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Commercial Applications

Biometrics are used in retail and customer-facing settings for point-of-sales services such as payments, access control in systems for purposes such as shoplifting prevention, and identification or characteristic analysis for personalization or customer insights. Access control systems are also increasingly used for automated commercial applications, such as hotel check-ins. Typically, these use palm vein, fingerprint, iris recognition, facial recognition.

 

Arkami’s biometric password management drive makes a splash on Kickstarter

With just less than a month to go, California-based Arkami, Inc. has raised nearly half of its $150,000 goal, having…

 

ABI Research anticipates massive growth in smart card shipments this year

New research from ABI Research forecasts 8.6 billion smart cards to be shipped worldwide in 2013; a combined number spanning…

 

Atos Worldline to provide biometric payment system for Telekom Deutschland

Atos Worldline has put into motion a framework agreement with Telekom Deutschland for the development, setup and operation of the…

 

Margao Municipal Council looks to install biometric attendance system

The Margao Municipal Council (MMC) in the Indian state of Goa has decided to implement a biometric workforce management system…

 

Nok Nok Labs launches, raises $15 million in early financing

Nok Nok Labs launched today to provide organizations with the ability to defend themselves and their users against increasingly sophisticated…

 

MinuteHound offers Valentine’s Day deal on biometric scanners

Roses are red, violets are blue, but I just want to make sure you really are you. MinuteHound, a provider…

 

3M Cogent selected for Port of Long Beach port security pilot test

3M Cogent has announced that its MiY Outdoor Biometric Access Control Reader has been selected by SSA Marine with its…

 

02 Secure Wireless announces low-data facial recognition integration software

02 Secure Wireless has announced the launch of its fully functional retina and facial integration security technology software. Named FIT,…

 

MorphoTrust USA, Tennesse Department of Safety and Homeland Security automate drivers license renewal

MorphoTrust USA, along with the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, recently unveiled self-service drivers license kiosks across the…

 

Regulators confirm Facebook has deleted European facial recognition data

The Irish data protection commissioner along with a German data protection regulator have confirmed that Facebook has deleted all European…

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