BIO-key International will showcase its new fingerprint-based security apps developed for the iPad and iPhone and the Android-based tablets and phones at the Biometric Consortium Conference & Technology Expo at the Tampa Convention Center September 27 – 29. Chief among the new solutions is the company’s Fingerprint Mobile Identification Device product suite developed for use […]

“I know his gait, ‘tis he.–Villain, thou diest!” – Othello, act V, scene 1 William Shakespeare mentioned in several plays that you could recognize a person by the way he walked. Yet it’s taken hundreds of years for researchers to discover the science behind gait biometrics and make it a viable identification tool. Professor Mark […]

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 […]

When it comes to securing the ID card printer supply chain, the process can be a lot like selling a car. Once a dealership sells a car to an individual, the dealer no longer has insight into whether the buyer sells that car to someone else. “That’s the point where we lose visibility,” says Ryan […]

The Gateway International Bridge has officially opened an RFID-equipped Ready Lane, according to The Brownsville Herald. Located in Downtown Brownsville, Texas, the bridge is one of the three international bridges that cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Travelers with RFID-enabled travel documents approved by the Department of Home Land Security, such as a passport card, enhanced driver […]

Researchers from the Queensland University of Technology’s School of Engineering are looking into the viability of using soft biometrics, such as estimated height, weight, hair, skin color and other simple descriptors with video surveillance systems in hopes of developing a new way to automatically identify individuals of interest via simple surveillance, according to an article […]

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 […]

The increasing use of face recognition on social media and photo sharing sites, while both novel and irksome to the general public, could have devastating effects on people whose livelihood depends on anonymity, such as undercover police officers, according to a Popular Science article. Due to these worries, the Australian Federal Police has started researching […]

MorphoTrust USA, the security and credentialing division of Safran, has announced the appointment of Robert Eckel to the position of chief executive officer of the MorphoTrust division. Eckel became part of Safran when it acquired biometrics developer L-1 Identity Solutions, where he served as president of the Secure Credentialing division. In July 2011 L-1 merged […]

A Google Group called “London Riots Facial Recognition” has been formed online with a goal of leveraging facial recognition and large public groups to find a way to positively identify those involved in the looting and rioting in London, according to a Tech Crunch article. While the group’s moderator and respective members have attempted to […]