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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.

 

Fujitsu and Tidel further partnership with Palm Vein Authentication

Fujitsu Frontech North America, Inc. and Tidel Engineering LP have announced the full integration of Fujitsu’s PalmSecure biometric authentication solution…

 

Nigerian Biometric Reconciliation Panel to resolve Verification Issues

The Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity in Nigeria has inaugurated a 10-man inter-ministerial Biometric Reconciliation Panel to resolve verification…

 

Nigerian Ports to use Biometric Cards to Catch Fraud

Nigerian ports are being introduced to using biometric cards to check for fraudulent practices, including those involving corrupt customs agents….

 

India’s Medical Colleges to use Biometric Identification

Medical colleges in India have turned to the use of biometric identification processes to detect impersonations, out of fear applicants…

 

Vesalis Biometric Facial Recognition Software for Shops and Government

A facial recognition technology, which was originally designed for makeup counters in malls, is getting a different type of attention…

 

M2SYS holds biometric chat on voice biometrics

M2SYS, a recognized industry leader in biometric identity management technology, held its monthly #biometricchat conversation on Twitter last week. The…

 

SmartMetric’s Smart Cards Compete with Latest Tablets and Smartphones

SmartMetric, Inc., developer of “Secured by Biometrics” credit and identity cards, has successfully integrated memory capacity and processing power into…

 

Dell’s Latest Laptops come with Biometric Fingerprint Security

Dell has just unveiled three of its newest and top of the line business laptops. The new line, which is…

 

ImageWare Systems’ BE 2.0 to secure Air and Sea Ports

ImageWare Systems, Inc has released version 2.0 of its flagship Biometric Engine identity management product. The system is considered an…

 

Tobii and Cedrus release psychophysiological eye tracking tool

Tobii Technology and Cedrus have collaborated to produce the StimTracker for Tobii TX300 Eye Tracker, a product that can be…

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