Biometric firm Evermedia ups revenue 375 percent
Biometric firm Evermedia Group, Inc. announced second quarter 2012 revenue of $703,620, an increase of more than 375 percent over…
Law Enforcement
Law enforcement biometrics refers to applications and biometric systems which aid law enforcement agencies. While most often fingerprints, DNA, and in some cases facial recognition, this is a wide-ranging category and can include AFIS, ABIS, mobile identification systems, criminal ID solutions, fingerprint recognition, surveillance, as well as access control systems.
AOptix raises $42 million to enhance biometric products
AOptix, a firm specializing in biometric identity verification and high bandwidth wireless communications has obtained US$42 million from a new…
Biometric id systems can keep sex offenders out of schools
If a biometric identification system was put in place in New Zealand’s schools, it could help weed out employees who…
BIO-key says patent suit without merit
Blue Spike, a Texas-based firm, filed a patent infringement suit against BIO-key International, Inc. on August 15, under Civil Action…
NIST sponsors biometric event in Tampa
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will co-sponsor the 2012 Biometric Consortium Conference (BCC 2012), September 18-21, 2012,…
Biometrics firm Human Recognition Systems hires new CEO
Human Recognition Systems, a UK-based enterprise biometric solutions firm, has today announced the appointment of John Tonkiss as the company’s…
Anonymous Taps MacGyver, Tackles Facial Recognition in Latest Video
Hacktivist group Anonymous has released another ominous video, and this time it’s about thwarting biometric facial recognition systems with a…
Grad student wins best paper award for biometrics research
Wong Wei Jing, a doctoral student from Swinburne University of Technology in Malaysia, recently received a best research paper award…
BioEnable unveils biometric child ID solution in India
BioEnable Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a pioneering company in the field of advanced electronic automation, identification, and tracking products and services,…
FBI makes facial recognition available to local police forces
The facial recognition project at the Federal Bureau of Investigation will soon be made available to local law enforcement agencies…
