Human recognition Systems (HRS) has announced it will be speaking at the Biometrics 2011 event at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center in London on Oct. 19th to give attendees an overview on the recently installed biometric system at Gatwick Airport in London, according to a Security Park article. Specifically, HRS will detail the trial and […]

AOptix Technologies has launched a multimodal biometric solution that authenticates an individual’s identity via both face recognition and iris recognition simultaneously. The new product, called InSight Duo, is designed to be used in the aviation security and border security industries. The technology is designed specifically for trusted traveler programs and immigration processing. In addition to […]

Developed at first as master’s thesis through UCLA, Optimum Biometric Labs, a developer of biometric systems monitoring solutions, has released a report titled “Best Practices in Biometrics Performance Monitoring Programs.” The document primarily deals with standards, methods, processes, frameworks and tools that can be leveraged to obtain data to detect, diagnose, report and recover issues […]

Election Authorities in Islamabad, Pakistan have been working towards a voting system that would include biometrics to impede fraudulent voting, according to an article from The Express Tribune. While they have not yet finished compiling the database if eligible voters’ electoral rolls and pictures, they plan to introduce a system that would include ballot papers […]

Passport Canada CEO Christine Desloges has announced that Canada will start issuing e-passports by the end of next year, according to Citytv.com. Speaking at a conference at the Montreal HQ of the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization, Desloges declared, “Canada is on track for the full-scale delivery of its e-passport. Next year we will […]

Lathem, an Atlanta, Georgia-based developer of biometric solutions, has released a new biometric time and attendance tracker that utilizes face recognition as a way for employees to authenticate their identity when clocking in or out for work, according to a Miami Herald article. The solution, called FaceIN, can make a punch to an employee’s time […]

IMS Research has launched a new report predicting that within five years 90% of passport holders will be using e-passports with integrated smart card IC chips. According to the report, “Electronic Government and Health Care ID Cards – World – 2011,” nearly half of all current passports issued today use smart chip technology, thanks to […]

AuthenTec has announced its TCEFC1 TouchChip module with TCS1 TouchChip fingerprint sensor has been chosen to be incorporated into fellow biometric technology developer BI2 Technology’s new multifactor solution. The new solution from BI2 is called the Mobile Offender Recognition and Identification System (MORIS) and is designed for use by police personnel to assist with identification […]

Could the death of the smartphone be imminent? Writer Barbara Hudson believes so. On LinuxInsider Hudson opines that within 20 years, today’s hot smartphone and tablet technologies will be obsolete, with telecom companies being the big losers. Hudson points to 1991’s hot technology, the fax machine, and how telecom companies heralded it as the technology […]

The increasing use of face recognition on social media and photo sharing sites, while both novel and irksome to the general public, could have devastating effects on people whose livelihood depends on anonymity, such as undercover police officers, according to a Popular Science article. Due to these worries, the Australian Federal Police has started researching […]