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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.

 

Ambarella launches camera processor for real-time facial recognition on edge devices

Computer vision semiconductor company Ambarella has introduced a new camera system-on-chip (SoC) which powers real-time facial recognition on edge devices….

 

Technavio forecasts global biometrics market to grow by more than $24B through 2023

The global biometrics market will grow by 15 percent CAGR, or $24.26 billion through 2023, according to a new report…

 

Retail automation company launches 3D facial biometric age verification device

Innovative Technology (ITL) has introduced a new product which it says uses intelligent biometric algorithms to verify the age of…

 

CyberLink pitches facial recognition technology for diverse IoT use cases

CyberLink is demonstrating its FaceMe facial recognition technology in smart devices for retail, access control, and office systems at CES,…

 

Synaptics launches new line of SoC audio sensors for smart home devices

Synaptics has announced a new family of system-on-chip (SoC) audio sensor products featuring neural network acceleration, a proprietary wake word…

 

Motiv ring to provide biometric payments later this year

Smart ring Motiv plans to launch heart rate biometrics for payment authentication later in 2019, according to a company announcement…

 

ams develops dual optical sensor for under-display 3D facial biometrics

Apple’s optical sensor supplier ams has launched a dual RGB light and infrared (IR) proximity sensor IC (integrated circuit) that…

 

One in four Americans support strict government limits on facial recognition

Roughly one in four Americans (26 percent) are in favor of strict government-imposed limits on the use of facial recognition,…

 

Mastercard to leverage NuData behavior analysis for untapped African payments market

Mastercard plans to leverage the data analysis technology it acquired in 2017 with NuData Security to address the potential of…

 

Startup PopCom to provide biometric vending machines for regulated products

Smart vending machine company PopCom has launched a Security Token Offering (STO) to raise up to $943,000 in funding to…

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