Automakers preview biometric integration; study sees growth in that market
Car makers are showing off innovations in biometric integration for drivers, ranging from facial recognition that spots distracted or drowsy…
Consumer Electronics
Biometrics-based consumer electronic devices are standalone products that include access control door locks, security systems, home automation and IoT, automotive, game consoles and mobile devices. Companies that integrate biometric technology into existing consumer devices are included in this category.
Series of passwordless authentication tools and partnerships unveiled
Apple is making good on its recent statements about the virtue and attainability of no-password biometric credentials. Passkeys for MacOS…
Dermalog biometrics to power driver monitoring system through auto group partnership
Dermalog is partnering with Rheinmetall AG, a defense and automotive technology group, on a joint venture to supply advanced biometric…
Biometrics in cars pitched for security, safety, convenience
Biometrics-enabled vehicles – autonomous and otherwise – continue to be introduced in various forms, and related new technologies developed, while…
Meme to mime: Google and others launching face biometrics as computer code
Google and Domino’s Pizza are both pushing a new accessibility feature – involving face biometrics — as something mainstream computer…
Google debuts Wallet, new Pixel Watch and Phone at I/O event
At Google’s I/O developer conference this week, the company released its Wallet for Android, with plans for biometrically secured digital…
Many small investments add up to $17m for biometric gun maker Biofire
Firearms with biometric safeties have been discussed for years with little to show for the brainstorming. But this week, a…
Apple granted patent for under-display optical biometric sensor
Apple has been granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for an under-display bundling of…
South Africans told biometric-SIM link is ‘next step,’ ‘evolution’ as consultation closes
Reported details and reaction are emerging to the March 2022 proposal by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA),…
Biometric data must be processed with ‘European values’: EDPS opinion on Data Act
Clarity is needed to ensure special types of highly sensitive data such as biometrics and health information are fully protected…
