A laser hits finger veins with a ‘poof,’ and a new biometric tool is born
A team of academic and industry researchers say they have created a biometric scanner that uses light and sound to…
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Why fingerprint and facial biometrics are easy targets for fraudsters
This is a guest post by André Ferraz, founder and CEO of Incognia. When Apple introduced TouchID fingerprint recognition on…
Telpo launches military-grade all-in-one tablet with face, fingerprint, iris and voice biometrics
Telpo has developed a new, rugged, all-in-one biometric tablet for mobile or fixed-position identification and authentication with face, fingerprint, iris or…
BIO-key signs up another college for secure remote authentication with PortalGuard IAM
BIO-key’s PortalGuard cloud identity and access management (IAM) solution has been selected by Chaffey College in Southern California to enhance…
Indonesia’s Akurat Satu rises in latest NIST facial recognition accuracy rankings
Indonesia biometrics developer Akurat Satu has finished in the top 25 for facial recognition accuracy with wild images in testing…
Biometric accuracy with masks added as criteria for Indian public face recognition system
The biometric facial recognition system being stood up by India’s National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) will have to be capable…
Challenging biometrics use in 4 not-at-all-easy steps
Acknowledging history is running against anyone opposing national biometric identity systems, a partisan privacy nonprofit has published a sizable guide…
Tokyo Olympics considering biometric facial recognition for contact tracing, NEC likely supplier
Biometrics may be used for contact tracing at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, The Japan Times reports, to prevent…
ID-Pal and Zenus each raise nearly $1.2M to grow facial biometrics business
ID-Pal has raised €1 million (roughly US$1.17 million) to expand its biometric facial recognition services to more small and medium-sized…
Korean biometric company Alchera preparing for IPO
Various biometrics and big data firms based in Korea are preparing to go public by the end of the year,…
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