Cognitec unveils new face recognition technology
A video screening product from Cognitec Systems now employs leading-edge face detection technology to analyze the count, flow, demographics and…
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.
ImageWare biometric solution works on Fujitsu private cloud
ImageWare Systems, Inc., a leader in multi-modal biometric security solutions, announced that its patented ImageWare multi-modal biometric management engine has…
Kenyan MPs skeptical of voter biometric system
Kenya is contemplating the use of biometrics in its next elections. However, many members of parliament have raised fears about…
Nigeria introduces biometrics to hotel industry
The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) recently announced their plans to create an electronic database of all hotel staff and…
UVM using biometrics for gym facilities access
Gym facilities at the University of Vermont are now using biometric finger scanners for students, faculty and staff as alternative…
VoiceTrust releases voice biometrics solution
VoiceTrust,a Dubai-based voice biometrics company, has released VT inTalk, a new solution for dynamic caller verification. VT inTalk is an…
Security firm Kaba combines operations in Americas
The Kaba Group, a Swiss-based security firm that provides biometric offerings, has launched a new division that will combine sales,…
U.S. Government Spends $832,000 on TrapWire
Recent WikiLeaks documents have revealed that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security paid US$832,000 to deploy Trapwire surveillance in Washington,…
Arizona police forces testing fingerprint scanners
Police departments throughout Arizona are testing out MorpholDent, a portable fingerprint device that is about the size of iPhone. The…
Traka unveils weapon lockers that use biometrics
Traka, a leader in advanced access control and management control solutions to both private and government agencies, recently launched a…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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- Understanding MOSIP
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection