Biometrics to help Africa hold credible elections
Voting is a basic right and it needs to be safeguarded. In Africa, many people cry foul because they believe…
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Silicon-based fingerprint sensors market projected to grow
Global Industry Analysts, Inc. (GIA), a leading publisher of off-the-shelf market research released a comprehensive global report on the silicon-based…
BIO-key & Indigo team to provide biometric healthcare security solution
BIO-key International Inc. is partnering with Indigo Identityware Inc. to provide a password-free biometric authentication solution for the healthcare industry….
NIST recognizes NEC for ‘best-in-class’ facial recognition technology
NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading technology provider of strategic IT and communications solutions, has recently announced that its…
Lumidigm Inc. to deploy fingerprint sensors into CAIXA ATMs
Lumidigm Inc., a biometric company dedicated to enabling convenient, secure, and reliable identification and verification, is providing fingerprint sensors to…
Six things to know about India’s Aadhaar biometric program
Since the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) program started in 2010, it has raised a lot of questions and sparked…
LAPD backlogs lead to rationing fingerprint analysis
A shortage of fingerprint experts at the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is taking a toll, as the department has to…
KlaasKids takes fingerprints, photographs & DNA to protect kids
The KlaasKids Foundation conducted a free fingerprinting and photograph session for children on July 14. The special child identification program was…
Families of missing persons in Canada call for DNA database
Families in Canada tracking missing family members are calling for a national DNA database that can help identify missing persons and…
Homeland Security Conference to be held in November
November 13 to 15 is the scheduled date for the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security. The conference…
