony’s recent filing for a new biometric patent. The incorporation of biometrics into Playstation gaming means that the device will be able […]

NEC Corporation of America and Cross Match Technologies Inc. have partnered to put multimodal biometrics on handheld devices. Cross Match has integrated NEC’s Neoface facial recognition and automated latent print matching technologies into its SEEK mobile handheld device. The NEC technology leverages the SEEK camera for image acquisition and searching capabilities. This system can complete […]

3D facial recognition and identity provider Animetrics has partnered with Raptor Identification Systems Inc., an Android 4.0-based mobile device maker, for smart phones and tablets that incorporate biometric technologies. The new product is geared to law enforcement officials, military personnel and intelligence officers. The new devices will incorporate Animetrics’ facial identity management software that has […]

NEC Corporation of America has granted Michigan State University (MSU) with a gift to the school’s College of Engineering to fund biometric research. As reported by CBS Detroit, the gift will fund ongoing research on fingerprint matching and facial recognition. It will also help start new research in the school’s Pattern Recognition and Image Processing […]

The State of West Virginia has chose NextgenID’s Multi-modal Biometric Enrollment (MBE) KIOSK for enrolling employees, contractors and citizens into the state’s new West Virginia Identity Management Service. This service will aid in the transition of business process to a secure system using trusted digital identity cards in the state’s counties and municipalities. The state […]