The University of Calgary’s Biometric Technologies Laboratory is examining biometrics in conjunction with neural networks to understand whether different biometric measurements can stimulate security systems to improve their recognition process, reports R&D. Lab head Professor Marina Gavrilova hopes that the lab’s work will improve accuracy and the overall recognition process by simulating the brain and […]

In January 2004 the US-VISIT biometric border crossing system went live. The program was collecting two-fingerprints for comparison against a watch list of known criminals and terrorists to make sure they weren’t allowed into the U.S. It is one of the first biometric border crossing systems in the world and serves as a model to […]

Facebook is about to enhance its photo facial recognition capabilities, having yesterday announced its acquisition of Face.com. Face.com’s technology is used by many developers in various mobile apps. The Facebook acquisition is hoped to give them more opportunities to develop new products and technologies. The acquisition will also help Facebook’s push in the mobile sector […]

Some breakthroughs in facial recognition technology and its uses have come from an unusual source: the beauty industry. The French startup Vesalis has created facial recognition software targeted toward the beauty industry, but the software’s applications have caught the interest of several government entities, some of whom are investing in the startup to leverage its […]

Companies that use biometric time clock software to register employee attendance are finding that the addition of biometric factors eliminates the phenomenon of “buddy punching,” or having one employee clock in for another. As reported on UTSanDiego.com, implementing fingerprint biometrics or facial recognition software as part of the time clock system means that employees can […]

Ears may be the ideal body part for biometric identification, says a researcher from the University of Southampton, England. Professor Mark Nixon of the university’s ECS-Electronics and Computer Science department is conducting research on the concept, using photos of ears matched against a comparative database. Nixon thinks ears could be just as distinctive an identification […]

Animetrics has released ForensicaGPS, a new facial biometric tool for local, state and federal law enforcement. With the tool, law enforcement can identify criminal suspects even from low-resolution photos or video. The tool uses Animetrics’ patented facial recognition technology to turn low-resolution 2D facial images from a digital photo or video frame into a 3D […]

The government of Panama has chosen a consortium led by Morpho and comprised of Thomas Greg & Sons, a specialist in secure printing, and IAFIS, Morpho’s partner for implementation and management of biometric projects in Latin America, to supply e-passports. Under the contract, Morpho will supply biometric enrollment stations for capturing photographs, fingerprints and signatures […]

DigitalPersona Inc. released a new version of its DigitalPersona Pro Enterprise software that includes facial recognition as a method for authentication. Facial recognition can now be combined with fingerprint biometrics, passwords, PINs, proximity cards, smart cards and OATH tokens for a multi-factor authentication solution. Policy creation and enforcement works through a client’s existing Active Directory […]

Vision-Box, a biometrics solutions provider, has come out with an automatic border control e-gate that supports multimodal biometric authentication. This new e-gate is a thin system that contains vb i-match, a single sourced design that is modular and flexible and can be adapted to business requirements and infrastructure constraints that would otherwise disrupt passenger flow. […]