Election Authorities in Islamabad, Pakistan have been working towards a voting system that would include biometrics to impede fraudulent voting, according to an article from The Express Tribune. While they have not yet finished compiling the database if eligible voters’ electoral rolls and pictures, they plan to introduce a system that would include ballot papers […]

Kirk, congressmen submit bill A new bill submitted to Congress proposes smart card IDs for Medicare recipients and providers. Sens. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Reps. Jim Gerlach (R-Pa) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) are the primary sponsors of the proposed legislation. The Medicare ID also has remained pretty much the same since […]

Anil Jain, an engineering and computer science professor at Michigan State University, has lead a team that developed software which can identify individuals by their fingerprints even if they have had their fingerprints altered, according to a Chron.com article. The software, which has been licensed to biometric technology developer Morpho, is an answer to growing […]

Lathem, an Atlanta, Georgia-based developer of biometric solutions, has released a new biometric time and attendance tracker that utilizes face recognition as a way for employees to authenticate their identity when clocking in or out for work, according to a Miami Herald article. The solution, called FaceIN, can make a punch to an employee’s time […]

Morpho has announced it is bringing one of its latest biometric offerings to South Africa via its South African distribution partner Ideco Biometric Security Solutions, according to am IT Web article. The new product being introduced to the South African marketplace is the MorphoAccess VP Series, a multimodal physical access control system that utilizes finger […]

IMS Research has launched a new report predicting that within five years 90% of passport holders will be using e-passports with integrated smart card IC chips. According to the report, “Electronic Government and Health Care ID Cards – World – 2011,” nearly half of all current passports issued today use smart chip technology, thanks to […]

AuthenTec has announced its TCEFC1 TouchChip module with TCS1 TouchChip fingerprint sensor has been chosen to be incorporated into fellow biometric technology developer BI2 Technology’s new multifactor solution. The new solution from BI2 is called the Mobile Offender Recognition and Identification System (MORIS) and is designed for use by police personnel to assist with identification […]

Garden Fresh Restaurants, a buffet-style restaurant chain, has implemented a fingerprint-based authentication system from DigitalPersona at each of its point-of-sale (POS) systems in an effort to control access and improve accountability with their registers, according to a Security Director News article. While not the only security measure implemented in the year since the solutions were […]

Could the death of the smartphone be imminent? Writer Barbara Hudson believes so. On LinuxInsider Hudson opines that within 20 years, today’s hot smartphone and tablet technologies will be obsolete, with telecom companies being the big losers. Hudson points to 1991’s hot technology, the fax machine, and how telecom companies heralded it as the technology […]

The New Zealand Post (NZPost), a state-owned operation that manages the country’s postal service among some other services for citizens, has begun offering passport and digital photo services with software from biometrics developer Daon that includes facial recognition, fingerprint scans and voice samples to be attached to the data, according to a Stuff.co.nz article. The […]