The Pinellas County School District, seated in Clearwater, Fla., has deployed biometric technology to provide a more reliable and secure method for handling school food service program transactions. The fully integrated solution combines Fujitsu PalmSecure biometric technology with MCS Software’s point-of-sale system to provide enhanced security without student PINs or fingerprints scanners. Unlike other readers, […]

The Incheon International Airport in Korea is using a program developed through its U-Airport Team that enables the use of biometrics to streamline multiple aspects of a traveler’s experience, according to a Future Travel Experience article. The program utilizes a variety of kiosks called U-Self Check-In, U-Departure Gate, U-Immigration and U-Automated Boarding that use fingerprint […]

NEC Corp. has announced it has deployed a new automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) to the Anhui Province Public Safety Authority that will focus on assisting law enforcement with screening criminals and suspects based on fingerprints left at crime scenes. The new system includes more than 1800 AFIS terminals with an additional 500 planned for […]

PICS Smartcard, a provider of smart card, biometric and single sign-on solutions, has announced it has signed an agreement with Orcanthus France to distribute its fingerprint readers to Canada with additional distribution rights for the U.S. The line of fingerprint readers PICS will be distributing to its clientele were developed by id3 Semiconductors and tested […]

O’Hare International and Miami International airports are the first test sites for the KnownCrew program, a new security screening procedure that expedites pilot screening at airport security checkpoints. As reported in the Minneapolis StarTribune, KnownCrew verifies pilots through photos and real-time airline employment data. It enables pilots to get through TSA checkpoints without going through […]

Indigo Identityware and MorphoTrak have announced a collaboration to provide a biometric authentication product for the health care industry . Biometric authentication can be problematic in the health care industry due to the industry’s hygiene standards. Fingerprints can be compromised from frequent hand washing and contact with chemicals, which provide challenges to fingerprint authentication. MorphoTrak, […]

Foreigners visiting Korea that plan to stay for more than 91 days will be required to register their ten fingerprints and a facial scan upon entry to the country, according to a Korea Herald article. The new program, which is a result of immigration legislation that passed Korea’s National Assembly in April 2010, will also […]

Goode Intelligence, an information security research and analysis specialist, has issued a new report that details an expectation of heavy growth in the biometric products and services for mobile phones over the next five years. Specifically, Goode forecasts a total revenue generation of $30 million from biometric mobile phone products and services in 2011 with […]

The Biometrics Institute, an independent not-for-profit representing and including members from government, financial services, health care, and biometric technology providers and developers, has released a report detailing the results from its second annual Industry Survey. Among the items detailed in the report are past developments driving the marketplace, potential roadblocks, future applications and future market […]

3M Cogent has announced the release of its new BioTrust biometric logon software developed to replace traditional usernames and passwords with biometrics. The new software is designed for use with Microsoft’s Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 operating systems and utilizes facial and fingerprint recognition to replace traditional means of a variety of logins. In […]