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Articles By Chris Burt

Chris Burt is managing editor and industry analyst at 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.

 

Biometric access control products launched by StoneLock and Hytera, Invixium signs Mexico distribution deal

Contactless biometrics for access control continue to be a hot market area as people return to work from COVID-19 lockdowns…

 

Biometrics integrator Genetec vanquishes patent troll, receives payment

Genetec, which integrates biometric technologies from a range of partners, has defeated a non-performing entity, otherwise known as a patent…

 

Evernym selects iProov biometrics and presence assurance for simple onboarding and device binding for SSI

Evernym is adding facial biometrics and Genuine Presence Assurance from iProov to its enterprise-grade self-sovereign identity (SSI) platform and consumer mobile…

 

Mask detection in line for possible call up to big league baseball, but without facial biometrics

A startup from California called Airspace has been in talks with several Major League Baseball teams about supplying mask detection…

 

Boosting voice biometrics with speech recognition gives Omilia leg up in passive authentication, CEO says

Before Omilia developed its own voice biometrics, CEO Dimitris Vassos came to the conclusion that many of the products in the…

 

Automotive biometrics market forecast for $329B in 2027 as computer vision technology advances

The automotive biometric identification market will reach a market value of $329 billion by 2027 on a 10.1 percent compound…

 

Idex Biometrics ships TrustedBio integrated biometric card solution and plans for mass market launch in 2020

Idex Biometrics has begun shipping its TrustedBio biometric-system-on-chip (BSoC) family of dual interface products for biometric smart cards, the company…

 

Seahawks draft Clear digital health credential as biometrics supply challenges and tools for pandemic response

A deployment of biometric technology from Clear for COVID-19 transmission prevention by the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League…

 

Huawei could bring full-display fingerprint biometrics to mobile devices

Biometric device unlocking with fingerprint scanning may soon be possible by pressing anywhere on the touchscreen, as Huawei has filed…

 

Live biometric facial recognition use by South Wales Police ruled unlawful by appeals court

The use of facial biometrics for automatic public identification by South Wales Police has been declared unlawful by the UK…

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