Cardlab, a Denmark-based developer of self-powered card technology, has announced that its Powered Biometric ID Card exceeds the requirements laid out in the proposed U.S. biometric Social Security card. The proposed program came from a legislative call for improved identification documentation for immigrants including biometric technology. One of the aspects of Cardlab’s Powered Biometric ID […]

The new identity checking solution from Panasonic, the Person Identification Mini Dock (PIMD), was introduced into the border control and security market as a comprehensive policing solution. The Toughbook CF-U1 PIMD includes an optical character recognition (OCR) and contactless smart card reader as well as fingerprint scanner that connects to the corresponding mobile device. The […]

MXI Security, a provider of encrypted USB and biometric USB drive devices, introduced its Stealth HD Series of encrypted USB hard drives. Replacing the Outbacker MXP Series, the Stealth HD Series is powered by MXI Security’s Bluefly Portable Security Processor. Bluefly recently received FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validation. The Bluefly Portable Security Processor offers security […]

Scalby School officials are receiving a lot of heat from their decision to implement biometric equipment, according to a local news report. The school, located in Scarborough, UK, recently introduced a cashless payment system and library checkout program that functions by reading students’ fingerprints. School officials assure parents that the fingerprint system is not nearly […]

Zvetco Biometrics, a developer of biometric authentication solutions, has announced they have been chosen by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for a project that will enable the agency to biometrically authenticate users issuing electronic death certificates. For its part, Zvetco has deployed fingerprint readers from its Verifi line of fingerprint […]

SmartMetric has announced plans to “significantly” penetrate the EMV credit and debit smart card market. EMV, which comes from the initial letters of Europay, MasterCard and VISA, is widely becoming the global standard in the migration from magnetic stripe cards to chip based smart cards, says SmartMetric. The company plans to open up its own […]

Members of the Stow Fire Department in Ohio are praising the effect their enrollment in MyChoice, a Web-based service that allows medical personnel access to patient records when patients submit a biometric sample, is having on the emergency medical service personnel’s ability to effectively do their job when called to an emergency, according to an […]

Alclear, LLC has announced that it has acquired the assets of Verified Identity Pass, a biometric systems developer, out of bankruptcy protection. The acquisition includes Verified’s CLEAR system, a biometric system that worked in the Trusted Traveler program designed to ease security lines for regular, low-risk airport travelers, which Alclear plans to relaunch in the […]

The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) in Hyderabad, India has created a program requiring the professors at their 300 affiliated engineering colleges to check in biometrically when they begin class in an effort to correctly track the numbers of faculty operating at each college, according to a LazyBuzz News article. The university employed the new […]

Lawyers have filed suit seeking records from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) about their Secure Communities program, according to an El Paso Times article. The suit was filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights, a New York-based organization that intends to help guarantee rights promised by the U.S. Constitution and the Universal Declaration […]