Pierre Martin’s crime of armed robbery with a firearm is anything but revolutionary. His arrest, on the other hand, is a groundbreaking step forward for Chicago law enforcement as he became the first perpetrator in Chicago history to be apprehended a using the department’s facial-recognition software. Using little more than a Jan. 28 photo of the […]

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 […]

Friedman Memorial Airport (SUN), providing air service facilities to South Central Idaho and the Sun Valley resort area, has implemented Quantum Secure’s SAFE for Aviation software suite to improve workflow of airport security operations. SAFE for Aviation v4.5 comes with pre-defined policies, workflows and procedures for issuing badge credentials and granting/revoking access to airport facilities, […]

Within two years the majority of mobile phones will come equipped with biometrics that will be used for many purposes, according to Denise Culver, a telecommunications researcher and a analyst with Heavy Reading. Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan spoke with Culver who says that smart phones already have the tools necessary to make biometrics work: best-in-market […]

Indian researchers have developed a computer algorithm that can map blood vessels lying beneath the skin of the human face using thermal imaging for identification. According to Business Standard, the new algorithm enables instantaneous recognition, which as of yet has proven to be nearly impossible to spoof. A research team at Jadavpur University in Kolkata […]

Miami-Dade County is working on becoming a smarter city, partnering with technology companies for better water management, intelligent law enforcement and using analytics for video analysis, says Angel Petisco, CIO with the county. The last two items are leading county officials to look at better ways to create safer schools and parks, Petisco says. Video […]

Javelin Strategy & Research has revealed its support for biometrics in finance, stating that biometric authentication is likely to see widespread use by financial institutions and online merchants by the year 2015. To accompany its statement, Al Pascual, a senior analyst for the company, posits that voice recognition will be the first biometric modality to […]