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Texas jail adds biometrics to data-sharing system

Last week, the Cameron County Commissioners’ Court in Texas approved a contract to license additional Odyssey services for use by…

 

Trinidad to introduce biometric mapping system for children

The Trinidad Ministry of the People and Social Development announced last week that the government will introduce a new biometric…

 

Suprema, Kwick Deploy Biometric Verification System for SIM Card Issuance in Pakistan

Biometrics and identification solutions provider Suprema announced on Monday it has provided the latest version of its fingerprint PC security…

 

Enrollment agencies in major Aadhaar dispute

Private businesses that are engaged in Aadhaar enrollment are protesting the high penalties being levied on them by the Unique…

 

Top biometrics news stories, week of June 8

Biometrics Week in Review: Apple debuts TouchID API, Facial recognition 30% more accurate, NEC launches MAG1C, facial recognition vending machines,…

 

M-Enabling Summit: A conversation with organizer Axel Leblois

Biometric authentication is a far-reaching technology, and the organizers of the M-enabling Summit are excited to see the accessible and assistive…

 

Russian scientists use fingerprint biometrics to match users with career picks

This could be the shortest career aptitude test you’ll ever take. A group of Russian scientists have recently unveiled a…

 

Net1 recoups additional implementation costs from SASSA for biometric registrations

Net1 UEPS Technologies has announced that it has received approximately $25.7 million from the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), in relation…

 

Scientists learn to date fingerprints based on chemical proportions

Scientists at the Netherlands Forensics Institute have discovered a method for dating fingerprints that they say can date latent fingerprints within…

 

Samsung shows off SAMI platform, smartwatch for measuring health data

Samsung recently laid out an architecture for biometric health information, as well as a cloud platform and smartwatch for storing…

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