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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.

 

Biometrics firm Daon to lead trusted identity cyberspace pilot

Daon, a leading provider of biometric identity management and authentication solutions worldwide, has been selected to lead a team to…

 

Biometric Research Notes: Consolidation trend expected to continue in biometrics sector

Over the past two years, the biometrics industry has undergone increasing consolidation, as larger players acquired smaller firms, enabling the…

 

Ford designing cars that incorporate biometrics

Ford is paving the way for in-car communications and sensors. Engineers at the Ford Research and Innovation lab are designing…

 

Biometrics provider HT Systems partners with CentraMed

HT Systems, a healthcare technology leader that provides the biometric-based patient identity management, announced a partnership with CentraMed, Inc., a…

 

Oberthur Technologies teams up with Zvetco Biometrics on technology

Oberthur Technologies, one of the world’s largest providers of security and identification solutions and the number one provider of smart…

 

Biometrics Research Note: Biometrics to gain traction in security product market

The demand for new technology such as biometrics and smart cards will broaden the market for residential and commercial security…

 

Cross Match demonstrates Guardian fingerprint scanners

Cross Match Technologies demonstrated the next version of its Guardian line of fingerprint scanners at the 2012 Biometric Consortium Conference…

 

New biometric gait recognition research conducted in U.K.

When iris scans and facial recognition fail to identify individuals from a distance, then it is time to add on…

 

Fingerprint kits distributed to police in Pakistan

In an attempt to modernize criminal investigating methods, 17 police stations in Khanewal, Pakistan were provided with complete fingerprint kits….

 

Biometrics firm iEvo moves to bigger facility, expands manpower

The biometric boom has prompted iEvo bosses to move their headquarters. The iEvo group develops personnel and facility security management…

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