First look: baby biometrics to tackle swaps, kidnaps and missing children
Brazilian firm Natosafe is attempting to tackle baby swapping in maternity units with a mix of biometrics and AI to…
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Pair of Apple patents hint at wrist biometrics in MacBooks, under-display sensors for iPhones
Apple has been granted a pair of new patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for novel biometrics…
Global ID vein biometrics scanner reaches industrialization with new manufacturing partner
Production of the VenoScanner-F1 from Lausanne, Switzerland—based Global ID has begun at Locatis SA in the Swiss Alps to bring…
Breath recognition shows promise as secure chemical biometric identifier
Researchers at Kyushu University, in Fukuoka, Japan, have developed a new way to scan and identify people’s breath. The olfactory…
Russia uses its facial recognition system to show reporters who’s the boss
In a nation where journalists who refuse to take the Kremlin’s line are sometimes murdered, news of reporters being surveilled…
IQE and Lumentum sign research and parts deal for 3D sensing, LiDAR, biometric security
Photonics developer Lumentum which specializes in accelerating cloud and other network as well as 3D sensing, has signed a multi-year…
Togo amends law on biometric identification to advance digital ID ambitions
The parliament in Togo recently adopted a bill which amends an existing law on biometric identification of Togolese citizens, which…
Flash a QR and your face biometrics and American will put you in a jet seat
Mobile IDs are coming to American Airlines customers. The company is using facial recognition to verify U.S. passenger information, enabling…
Telco says low Ghana Card issuance major setback in biometric SIM re-registration process
A process in Ghana for users of mobile phones to re-identify their SIM cards with biometrics is proceeding more slowly…
School security summit pushes object and facial recognition tech, leans on humans
On the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court made it easier to carry a concealed firearm, a panel including…
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