NEC forms strategic alliance to bring new digital services to citizens in rural India
NEC Technologies India (NECTI) and CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd (CSC SPV) have formed a strategic alliance to jointly develop…
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Digital ID in Africa this week: Kenya’s biometric ID scheme, blockchain for refugees, universal health and moonlighting officials
Developments in digital ID across Africa this week include positive steps in Senegal to use digital platforms to rapidly reach…
EKG biometrics from B-Secur to be featured in 2020 car models
B-Secur CEO Alan Foreman is meeting with four major U.S. auto manufacturers to pitch the inclusion of the company’s EKG…
Report says IoT proliferation and insufficient access controls exposing healthcare systems to data theft
The proliferation of IoT devices in the healthcare industry, insufficient access controls, unpartitioned networks and a reliance on legacy IT…
How many billions are the last billion’s biometrics worth?
Earlier in the maturation of biometrics as a digital technology and an industry, providing identification in the developing world was…
UK biometric face recognition provider Aurora acquired by Vision RT
Vision RT has acquired Aurora Computer Services Limited, including Aurora–AI. Vision RT develops technology for surface guided radiation therapy (SGRT)…
NEC and Nagasaki University partner for global health and biometric authentication program
NEC Corporation has partnered with Nagasaki University to establish a program on global health and biometric authentication for Nagasaki University’s…
Imprivata and Verato combine biometrics and referential matching for patient records
Imprivata and Verato have announced a partnership to combine biometrics with referential matching to provide healthcare organizations with unprecedented accuracy…
Amazon develops technology for removing identifying information from medical images
Amazon has developed a way to de-identify medical images to assist healthcare professionals with meeting their HIPAA requirements by applying…
Remote systems for health monitoring and doctor consultations leveraging facial recognition developed
A pair of health diagnostic systems powered by facial biometrics have been separately developed by companies in the U.S. and…
