BIO-key International has announced that it will be presenting its fingerprint-based solution designed for use by blood centers at the American Association of Blood Banks Annual Meeting & CTTXPO 2011 Oct. 22 – 25th in San Diego, Calif. Among their products the company is showcasing is TruDonor ID software, which is designed to meet FDA […]

The European Visa Information System (VIS) launched in October giving participating states the opportunity to collect and store third-country travelers’ visa information using biometrics. The European VIS hopes to simplify visa processing for issuing and checking authorities. The system collects and stores personal data, a facial image and fingerprint data. With this level of data, […]

New Zealand’s government has passed legislation to enable Immigration New Zealand (INZ) to store photos of all non-New Zealanders entering the country as well as require fingerprint samples in some circumstances. The new policies are expected to benefit INZ through increased data on travelers, but also the travelers themselves as INZ Minister Jonathan Coleman believes […]

DigitalPersona has announced the launch a solution designed for use in battery-powered mobile biometric identification devices. The new solution, part of DigitalPersona’s U.are.U line called U.are.U 5100 series of fingerprint modules and sensors. The new sensors were designed with military and law enforcement applications in mind. But the technology may also have a market in […]

Integrated Biometrics has announced its fingerprint sensor, called Watson, has been named the first non-optical scanner to receive FBI IAFIS Appendix F Certification. In addition to being the first-non optical sensor to receive the certification, Watson is also the lightest, weighing in at less than a quarter pound, and can utilize single or multiple finger […]

DigitalPersona has announced that it, in conjunction with their partners Nigeria-based IT integrators Zinox, Haier Electrical Appliances and Avante International Technology, have successfully deployed 132,000 fingerprint readers to Nigeria for use in its One Citizen, One Vote program. In the wake of multiple questionable election outcomes and voting irregularities in the country, DigitalPersona’s U.are.U fingerprint […]

The BioP@ss project, a program funded through the EUREKA micro-electronics cluster MEDEA+, has been working on a way to speed up passport control at European airports. As reported on PhysOrg.com, digital security specialists, European electronics makers and biometrics experts have been working together on this new technology to meet the air travel security standards for […]

Norwegian-based IDEX announced that it’s entered into a partnership with Future Electronics to develop, sell and market a fingerprint biometric authentication module. Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will work jointly to create a fingerprint-based biometric authentication product using IDEX’s SmartFinger Film fingerprint sensor and biometric algorithms. The resulting product will be […]

Smart Identity Devices, a developer of smart cards, biometric solutions and various information technology, has announced that with its partner Cross Match Technologies the two have been certified as a supplier of biometric devices for use in India’s Unique Identification (UID) program. Specifically, the approval was issued for the Guardian fingerprint capture device and the […]

SecuGen has announced its Hamster IV v2 fingerprint reader, the new generation of its Hamster IV fingerprint readers, has met the requirements Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Single Finger Capture Device Specifications and received FBI certification for FIPS 201/PIV. The new version of the Hamster IV retains most of the aspects of its predecessor such as […]