ICE expands field biometric identification with $25M iris recognition contract
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has issued a sole source award to Bi2 Technologies for iris biometric recognition technology…
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MotionAnalytics takes biometric identification beyond face, fingerprint and iris
Move over faces, fingers and irises, there’s a new biometric game in town, and it’s all about motion. While the…
US defense bill sustains military biometric identification infrastructure
Two modest biometric funding lines in the House version of the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) point…
ROC tops NIST fingerprint identification benchmark
New results from NIST’s Friction Ridge Image and Features Technology Evaluation One-to-Many (FRIF TE E1N) place ROC at the top…
Nevada facial recognition project draws scrutiny over privacy, police oversight
The Sparks, Nevada Police Department is moving forward with a federal grant-funded facial recognition project officials say will help investigators…
Researchers develop biometric system that identifies people beyond the face
A multi-university research team has developed a biometric recognition system designed to identify people at long distances using not only…
ICE smart glasses plan adds to lawmaker concerns over Palantir, mobile biometric enforcement
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) push to develop biometric smart glasses for immigration agents is intensifying concerns in Congress…
ICE smart glasses plan points to broader DHS push to make biometrics mobile and routine
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is moving toward a broader biometric enforcement architecture that would extend facial recognition and…
The Gambia upgrades police forensics capacity with biometric system launch
The Gambia has launched an Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) to strengthen criminal investigations in the country with forensic biometrics….
Biometrics in warfare, surveillance raise new oversight challenges
A new Congressional Research Service (CRS) report warns that biometric technologies are moving from routine identity verification into more consequential…
