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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.

 

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…

 

Biometrics coming to car dashboards through Visa and SiriusXM partnership

Visa and SiriusXM Connected Vehicle Services have announced a partnership to develop a new in-vehicle payment solution secured by biometric…

 

Softbank deployment brings Nok Nok technology to 10M mobile phone users

Japanese mobile network operator Softbank has deployed Nok Nok Labs technology to give its ten million mobile subscribers the option…

 

Acer laptops shipping with smartphone-based biometric support from GoTrust ID

Beginning late last year, selected Windows laptops and desktops with BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) support from Acer have been shipped…

 

World Food Program calls for biometric system to reduce theft of food aid in Yemen

The World Food Program (WFP) is calling for a biometric system for food aid distribution to be launched in Yemen…

 

Zwipe to raise up to NOK 120M with plan to go public

Zwipe is planning to raise up to NOK 120 million (roughly US$14 million) as it prepares to apply for admission…

 

Face++ and ams partner for 3D facial recognition solutions

High-performance sensor solution company ams and Megvii’s Face++ have formed a co-operative partnership to accelerate the deployment of face recognition…

 

Neurotechnology announces major enhancements to MegaMatcher multi-biometric line

Neurotechnology has launched the new version of its line of biometric solutions, cloud services and SDKs, MegaMatcher 11, with deep…

 

Synaptics under-glass biometric technology coming to PC notebook trackpads

PC notebook manufacturer Clevo will feature Synaptics’ SecurePad Gamma TouchPad technology with Clear ID fingerprint sensors. Clevo is an OEM/ODM…

 

B-Secur launches algorithms for EKG authentication and wellness monitoring

EKG biometrics company B-Secur has launched its new collection of EKG authentication and wellness algorithms, which will soon be available…

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