The Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region has been showing signs for continued future growth in the biometrics market, according to a report from Frost & Sullivan, a research firm. Specifically, they cite the growing government sponsored biometric programs, such as e-passport and other national identification programs, as counter-balancing the negative impacts failing economies […]

In an effort to increase security and improve tracking of children, a nursery in Norfolk called Hewett Under-5s in the UK has begun utilizing biometrics, according to an EDP24 article. However, the nursery collects the biometric samples from the parents of the children instead of the children themselves to better access control as well as […]

Prometric, a United States- based standardized test management company, has announced that the online Common Admission Test (CAT), often used as for admissions purposes for the Indian Institutes of Management, has received a number of security upgrades to help ensure the taker is who he says he is, according to a Central Chronicle article. Among […]

Germany’s Interior Ministry has announced that it will begin issuing smart ID cards to German citizens on November 1, 2010, according to DW-World. The encrypted contactless chips installed in the cards will contain ID information, biometric data–including optional fingerprints–and a digital passport photo. Additionally, users have the option of enabling an electronic signature function, which […]

Miami-based biometrics developer, Innovative Solutions Integrative Systems (ISIS), has announced the development of a biometric solution for border and immigration control. The new device, called Immigration Customer Visa (ICV), is a card carried by visa-owning travelers into the United States that contains an embedded fingerprint scanner and the means to authenticate both the individual and […]

The Israeli Knesset has voted to pass the Biometrics Database Law by a margin of 40 to 11, according to an article from The Register. The law dictates the creation of a national database designed for holding biometric information on all of Israel’s citizens, although, its first two years will be running as a trial […]

A 27 year-old Chinese woman named Lin Ring has been arrested attempting to illegally gain entry into Japan following a deportation in 2007, according to an article from The Register. The attempt was made by having her fingerprints of her right hand surgically removed and switched with those of her left hand to fool the […]

Tychi Systems, a developer of biometrics door locks, has announced the expansion of its product offerings to include biometric safes. The safes, called BKK Safes, operate on fingerprint authentication and can have up to 100 users of the safe enrolled by an administrator with the capability to delete or add users to the system. Tychi […]

The sheriff of Barnstable County, Mass., James Cummings, has announced that he has received a four-in-one biometric system to help track criminals and missing persons as well as connect the department’s data with a number of national databases. The new system was able to be purchased due to a $10,000 grant from the National Sheriff’s […]