Smart ring maker Oura looks to ride recent investments into digital identity market
In the market for wearable devices that use sensors and the internet to track data, facilitate payments and more, would-be…
Wearable Technology
Smart wearable devices are becoming an increasingly popular form of identification using biometric measurements and are set to replace traditional password and chip and pin authentication methods while continuing to assist both the fitness and medical industries.
Ant unveils Alipay+ GlassPay smart glasses with iris biometric authentication
Ant International has launched Alipay+ GlassPay, its smart glasses-embedded payment solution that introduces iris biometric authentication as a security layer…
Harvard duo behind facial recognition glasses launching always-on speech recording
Last year, a pair of Harvard students gained widespread media attention when they modified Meta’s smart glasses to search people’s…
US Air Force eyes wearable biometrics for in-flight safety monitoring
The U.S. Air Force is pursuing a cutting-edge initiative to monitor aircrew biometrics and cabin altitude in real-time during flight,…
Biometric blockchain ring launched as more web3 companies dive into digital IDs
The world of Web3 is seeing more interest in digital identity as a solution to AI-driven fraud and as a…
TSA developing wearable sensors to replace physical pat downs
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) are jointly developing…
Meta, Anduril bid for Pentagon contract with immersive combat wearables
Anduril Industries and Meta Platforms have recently partnered to develop advanced extended reality (XR) wearables for the U.S. military, marking…
Hsiao-Chun Wu’s wearable biometric authentication via PPG wins NSF grant
A release from Louisiana State University (LSU)’s College of Engineering says electrical and computer engineering professor Hsiao-Chun Wu is the…
Nymi integrates Fingerprint Cards sensor in latest multi-biometric wearable
The latest biometric wearable released by Nymi features a fingerprint sensor from Fingerprint Cards for quick and reliable user authentication,…
DOD unexpectedly cancels controversial wearable biometric contract
The Defense Health Agency (DHA) has canceled its $96 million solicitation for wearable biometric devices, specifically ring trackers. The decision…
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