U.S. Army AI task force could bring facial recognition to the field of battle
Facial recognition could be deployed in combat situations in the future through a new research partnership involving the American military….
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.
iProov passes Level B biometric presentation attack detection test by NPL
iProov has passed an ISO/IEC 30107-3 conformance review to Level B of the NIST standards for presentation attack detection (PAD),…
Original Face ID patents published
A series of patents related to the iPhone X have been published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, including…
IARPA and NIST offer $50,000 for best activity detection in extended video
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is holding an Activities in Extended Video (ActEV) Prize Challenge in collaboration with NIST,…
Touch ID may return to iPhones under full display for dual biometrics
Touch ID may be returning to iPhones with an ultrasonic fingerprint sensing area covering the whole display, according to a…
Former robotics head at Amazon joins Onfido as VP of research
Onfido announced today that it has hired Mohan Mahadevan, the former head of computer vision and machine learning for robotic…
Researchers developing sophisticated biometric spoof detection system with IARPA backing
A researcher at the University of Southern California’s Information Sciences Institute is working with an international team to build spoof-proof…
FaceTec scores perfect Level-2 biometric presentation attack detection certification from iBeta
FaceTec has announced that its ZoOm 3D Face Authentication has passed the rigorous Level-2 anti-spoofing certification test by iBeta for…
Report shows rapid growth of AI patent applications led by deep learning models
Deep learning models of artificial intelligence that is the basis for speech recognition and many advanced biometric technologies is the…
Threat of deepfakes draws legislator and biometrics industry attention
A U.S. senator plans to reintroduce legislation against “deepfake” media in the coming year as legislators join members of the…
