AOptix unveils biometric capture hardware peripheral for iPhone

April 9, 2013
Adam Vrankulj

AOptix has just unveiled the AOPtix Stratus, a mobile identity solution designed for the iPhone. Featuring fingerprint, iris, voice and face recognition, the Stratus is a hardware peripheral that houses an iPhone 4 or 4S and contains a fingerprint sensor and an AOPtix iris imaging system. “Until now, biometric identity verification has been delivered with by fixed location solutions or difficult to use mobile products with limited functionality,” Alan Goode, Managing Director, Goode Intelligence said. “By leveraging the capabilities of the

AOptix gets GSN Border Security Platinum Award for biometric ID system

March 20, 2013
Adam Vrankulj

AOptix Technologies has received the Government Security News 2013 Border Security Platinum Award for Best Biometric Identification Solution. Awarded for its AOptix Insight Duo product, the company announced the award in a blog post this week. The GSN Border Security Awards Program recognizes vendors that produce the most innovative and technologically advanced products and solutions used in border security. Reported previously in BiometricUpdate.com, AOptix was awarded a research contract from the U.S Defence Department (DoD) to examine its Smart Mobile Identity biometrics identification

AOptix and CACI land $3 million research contract from DoD

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February 13, 2013
Adam Vrankulj

AOptix has just landed a research contract from the U.S Defence Department (DoD) to examine its Smart Mobile Identity biometrics identification package and to eventually provide the department with a smartphone solution for scanning someone’s eyes, face, thumbs and voice. The contract, first reported in Wired.com’s Danger Room, is worth $3 million and AOptix will be working with CACI International on the project, which said to entail a hardware peripheral and an accompanying app. According to the company, its Smart

AOptix Names Scott Clark VP of Operations

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November 14, 2012
Adam Vrankulj

AOptix, a technology innovation company that applies optics to transform identity verification and wireless communication, has appointed Scott Clark as the company’s VP of Operations. This new appointment comes one month after AOptix reorganized its company into two separate units: Identity Solutions and Communications. In his new position as VP of Operations, Clark will be responsible for procurement, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics and customer support across AOptix’s two core businesses. “Scott joins AOptix at an exciting time,” Dean Senner, Chairman

AOptix iris-based biometrics aid Qatar border control

October 12, 2012
Stephen Mayhew

AOptix, a technology innovation company that applies optics to transform identity verification and wireless communications, recently announced results from the first 12 months of deployment of its identity verification systems in the State of Qatar. On average, the examination of 12 months of operations found that it takes only four seconds for travellers to pass through the AOptix identity verification systems. At the same time, the systems are highly effective in preventing non-authorized travellers from entering or exiting the country,

Biometrics firm AOptix signs Certis CISCO as reseller

September 27, 2012
Stephen Mayhew

AOptix, a technology innovation company applying optics to transform identity verification and wireless communications, today announced that Certis CISCO (A member of the Certis Group), a leading provider of protective security in Singapore, has become an AOptix SI/VAR partner. “AOptix InSight systems are well suited for busy aviation checkpoints and other high throughput, high security applications for which ease of use and the customer experience are critical,” said Dale Bastian, Vice President of Sales, Identity Solutions at AOptix. “We are

AOptix Technologies demonstrates InSight Duo

September 23, 2012
Stephen Mayhew

AOptix Technologies demonstrated its InSight Duo product offering for BiometricUpdate.com at the 2012 Biometric Consortium Conference & Biometric Technology Expo held in Tampa this week. InSight Duo delivers the combined power of iris and face biometrics in a single, slim device. And with a capture time of 6 seconds for standards compliant face and dual iris images, at a distance of 2 meters, InSight Duo delivers outstanding performance without compromising the high throughput of the original InSight system. Additionally, InSight

AOptix raises $42 million to enhance biometric products

August 24, 2012
Stephen Mayhew

AOptix, a firm specializing in biometric identity verification and high bandwidth wireless communications has obtained US$42 million from a new round of venture funding. Clearstone Venture Partners, DAG Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Northgate Capital and W Capital Partners participated in the funding round and were joined by a new investor, True Ventures. The proceeds will be used to support product development, sales and marketing as the company prepares to launch groundbreaking new products. So far, total investment in