Some scoff at the idea of emerging biometrics, saying that the identification technology as a whole is still emerging. In reality, however, fingerprints have been used to identify criminals for nearly a century and around the world biometrics are used to gain access to buildings, get cash at ATMs and authenticate online transactions. The days […]

Gemalto announced that the Swedish National Police Board renewed its five year agreement on ePassports and eID Cards. The contract was signed with AB Svenska Pass, a Gemalto company, who manages the end-to-end delivery process including the live enrollment solution in Sweden, production of secure travel documents, as well as operated issuance services. The contract […]

A replacement for the FBI’s Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) has been completed and has reached operating capability by its developer Lockheed Martin. The new solution, called the Next Generation Identification System (NGI), provides the same capabilities as IAFIS as far as automated fingerprint search capabilities, image storage and sharing of fingerprints with other […]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is hoping to have real-time access to the U.S. Department of Defense’s biometrics database to assist with their ability to better determine if any foreign visitors are dangerous or wanted by police upon their entry into the United States, according to a Federal News Radio article. As foreign […]

VisionAIR, a developer of software solutions for public safety, has announced a partnership with biometrics developer M2SYS to create a biometric solution that handles jail management. The system will be built off of VisionAIR’s VisionJAIL enterprise jail management system software along with M2SYS’ Hybrid Biometric Platform client/server system which supports the use of fingerprint, finger […]

Telos ID has announced its fingerprint collection system has completed testing by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and approved for compliance with both Florida state and FBI regulations for such systems. The successfully completion of the evaluations lists Telos on a list maintained by Livescan Device Vendors of those who have voluntarily had their […]

Las Vegas Police have apprehended the suspect in the December 2010 robbery at the Bellagio Resort & Casino resulting in stolen chips whose face value totaled nearly $1.5 million, according to Singularity Hub. The chips with denominations of $100 to $25,000 were reportedly embedded with RFID tags which after being stolen allowed the Bellagio to […]

Nuance Communications, a provider of speech-based and other solutions for businesses and consumers, has announced the release of new versions of its voice biometric solutions. The two offerings with new versions being released are Version 7.0 of Nuance VocalPassword and Nuance FreeSpeech which are designed for use as security solutions and work flow solutions in […]

AOptix has unveiled a new iris camera aimed at the customs and immigration market. “The targeted market for this is the immigration counters within airports,” says Phil Tusa, vice president of biometrics at AOptix. “When you go through modern airports, you’ll see that the immigration counters are very nicely designed in many places, they’re consumer […]

Charles Heard, a once suspected and accused murderer, has been convicted of the crime by a jury and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in San Francisco, according to an article from The Stitch. The conviction marked the first time that facial recognition biometrics were used in a criminal court of law in […]