Anil Jain, a professor and researcher of electrical and computer engineering at Michigan State University, spoke at the University of Southern Florida on how biometrics could be a future technology relied on to fix the heavily flawed state of currently used identification technologies, according to an Independent Florida Alligator article. Among the technologies he cited […]

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office in Texas will be utilizing iris scanning technology to identify individuals in lieu of the standard fingerprints more commonly used thanks to a $10,000 grant from the National Sheriff’s Association, according to an Examiner article. The El Paso office is among the first 45 in the nation to be […]

By Zack Martin, Editor, AVISIAN Publications The Biometric Consortium Conference is a good place to catch up on the latest developments and get some hands on experience with the latest technology. Iris biometrics has always fascinated me. At my first Biometric Consortium Conference in 2002 I tested an iris camera that required me to be […]

Unisys announced that its Mexican subsidiary has been awarded a contract by the Mexican Ministry of Internal Affairs and National Citizen Registry to create and manage an advanced citizen identification solution using biometric technologies. The project would create a database with iris, fingerprint and facial biometric data on up to 110 million Mexican citizens that […]

Sagem Wireless, a developer of mobile devices and related services, announced that through a partnership with biometrics developer UPEK they will be releasing fingerprint identity capabilities to a number of mobile devices including Android-based devices. Sagem and UPEK are hoping the new offering to be integral as use of banking and other sensitive transactions over […]

AuthenTec, a developer of fingerprint and other biometric solutions, has announced its rejection of a bid by fellow biometrics developer UPEK for a merger, according to an Orlando Sentinel article. Officials from AuthenTec called the unsolicited proposed deal, which would have required the replacement of AuthenTec’s entire board of directors, “a highly dilutive and speculative […]

Suprema, a developer of biometric solutions, has announced that its RealScan-F palm print scanner has received certification from the FBI for the agency’s Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System Image Quality Specification Appendix F standards. The certification is a big help to the scanner as it is required if it is to be used by the […]

Research In Motion (RIM), developers of BlackBerry smart phones and mobile devices, have extended a patent for biometric scanners embedded into their phones to include a fingerprint scanner built into the new BlackBerry Trackpad, according to a Network World article. While the patent extension and potential implementation of such technology into RIM’s devices could become […]

M2SYS Technology, a developer of biometric solutions, is working with 1Key4Solutions, an international health care technology group, to bring M2SYS’ biometric solutions to hospitals in Angola. The project is expected to begin with Hospital 28 Augosta, which is one of the largest hospitals in the country. The need for a biometric solution was decided by […]

The New Hampshire State House of Representatives has passed a bill that will limit a banks ability to force a fingerprint sample as a form of identity in the state, according to a Nashua Telegraph article. While the bill’s language does not directly point to it going against the practices of just one bank, Bank […]