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20 Dec, 2012Report: Indian biometrics market to see double-digit growth through 2015
Research and Markets is offering a new report by TechNavio entitled “Biometrics Market in India 2011-2015.” In it, TechNavio’s analysis shows that this market is expected to see a compound annual growth rate of 46% during this timeframe. The market has a couple of key factors that are contributing to its growth, namely an increase […]
19 Dec, 2012Carroll county schools scrap biometrics in cafeterias
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 […]
18 Dec, 2012Australia to require biometrics for Cambodian visa applicants
Beginning Dec. 17, Australia will require visa applicants in Cambodia to provide biometrics along with their applications. Cambodians wishing to travel to Australia will need to submit their visa application in person at the Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh and provide two forms of biometrics: a facial image and a 10-digit fingerprint scan. These biometrics […]
14 Dec, 2012Faculty at Florida university objects to fingerprinting
A proposal by Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, to fingerprint all its faculty has met with considerable resistance. Since early November, the university’s faculty senate has voted twice by a huge majority to reject fingerprinting for each of the school’s some 1,100 employees. “I have no problem with a background check – I have […]
14 Dec, 2012Cable provider leverages voice biometrics system
California-based voice biometrics provider VoiceVault announced that a large American cable provider is using its voice biometric identity verification product to authenticate over 60,000 customer service calls a month. VoiceVault’s product allows customers to bypass verifying account information through an agent in order to add or change services or order a pay-per-view show. They can […]
12 Dec, 2012NexID helps fingerprint scanners add liveness, spot spoofs
NexID is a spinoff from West Virginia University and Clarkson University that develops technology to determine if a fingerprint image is from a live finger or a spoof. Both optical and capacitive fingerprint readers are suspect to spoofing, but NexID’s software algorithms can be used to train these scanners to recognize spoofs, explains Mark Cornett, […]
11 Dec, 2012Certain foreign nationals to provide biometrics for entry to Canada
The Canadian government is now requiring nationals of 29 countries and one territory to provide fingerprints and a photograph in order to enter Canada to visit, study or work, under regulations proposed by Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney. The Canadian government wants to collect biometric information to ensure travel to Canada is legitimate. […]
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