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Articles By Chris Burt

Chris Burt is the editor of Biometric Update. He has also written nonfiction about information technology, dramatic arts, sports culture, and fantasy basketball, as well as fiction about a doomed astronaut. He lives in Toronto. You can follow him on Twitter @AFakeChrisBurt.

 

Digital Travel Credential Pilot relaunched with Idemia biometric app

A Dutch consortium has chosen Idemia to provide technology for the world’s first transatlantic Digital Travel Credential (DTC) Pilot, using…

 

Pioneering BixeLab test shows accuracy of Tech5 contactless fingerprint biometrics

Contactless fingerprinting has reached the stage in its maturity of laboratories pioneering independent testing from biometrics developers at the forefront…

 

Australian gambling machine maker licenses Konami facial recognition

Konami Gaming has licensed its facial recognition technology for use in Australian gambling machines, according to Casino Beats. Independent Gaming,…

 

Startup partners to bring machine learning, facial recognition to IoT developers

A partnership has been formed between Useful Sensors, which supports the addition of AI interfaces to consumer electronics, and OKdo,…

 

Tech5, ZKTeco USA collaborating on decentralized biometrics for physical, logical access

A partnership has been formed by Tech5 Group, ZKTeco USA, PassiveBolt and PDQ Manufacturing to build a biometric physical and…

 

Alcatraz and Genetec each integrate access control technologies with Axis Communications

Axis Communications is integrating Alcatraz AI’s biometric access control device with its portfolio of business security and optimization products. Alcatraz…

 

MegaMatcher updated with Neurotechnology’s tattoo recognition, PAD capabilities

A new version of Neurotechnology’s MegaMatcher product line has been released, with significant performance increases for fingerprint, face, iris and…

 

Cybernetica researcher wins grant to study soft spots in digital identity

Cybernetica Senior Researcher Peeter Laud has won a research grant for 769,600 Euros (approximately US$812,000) from the Estonian Research Council…

 

Paravision’s flexible enterprise face biometrics platform reaches commercial availability

A new biometric face-matching platform for enterprises has been launched to commercial availability by Paravision to meet the needs of…

 

Shufti Pro appoints Dubai team leaders, signs up 3 fintechs for identity verification

Shufti Pro has signed up a trio of customers in different areas of fintech for its biometric identity verification to…

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