A leading Apple analyst predicted that future iPhone models would replace the Touch ID fingerprint biometric sensor first with an optical sensor and later with face recognition in future models. The goal is to recapture lost handset real estate required for the dedicated capacitive fingerprint sensor hardware enabling a larger screen and “zero bezel” solution that …

A new biometric padlock called the BenjiLock was unveiled at the CES 2017 event. While not the first biometric padlock we have seen, it appears to be more than a prototype and is garnering solid attention from the CES awards program and media alike. To operate, the user enrolls …

HID Global announced a secure citizen ID card; Precise Biometrics entered into a commercial software license and distribution agreement with Samsung’s System LSI Business; Evolis will unveil its new solutions for financial and government markets during Trustech-Cartes 2016.

The first of four winners of the 2016 Women in Biometrics: Elham Tabassi. Tabassi is an electrical engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and has helped create a system that checks the quality of fingerprints as they are captured.

Michelle Meder’s career in biometrics began in her hometown of Clarksburg, W.V. when she was hired by the FBI in 1994. She quickly moved from mail and file clerk to fingerprint examiner. She’s now a supervisory management and program analyst in the FBI’s Latent and Forensic Support Unit, managing the Next Generation Identification System’s automated latent investigative services.

Ping Identity announced the availability of a customer identity and access management platform; AMAG Technology announced EyeLock LLC as its newest certified partner; Suprema, entered into partnership with Egis Technology Inc.

Meet the first of eight finalists for the 2016 Women in Biometrics Awards: Liane Moriyama, administrator, Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center. Moriyama has more than 20-years experience in biometrics and helped bring the first AFIS system to Hawaii.

Defense Department taps Aware for biometric collection, screening; HID places NFC tags in New York and Easter Island for charity campaign; ImageWare and Aurionpro partner for biometric banking kiosks; Thursby released the new PKard Reader case for iPhone 6/6s.

An incomplete fingerprint database had lead to more than 800 individuals becoming naturalized citizens who should have been deported.

SRI Identity has re-launched as Princeton Identity Inc.; SecuGen announced the Hamster Pro Duo SC/PIV, a dual mode fingerprint and smart card authentication device; AMAG Technology’s updates to Symmetry GUEST visitor management system.