Carmakers unveil biometrics plans as market forecast to surpass $700M by 2027
Biometrics in the automotive market will be a $709 million global market by 2027, up by a 19 percent compound…
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Sleep biometrics, remote healthcare, sports visualization draw millions in investment
Biometric health monitoring with wearables could reach potential new users numbering in the hundreds of millions as sub-$100 smartwatch sales…
Scottish local authority switches off facial recognition citing legal, ethical concerns
A Scottish local authority, Falkirk Council, has recently spent over £1 million (U.S.$1.4 million) on upgrading 76 state-of-the-art CCTV cameras…
Education and science group: Proctoring industry should straighten up
A prominent computing society has issued guidelines — although not standards — for the remote-test industry, including in schools. The…
Apple studies integrating biometric health sensors in AirPods
Apple’s Machine Learning Research team has published a paper, spotted by Patently Apple, that hints at the integration of biometric…
Hikvision launches computer vision platform to centralize physical security operations
Hikvision has announced the availability of HikCentral Professional, a software that facilitates the remote monitoring of diverse, integrated physical security…
Amazon selects BehavioSec biometrics for authentication of customer service staff
Amazon plans to adopt behavioral biometrics to monitor the mouse movements and keyboard strokes of its customer service employees according…
CyberLink updates facial recognition platform with live video, recording features
CyberLink has added live video monitoring and video recording functionality in the latest update to its FaceMe Security biometric solution….
In-car biometrics to detect drunk-driving could add to data build up
Advances in car-related technologies including biometric drink-driving detection and libraries of ‘AI models’ to select the best fit for camera-based…
China is not slowing its global surveillance industry march
A new examination of China’s biometric surveillance industry worldwide describes almost unbridled growth — growth that United States tech firms…
