As legislation in the New Zealand government dealing with the collection of biometric data such as fingerprints, iris and facial scans at New Zealand’s airports nears passing, Tourism Industry Association Chief Executive Tim Cossar has aired his insistence that costs should not be put on the traveler, according to a Radio New Zealand News article. […]

The publishing of the 2010 Justice Department budget touched on a new intelligence gathering program for the FBI called Going Dark, according to a Wired article. Among the items laid out relating to the program is the creation of a Biometric Technology Center that is to be developed jointly by the FBI, Defense Department, Justice […]

Retica Systems, a developer of biometric technology, has announced that they will demonstrate the latest release from their Eagle-Eyes line of biometric devices at the 2009 Annual Biometrics and Forensics Summit in California. The new Eagle-Eyes device is called the GEN3 Eagle-Eyes 2.5-10m and is capable of both iris and facial capture from long distances. […]

Evermedia Biometrics, a developer of iris recognition systems, has finalized an agreement with Nations ID, a developer of information security and management systems, to jointly develop a multi-modal Match-On-Card (MOC) system. The major intent behind a MOC system is to remove the need for storing biometric templates of users on a central database, as the […]

New research forecasting the global biometrics market through 2012 has been released by RNCOS. The report, called Global Biometric Forecast to 2012, gets into subjects such as identifying key regions such as North America and Asia-Pacific and biometric modes such as iris recognition for growth as well as potential issues that must be attended to […]

Many organizations are working on bringing biometrics to airports but obstacles remain By Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications How airports identify employees has been a concern since 9/11 and other incidents have shown that there are potential security vulnerabilities. It’s so important that last October’s Smart Card Alliance conference held a panel dedicated to the […]

Massachusetts-based biometric developer, Imprivata, has purchased Texas-based biometrics developer IdentiPHI, according to an Austin Business Journal article. The news is following the February filing of chapter 11 bankruptcy by IdentiPHI whom had recently purchased Saflink Corp., a financially struggling biometric developer. With the acquisition, Imprivata is gaining access to a number of patents for existing […]

HID Global will demonstrate a variety of products at the ISC West International Security Conference and Exposition. Under the theme “A World of New Possibilities,” HID’s booth (#11052) shows a suite of products, resources and partnerships that enable end-users to implement everything from networked physical access control to contactless logical access solutions. Highlights of HID […]

Apple has received a patent for a biometric device it expects to be embedded in future lines of iPhones and Macintosh computers. The patent explains some of the concepts and procedures Apple is hoping to utilize in their future products for improving security including some that aren’t biometric. Among the ideas presented are creating a […]

Lior Shamir, an official from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and Salim Rahimi, a computer engineer from State University of New York, have proposed using x-rays of knees as a fool-proof method for identifying an individual’s identity, according to a UK Register article. The added benefits of switching from a regularly used system such […]