Large concert and festival organizers have been issuing RFID-enabled wristbands for ticketing so attendees don’t have to worry about losing paper tickets. As an added utility, these same wristbands often enable a user to check in at different stages or performances and have that info posted on social media sites. Adding payments to these wristbands […]

Fujitsu Laboratories launched a new biometric technology that extracts and matches 2,048-bit feature codes from palm vein image data. Vein pattern biometric modalities are not a new phenomenon, but where Fujitsu’s solution differs is in its method of using feature codes. These codes, extracted from vein images, represent the features of the biometric capture in […]

Linking an incorrect medical record to a patient can be fatal but making sure those records follow the patients is also difficult. To help ease this problem the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Altoona is rolling out palm vein biometrics to strengthen that link. The program started June 1 and registered more than 4,600 […]

Getin Noble Bank, one of Poland’s largest banking institutions, and Hitachi Europe have revealed that Getin will be deploying Hitachi finger vein biometric authentication in the bank’s new Getin Up branch network. Getin Bank chose the finger vein biometric modality based on the human body’s unique structure of blood vessels inside the finger. Those close […]

Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc. and T&W Operations Inc. have teamed up to produce Kidtrack, an access control solution designed for children to use as they take buses to and from school. Kidtrack uses Fujitsu’s PalmEntry physical access control system in the school bus environment. Children use the contactless biometric product for positive authentication and […]

BlueVault, a maximum-security storage facility, has installed Fujitsu Frontech North America’s PalmEntry Physical Access Control system at its facility in San Diego. The PalmEntry system involves contactless biometric palm scans to authenticate an individual and allow them access to a location. Fujitsu’s technology has vein sensors that use a near-infrared light to capture the pattern […]

European bank UniCredit has become Fujitsu Technology Solutions’ first major customer to order its PalmSecure authentication system, reports Computerworld. UniCredit plans to launch the palm scanners in Italy as a payment authorization method at POS terminals. The system, which it’s calling Papillon, will eliminate the need for a card or PIN and will allow enrolled […]

EyeVerify has released the results of a standards test on its Eyeprint technology that show its eye vein matching technology exceeds industry standards and requirements necessary for deployment. The Biometric Standards, Performance and Assurance (BSPA) Laboratory at Purdue University conducted the tests, collecting eyeprint data from 250 subjects. It found a false acceptance rate of […]

The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology has partnered with Nexus USA to create a biometrics program that could facilitate a move to a cashless society. The program uses Nexus’ trademarked Biocryptology, a means of biometric identification through hemoglobin in the blood. A user scans his finger, and the system reads through the print, […]

After a two-month pilot of using palm scans to pay for cafeteria lunches, Carroll County, Md. schools have scrapped the program, reports the Baltimore Sun. The program was tested in ten schools to speed up transactions and give children more time to eat, but parental concerns over children’s privacy led to the demise of the […]