USSOCOM maps future of battlefield identity intelligence, biometrics
The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is laying the groundwork for a significant expansion of its identity intelligence and exploitation…
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South Korea’s AJ2 says iris biometrics natural successor to facial recognition
Long‑range iris recognition could rival facial recognition as the dominant biometric technology. That’s if AJ2 has anything to do with…
Whole-body biometric recognition: coming to a CCTV camera near you?
What is innovation if not a game of one-upsmanship? Having established widespread use cases for fingerprint biometrics and facial matching,…
Chinese LiDAR system could recognize a face from space
Chinese scientists have developed laser-imaging technology sufficiently powerful to capture face biometric details from more than 60 miles (100 kilometers)…
New LiDAR system can ID a face a kilometer away
A new study has created a superconducting LiDAR system capable of capturing an astonishing amount of detail from distance. LiDAR…
US Marine Corps issues RFI for observation and sensing tech
The US Marine Corps (USMC) is looking for commercially available technologies that can detect and identify both personnel and unknown…
Facial recognition can get better at spotting people from a distance, new paper says
Surveillance cameras with facial recognition are covering more of our cities. But the systems are facing a problem: they are…
MSU researchers develop whole-body biometric recognition system with $12M grant
Michigan State University researchers have developed technology for long-range biometric identification, supported by a four-year federal grant from the Intelligence…
US military group wants weaponized deepfakes, better biometric tools
At least some in the U.S. military have heard enough about deepfakes and they want in. Investigative-news publisher The Intercept…
Sprawling US intel project to improve long-distance biometrics on college campus
A face, gait and whole-body biometric recognition project begun in 2019 by U.S. national labs continues. Research teams across the…
