Government agencies such as The Sheriff’s Association and the Biometric Intelligence and Identifications Technologies are helping equip jails and prisons with iris identification systems to help better identify inmates and prevent escapes, according to a Vidette Online article. Members from the two groups chose to use iris recognition over the cheaper and more ubiquitous fingerprint […]

Animetrics, a developer of face recognition-based biometric systems, has announced it has been awarded three new patents for technology and methods used in its systems. The patents awarded: Facial Recognition System and Method, Generation of Image Database for Multifeatured Objects and Viewpoint-Invariant Image Matching and Generation of 3D Models from 2D Imagery, are already in […]

The FBI has published some of its historic use of biometric information and systems as well as a look into its future plans for the identification technology, according to a ZDNet article. Among the items reviewed: Looking at current systems for fingerprints and DNA and how those systems can be used in conjunction with new […]

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is reporting a tripling in the number of fingerprint matches from crime scenes due to a new fingerprint system, according to a Tallahassee.com news article. The system, called FALCON, went in to use at the department in June 2009 and cost $7.4 million. It was brought in when […]

The FBI’s upgrading of its IAFIS program to a next-generation identification program is a huge undertaking. Lockheed Martin was awarded the 10-year contract to upgrade the program, which recently reached it’s first milestone. Mike Moore, director of the next generation ID program at Lockheed Martin, talks with Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin about the recent […]

Cogent Systems, a developer of biometric and other identity solutions, has announced it has been chosen to provide biometric aspects of the United Kingdom’s National MobileID service. The contract is valued at $25 million and spans three years, but there is an option for two one-year extensions to the contract. MobileID is a program that […]

Animetrics, a developer of biometric technology and products, has been awarded a set of patents for facial recognition system and methods. The patents includes generation of image databases for multi-featured objects, and viewpoint-invariant image matching and generation of 3D models from 2D imagery. Additionally, Animetrics CEO Paul Schuepp is expecting the technology patents to be […]

Prisoner and guard interactions will now be automatically tracked and documented at Hardin County Jail in Eldora, Iowa with the aid of Clincher RFID wristbands. The Clincher wristbands are non-transferable IDs that also provide point-of-contact verification. As an officer scan the individual prisoner’s Clincher RFID Wristband with their mobile computers, powered by GUARDIAN Mobile software, […]

Pilot project enabled bookstore payments via microSD equipped handset At Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg, 120 students and faculty members are using their cell phones to make payments in the campus bookstore. The mobile technology startup, RFinity, developed the secure solution using microSD cards with Near Field Communication capabilities to enable contactless payments with the […]

CONNECTHINGS announced the first public demonstration of the Wave-Me NFC services platform will take place at the upcoming GSM Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain Feb. 15-18. The Wave-Me NFC services platform, the first product developed out of the partnership between CONNECTHINGS and INSIDE Contactless, is built upon CONNECTHINGS’ AdTag server and is designed to […]