Fujitsu Computer Products of America, a developer of various technologies including biometrics, has won the Network Products Guide Reader Trust Award in the health care category for its PalmSecure palm vein identification device. The annual award is given based on a product or service that best addresses the changing needs of an industry and its […]

In an effort to curb cheating in the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), test takers will soon be required to submit to a palm-vein scan as an additional form of identity verification, according to a Wall Street Journal article. Officials from Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), who oversee the test, feel that the additional verification […]

Identica, a developer of biometric solutions, has developed a system that scans for information beneath the skin, according to a TMCnet article. The new system claims to be superior to the fingerprint scanners specifically when used in conjunction with labor related professions. Due to finger surfaces frequently getting covered in substances that could impede a […]

Biometrics developer Fujitsu’s new biometric palm scanner looks to replace finger print scanners by being safer and more consistent, according to a Scientific American article. The system, called PalmSecure, claims that it is harder to crack than a fingerprint scanner as it requires blood to be pumping through the palm when it is scanned. PalmSecure […]

Hitachi has purchased majority ownership in the software company M-Tech which gives Hitachi a deeper foothold in the marketing of identity management solutions. As part of the purchase, M-Tech is changing its name to Hitachi ID Systems Inc. Geoff Kohl, Editor of SecurityInfoWatch.com, reports that the software from M-Tech, which is designed for network security […]

ImageWare Systems Inc. Announced that the Navy’s Tactical Biometric Collection and Matching System team recently received the Technology-to-Sea Excellence Award for excellence and superior performance. The team utilized ImageWare’s IWS Biometric Engine for a mobile, multi-biometric identity management prototype solution. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren gave the award. As the prime contractor, ImageWare developed […]

Fukui Computers has developed a line of biometrics-based exercise machines. The company’s ‘medimo’ exercise machines feature finger-vein-authentication technology and are networked to a central computer that remembers every person in its database. Instead of using written charts to record exercises progress, users simply touch the biometric sensor attached to each piece of equipment to access […]

Fujitsu Computer Products will demonstrate its new PalmSecure™ PC Log-In Kit at the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference, Feb. 24-28 in Orlando, FL. The PC Log-In Kit is composed of the PalmSecure authentication sensor embedded into a PC mouse which captures an image of the user’s palm vein, and OmniPass™ Windows Log-in […]

To better track thousands of expensive patient-care devices across 17 floors, Brigham and Women’s Hospital is in the process of expanding and reconfiguring its campus to enhanced asset-tracking technology, the health organization announced earlier. Brigham has made a commitment to install Radianse real-time location technology to hospital reduce costs, increase efficiency and improve the patient […]

Identica’s vascular biometric technology has been recognized by SC Magazine as a leading security product within the Biometrics/Access Control industry. Featured in the magazine’s December issue, Identica’s VP-II scanner was among multiple entries that were rigorously tested and evaluated over the past 11 months. The testing included features, product usablility, performance, integration, accuracy and value. […]