Sony awarded vein-reading biometrics patent
According to an article in Engadget, Sony was awarded a series of patent claims for a vein-reading mouse it filed…
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Indian President appeals to citizens to enroll in biometric registery
Under the Citizenship Act 1955 and Citizenship Rules 2003, the citizen registration under the National Population Register (NPR) is mandatory…
Afghanistan using biometrics on wide scale for security
Afghanistan is utilizing biometrics technology as a helpful counter-insurgency tool. The Afghan government has started taking fingerprints and scanning the…
Canadian-based DNA laboratory producing genetic art
If you have watched CSI or CSI: New York, you have likely seen an image of a DNA strand during…
Cegedim and CIC to provide European-compliant financial software solutions
The European Parliament has set February 1, 2014 as its deadline for enterprises to fully migrate their system to a…
Physicists find ‘God Particle’
Peter Higgs, a Scottish physicist from Edinburgh University proposed how the universe came about and why we have mass. He…
Biometrics to streamline delivery of Indian food aid
India will introduce biometric devices at point of sales in its Public Distribution System: The Public Distribution System is an…
Biometric voice recognition software can detect Parkinson’s Disease
Professor Max Little, from the University of Oxford, has been using algorithms in voice recognition software to detect changes in…
South Africa rolls out social security biometric payment system
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) will have their hands full as it implements the new biometric payment system….
Intel acquires IDesia’s heartbeat biometrics technology
Intel Corporation has acquired IDesia Biometrics, an Israeli-based medical device firm, according to the Israel-based business publication Globes. The firm…
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