NEC and Simprints join forces with Gavi to extend vaccination coverage with biometrics
In an effort to deploy a scalable child fingerprint identification solution they say will be the world’s first, NEC, Simprints,…
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Facial biometrics controversy reaches U.S. schools as district trials new security system
Lockport City School District in New York is set to become one of the first in America to pilot biometric…
As CNNs boost facial biometric accuracy, Australia researches child recognition
DST Group, Australia’s Defense Science and Technology agency, has established a research program to work on identifying and classifying children…
U.S. Border Patrol collecting fingerprint biometrics from some migrant children
Some migrant children 14 years old and younger are now being fingerprinted by the U.S. Border Patrol due to increased…
Missouri school district deploys Panasonic facial recognition for security and access control
The West Platte School District in Weston, Missouri has installed 95 cameras equipped with biometric facial recognition in an effort…
EU Parliament approves lowering mandatory visa applicant biometrics collection age to 6 years old
The inclusion of biometrics in the European Union’s Schengen Visa Information System (VIS) for all visa applicants aged six and…
Biometrica’s role in platform for finding missing children revealed
In an effort to help locate missing children, the International Center for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) has launched a…
Integrated Biometrics lays out challenge and proposes solution for fingerprinting children
In order to accurately enroll and verify the fingerprints of children, scanners should have a curved surface area to compensate…
Victoria enacts rules for deploying facial recognition in public schools
Public schools in the Australian state of Victoria will require approval from parents, students, and the Department of Education to…
BIO-key and identiMetrics launch biometric school emergency notification system
School emergencies and evacuations can be challenging for administrators and dangerous for students, posing difficulties for identification and communication. BIO-key…
