G&D has unveiled a new European residence card at CARTES that supports both contact and contactless technologies. The new permit will contain all the e-government functions envisaged for the European Citizen Card, including two biometrics (facial and two fingerprints) and will allow cardholders to use electronic public services or to authenticate their identity when shopping […]

FaceKey will supply Higuchi Manufacturing, America with its EntryGuard™ fingerprint-based access control system for its San Antonio location. Alamo Integrated Systems will install and set up the system. FaceKey Supplies Biometric Access Control System for Higuchi Manufacturing San Antonio, TX — FaceKey Corporation, the manufacturer of biometric-based security products utilizing fingerprint and/or facial recognition, announced […]

Oki Electric Industry will ship samples of “ML67Q5250,” an application specific standard LSI with a fingerprint authentication accelerator. By using this LSI, customers can create a high-performance, low-cost, easy to install fingerprint authentication system. The LSI also includes a function to protect the fingerprint data from unauthorized access. The fingerprint authentication accelerator is based on […]

Secure Services Corp. (SSC) has integrated their Secure Health and Privacy Environment (SHAPE) Smart Token® Constructive Key Management (CKM) cards with Intercede’s MyID smart card and identity credential management platform. Features of SSC’s SHAPE Smart Token® CKM card include: the card holder controls who has access to specified information and their fingerprint is converted to […]

Neurotechnologija announced the availability of the Smartcard Face-Match add-on for the company’s VeriLook and MegaMatcher face identification engines. Smartcard Face-Match uses match-on-card technology to store the original reference template of unique biometric information, in this case a face template, right on the smartcard similar to the Company’s Finger-Match technology. The matching algorithm may be used […]

With the introduction of the V-Station (Optical), Bioscrypt has added SecuGen’s optical sensor technology to its line of readers for physical access control with a 500 DPI optical sensor. Bioscrypt’s patented fingerprint pattern matching algorithm and supporting firmware are the foundation for the identity verification performance of the new reader. The V-Station (Optical) can be […]

Just yesterday mainstream media started churning out the second-day news about RFID chips being embedded in kids’ uniforms at the Hungerhill School in Europe. Here’s some feedback from online advocacy machine Leave Them Kids Alone: “Fingerprinting is being introduced in thousands of U., schools as part of subsidised library, catering and/or registration packages they have […]

Clear, a provider of registered traveler security express lanes at some U.S Airports, and American Express have entered into a partnership. American Express corporate cardmembers will soon receive preferred pricing on Clear’s annual membership and appointment enrollment privileges. American Express corporate cardmembers go online to www.flyclear.com/axpcorporate to start their enrollment process. The process is then […]

Germany has moved into the second generation of ePassports by adding fingerprint biometrics. Fingerprints become mandatory in June 2009, and according to NXP, which supplies the chips for the passports, it will be the first country in the world to introduce second-generation ePassports with enhanced security that are tamper-proof. The SmartMX chip in the new […]

Sequiam Corporation has received purchase orders over $500,000 from The Sharper Image for biometric products for home use. The initial products are the Sequiam ScanQ biometric computer access pod and the BioBox, a storage container that unlocks with a fingerprint. The ScanQ allows consumers to access their PC and common web sites without the need […]