iBeta completes mobile biometric device testing for Sandia
iBeta Quality Assurance Biometrics Testing Laboratory has completed its first task order of conformance testing of mobile biometric devices, under a…
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.
Fibre-optics fuel fingerprint-sensing touchscreen, Fiberio
Two German researchers have designed a touchscreen, called Fiberio, capable of fingerprint verification, without the need for an embedded scanner….
American researchers develop eye-tracking authentication system
A research team from the University of Washington and Texas State has argued that eye-tracking technology could form the backbone of an…
Cognitec announces facial recognition SDK for Android
Cognitec’s FaceVACS facial recognition SDK is now available for Android development. According to the company, the SDK contains all the development…
Russia’s biometrics market to reach $398 million by 2018: report
The Russian biometrics market is set to reach US$398 million by 2018, according to a new report. The report, Russia…
Iris recognition not affected by ageing: NIST IREX study
Irises do not deteriorate enough to affect biometric identification — this according to a fresh NIST IREX VI study. According to…
NIST issues new publication on PIV cards, adds standards for iris, fingerprint comparison
As promised, NIST has delivered a new publication for Personal Identity Verification cards that now adds iris images and on-card fingerprint…
Thermal imaging of face vein patterns enters the biometric discussion
The development of new modalities are always exciting for the biometrics community, and an Indian research team has just come…
Neurotechnology launches MegaMatcher 6.0, SDK updates
Neurotechnology has announced new releases across its line of biometric SDKs, including the addition of facial biometrics to the new MegaMatcher…
Clarkson, Notre Dame and Warsaw University of Technology collaborate on iris liveness competition
Over the next couple of months, researchers at Clarkson’s Center of Identification Technology Research (CITeR), along with the University of Notre…
