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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.

 

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…

 

Biometrics technology from Softbank unlocks smartphone

Softbank, one of Japan’s biggest telecom carriers, and Universal Robot have teamed up to develop palm and vein pattern technology…

 

UK schools not protecting biometric data

A study has found that data in UK schools gathered from pupils, which includes biometrics, are at risk and susceptible…

 

Alabama to require biometric scans for prison visitors

The Alabama Department of Corrections has implemented a new policy that requires visitors to state prisons to have their fingerprint…

 

South African firm unveils multifunction biometric ID solution

A new biometric solution has been developed by a South African firm to fulfil a need in the marketplace for…

 

ElcomSoft finds major flaw in UPEK biometrics software

ElcomSoft Co. Ltd, a Russian-based provider of corporate security and IT audit products, issued a warning regarding a major flaw…

 

DNA markers to authenticate military electronic devices

The US Department of Defense recently awarded Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. a contract for microcircuit authentication. The company is best…

 

DOJ grants $1 million for sex offender biometrics registry

The US Department of Justice will provide a grant of $1 million to five Native American tribes in Washington state…

 

An interview with Stevan Jovanovich, CEO, IntegenX

Please note: This article has been edited for clarity and length. Stevan Jovanovich, a persistent innovator and Chief Executive of…

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