Augmented reality startup Blippar integrates facial recognition into app
Augmented reality (AR) startup Blippar has integrated real-time facial recognition technology into its mobile app, which allows users to generate…
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Justin Lee has been a contributor with Biometric Update since 2014. Previously, he was a staff writer for web hosting magazine and website, theWHIR. For more than a decade, Justin has written for various publications on issues relating to technology, arts and culture, and entertainment. Follow him on Twitter @BiometricJustin.
Bipartisan cybersecurity panel issues report recommending stronger authentication
The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity, a bipartisan panel that addresses cybersecurity challenges facing government and industry, issued a new…
Home Office to fund UK police’s joint forensics and biometrics program
The UK’s Home Office announced it will provide more than £26 million in additional police transformation funding in support of…
U.S. Army Special Operations Command seeking new biometric technology
The U.S. Army Special Operations Command (SOCOM) (www.soc.mil) has posted a request for information (RFT) to evaluate selected exploitation technologies…
Biometric vehicle access systems market to reach $854.8M by 2021
Markets and Markets has published new research that finds that the biometric vehicle access systems global market, which is currently…
MIT researchers use machine learning and AI to mimic human facial recognition
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have unveiled new research where it has developed a computational model aimed…
A discussion with fingerprint technology firm Integrated Biometrics
For nearly a decade and a half, Integrated Biometrics has been developing and delivering fingerprint scanners designed to withstand difficult…
Israeli government’s call for mandatory biometric ID system met with backlash
Israeli interior minister Aryeh Deri has called for all Israeli citizens to obtain a mandatory biometric identity card, with their…
Jamaican government agencies discuss using biometrics to improve border security
Jamaican government agencies gathered at the ‘Leveraging Technology for Effective Border Security’ conference, recently held at the National Police College…
Shanghai researchers create AI system detecting criminals from face features
Two scientists from Shanghai Jiao Tong University have published a controversial new study that uses an AI system to distinguish…
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