UK stores testing biometrics based ‘thief recognition’ solution
Facewatch, a system that helps UK stores identify criminals by locally creating and sharing watch lists of pictures of shoplifters…
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Sighthound boasts LFW benchmark results for its facial recognition software
Sighthound, Inc. announced that its facial recognition system ranks first – with an accuracy of 99.79% – against the Labeled…
Mobile biometric solution MorphoTablet secures the voting process in Egyptian parliamentary elections
For the third time in two years, the Egyptian government has deployed biometric MorphoTablets to secure the voting process. Morpho…
Biometrics firm JENETRIC secures second round of financing
German biometrics firm JENETRIC GmbH has secured its second round of financing. In a statement, the firms’ investors confirmed their…
Precise Biometrics announces new smartphone integration, licensing agreement
Precise Biometrics announced a new agreement with Shanghai OXi Technology Ltd for licensing of Precise Biometrics’ solution for fingerprint recognition…
Russian startup tops UW facial recognition challenge
Russian startup N-Tech.Lab recently became a leader in the MegaFace challenge in face recognition algorithms at the University of Washington….
Biomatiques partners with Infinity Optics to bring biometric extended depth-of-field image capture technology to India
Biomatiques Identification Solutions Pvt. Ltd. has partnered with Infinity Optics Solutions to bring Infinity’s biometric extended depth-of-field image capture (BEDoF)…
Former Aadhaar Chairman says India will experience banking transformation
Nandan Nilekani, former chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the government agency in charge of Aadhaar, recently…
FBI praises proposed law that allows use of Rapid DNA
FBI Director James Comey met with members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee last week to discuss the FBI’s programs…
Applied Recognition exec discusses Ver-ID software for two-factor authentication
Applied Recognition Inc. saw a huge development in 2015 with the release of its new face authentication software, which provides…
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