Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport will test the Clear card registered traveler program, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Details on the deployment of the program were not made available, but the airport plans to test the system before full implementation. Airport officials want to make sure the Clear lanes don’t slow down the security process […]

M2SYS Technology has finalized an agreement with IMCL (Innovative Marijuana Caregiver Logistics), a provider of inventory and patient management solutions to the medical marijuana dispensary industry. Through this agreement, IMCL has exclusive rights to integrate the Bio-Plugin fingerprint solution with its CA-MMPR patient registry product enabling their clients to securely control patient access to dispensary […]

Forty-one law enforcement agencies across the State of Maine will use iris recognition biometrics to assist in identifying and locating missing children. The system was developed by Biometric Intelligence & Identification Technologies (BI2 Technologies) of Plymouth, Mass. The Child Project is a nationwide network and registry that enables law enforcement and social service agencies to […]

Australia may be considering its own domestic registered traveler program, according to AAP. Recently there was a security breach at the Brisbane airport when nine people inadvertently bypassed x-ray checks and caused evacuation and flight delays in the Quantas terminal. Andrew Barkla, the Australian general manager of Unisys, told AAP that registered traveler cards, such […]

India will start issuing electronic passports to its government diplomats and officials in June, according to NewKerala.com. The new travel documents will be introduced to citizens within the next 11 months. For now the e-passports will contain a digital photo, but the Indian government might add fingerprints at a later date. Read the full story […]

The Mona Passage is a strip of ocean between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. It’s a popular point for Dominicans to try and cross to get to the nearby U.S. territory. And now, biometrics, satellites and US VISIT are helping secure the waters. The U.S. Coast Guard patrols the passage and attempts to interdict […]

L-1 Identity Solutions and its enterprise access division, Bioscrypt have launched the next generation of its VisionAccess 3D face reader which is intended for corporate and government markets to control entry and exit of facilities. The reader features the ability to store up to 60,000 face templates for large facility deployments. The system uses the […]

The Smart Card Alliance has named its 2008 award winners for Outstanding Smart Card Achievement (OSCA) in the North American and Latin American markets. The awards were given at the CTST 2008 The Americas Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Fla. that began Monday. The winners were: Individual Leadership Award: Gilles Lisimaque, partner, Identification Technology Partners […]

Lumidigm and Alphatronics are creating an outdoor biometric access control solution called OctoLine utilizing the Lumidigm Venus fingerprint sensor. The Alphatronics OctoLine is a set of modular components that can be configured into a custom access control solution. The Fingerscan biometric module employs Lumidigm’s fingerprint sensor in indoor or outdoor environments. Other OctoLine modules include […]

Lumidigm and Alphatronics are creating an outdoor biometric access control solution called OctoLine utilizing the Lumidigm Venus fingerprint sensor. The Alphatronics OctoLine is a set of modular components that can be configured into a custom access control solution. The Fingerscan biometric module employs Lumidigm’s fingerprint sensor in indoor or outdoor environments. Other OctoLine modules include […]