Two biometric companies, BIO-key International and identiMetrics, have announced a new release of their fingerprint scanning technology that is used in schools for authenticating a student’s enrollment in the federal free and reduced lunch program. School officials are anticipating an increase in demand for the system as enrollment in the federal program spikes due to […]

Frost & Sullivan awarded Precise Biometrics with its 2008 Emerging Company of the Year award for its Match-on-Card system. Precise Biometrics offers a combination of smart card and fingerprint technology that is used to create a secure, accurate Precise Match-on-Card system, which both stores and matches fingerprints on a smart card. Precise Match-on-Card offers several […]

At the Biometrics Show in Great Britain, Cross Match will introduce the Verifier 320 LC, its new fingerprint scanner that’s being touted as being the fastest, lightest and smallest dual-finger scanner. The dual finger scanner has two advanced capabilities over standard fingerprint scanners as it has enhanced security as well is able to enroll a […]

SAFRAN through Sagem Securite, its wholly owned subsidiary announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the biometric business unit within Motorola Inc., which includes its Printrak trademark. Motorola and SAFRAN have approved the acquisition. Motorola’s biometric business unit, headquartered in Anaheim, Calif., designs, develops, integrates and maintains AFIS solutions for law […]

Experts are looking towards biometrics as a potential solution to worries about fraud within the Medicare and Medicaid programs despite the introduction of recent programs such as Recovery Audit Contractor program, according to an article from Fierce Health IT. Specifically, biometric systems, such as ones offered by biometrics developer Biometrics Technologies, are targeting this potential […]

L-1 Identity Solutions, a developer of identity and biometric technology, has received a contract worth $20 million for a number of pieces of hardware, software and services from an undisclosed middle East client. The contract involves system for enrolling, managing and searching multi-modal biometrics using the clients existing databases as well as more than 1,000 […]

BIO-key International, a developer of biometric technology, has announced the integration of its fingerprint solution WEB-key with AcuDose-Rx, a system that authenticates users accessing medical patient medication. AcuDose-Rx is a product of health care IT developer McKesson. The new system from McKesson incorporating BIO-key’s technology is called AcuDose-Rx FastEntry. Many current systems for securing patient […]

Datastrip, a developer of biometric technologies, Codebench, a developer of security software and AMAG Technology, a developer of security management technology, have partnered to create a simple way for agencies to validate credentials for PIV and TWIC at facilities already employing AMAG’s Symmetry Security Management System (SMS). The new system sees Datastrip’s DSV2 TURBO fingerprint […]

The government of Sri Lanka has announced plans for a program to issue electronic identification cards to around 250,000 fishermen working the oceans surrounding the island nation. The ID cards will incorporate RFID technology, enabling the Sri Lankan navy to locate fisherman at sea. In addition to the tracking capabilities created by the new ID […]

As part of the Computer Controlled Methadone Dispensing System (CCMDS) being implemented in most jails in the UK, prisoners are having their iris or fingerprint biometrics taken, according to a Guardian article. The purpose of the CCMDS is to relieve the problems in UK jails related to drug overdoses and drug trading by ensuring via […]