Israeli jurists right to call biometric database “extreme” and “harmful”
Last week, the Israeli High Court of Justice held a hearing on a petition seeking the annulment of a law…
Articles By Rawlson King
Rawlson O’Neil King is a contributing editor at BiometricUpdate.com and is an experienced communications professional, management consultant, trade journalist and author who recently published a book about control and electronic networks and who has written numerous articles in trade publications and academic journals about smart home and building technologies. (He is currently on leave)
Governments need to work on passport, National ID reliability
No two persons are alike. This fact has long been established through extensive biometric research and study. For this reason,…
Barcodes to authenticate quality of food, medicine
In 2003, researchers at the University of Guelph proposed “DNA barcoding” as a way to identify different animal, fish and…
God particle to benefit humankind and biometrics
This week, a fundamental base component of the universe was found. Physicists working at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, the world’s…
Fujitsu Combines Palm Vein and Fingerprint Verification
Recently, Fujitsu revealed the creation of the world’s first biometric system that combines both palm vein recognition with fingerprint verification….
India Building World’s Largest Biometric Database
India’s identification policy will amass the world’s largest biometric database. The plan’s stated objectives are to improve social welfare by…
Rapid DNA quickly becoming reality
DNA analysis is universally acknowledged as a significant tool for fighting crime and is the only biometric that contains specific…
Harmonic Launches Iris 2.0 Analytics Software
Iris 2.0 is the newest version of Harmonic’s video quality monitoring and analytics software suite. It features an enhanced graphical user…
Biometrics will Challenge the Security and Privacy of Social Networking
Privacy protection will become increasingly critical once biometrics are integrated into personal computing profiles. Currently, biometrics are mostly the domain…
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