Amazon has patented “Surveillance-as-a-Service” technology based on drones with photographic, video, infrared, thermal, night-vision, and audio capabilities, Smart Cities Dive…
Biometric R&D
Biometric R&D refers to significant research and developments in the biometric sphere. This includes market research, product development, awards recognition as well as new inventions and innovations.
U.S. may expand biometric and AI benchmarking as national strategy updated
The U.S. has revised its strategy for research and development of artificial intelligence, with an update from the White House…
Infant biometrics in the spotlight at ID4Africa 2019
Among the highlights of the second day of ID4Africa 2019 in Johannesburg, South Africa, was a packed and at time…
FaceTec blows away top NIST FRVT facial recognition algorithm in 3D self-testing
FaceTec‘s ZoOm 3D matching algorithm has scored in its own test an accuracy rate far better than the top algorithm…
Biometrics companies from China and Russia could be banned from NIST FRVT
Chinese media is reporting that biometrics companies from China could soon be excluded from NIST’s Facial Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT),…
Researchers develop new technique for matching DNA to faces
A team of Belgian and American researchers have developed an algorithm that matches DNA to potentially-matching facial images, which they…
Gradiant places eighth in CVPR 2019 facial recognition anti-spoofing challenge
Gradiant has finished in the top 10 of the CVPR (Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition) 2019 international competition for biometric…
Google building impaired speech dataset for speech recognition inclusivity
Google has partnered with the ALS Therapy Development Institute and the ALS Residence Initiative (ALSRI) to gather voice samples from…
Socure to double development team in India to leverage local AI talent
Digital identity verification company Socure is planning to double its team of data scientists and developers in Chennai, India, from…
Innovatrics launches platform to intelligently link biometric technologies
Innovatrics has announced the launch of a new Biometric Ecosystem platform to intelligently link independent multimodal technologies and customer-based services…
