The Somalytics SomaControl Door Handle. Credit: Hyundai. Automotive manufacturer Hyundai has showcased a new gesture-controlled door handle at its Open…
Biometric R&D
Biometric R&D refers to significant research and development in the biometrics sphere, from academia to applications. This includes market research, product development, awards recognition as well as new inventions and innovations.
The future of digital credentials: what do we want, how do we want it?
An open letter is seeking help from the community and market to find ways to ensure compatibility between two emerging…
Patent registered for heart rhythms as biometric ID; researchers work on security
Japanese researchers say they have registered for a United States patent on using electrocardiogram waveforms as a biometric identifier, but…
Billions and billions tied to mobile multi-finger biometric sensors
Numbers like 2.5 billion get attention, especially when talking about how much more secure a biometric scanner can be. That…
US wants to ID travelers in a moving group in 3 seconds with biometrics
In a development that will hearten some, but give the most privacy-minded travelers a second thought about travel-related surveillance, the…
US Air Force testing satellite network broadcasting biometric signals
Because lack of information is more dangerous than an enemy’s capabilities, a pair of vendors say they have developed a…
New Fujitsu security research center in Israel to further develop digital identity tools
Japanese tech giant Fujitsu has announced plans to set up a research center for data and security in Israel as…
Nok Nok, UberEther partner on biometric authentication for US gov’t
FIDO veteran Nok Nok Labs is working with federal ID and access management contractor UberEther on phishing-resistant multifactor authentication products…
Biometric cards developers prepare to support mass adoption for payments, access control
Biometric payment cards featured prominently among the presentations at the Asia Pacific Smart Card Association’s (APSCA’s) recent Next-Generation Cards 2022…
World-first post-quantum biometric passport security demonstrated by Infineon, partners
A security controller made by semiconductor developer Infineon Technologies protects biometric and demographic data held in an e-passport from both…
