Digital ID officials confront open-source opportunity, brain drain, and true gender inclusivity
The challenges facing African countries renewing their digital ID systems appear to be converging with those experienced by countries in…
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Tool for explainable face biometrics, neural networks open-sourced by TruEra
TruEra has made its tool for explainability in machine learning models based on neural networks, like many biometric systems, available as…
Akshar Vastarpara develops battery-powered biometric scanner with Fingerprint Cards module
A new wireless, NFC-enabled fingerprint biometric scanner has been developed with Fingerprint Cards’ FPC BM-Lite capacitive sensor by hardware entrepreneur…
Sri Lanka partners with MOSIP to develop its digital ID ecosystem
The Government of Sri Lanka is using MOSIP to design and develop its foundational digital ID system and prepare a…
EAB tackles future of fingerprint biometrics image quality assessment
The tool used around the world to judge the quality of fingerprint images has been updated, giving it more flexibility…
Economic developers donate to speed voice biometrics project for African tongues
Bill Gates’ philanthropic foundation and two international development groups are making a modest investment in efforts to expand the languages…
Open-source, Arduino-based wearable biometric sensor EmotiBit meets Kickstarter goal
EmotiBit wearable sensor module A new biometric, wearable sensor module based on Arduino is now available on Kickstarter. Dubbed EmotiBit,…
MOSIP invites biometric device providers to join compliance program
The Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) has called for an expression of interest from biometric device and “Foundational Trust Module” providers…
Valve sees brain-computer interfaces as the future of gaming
Gaming technology firm Valve’s Founder Gabe Newell urged developers to undertake brain-computer interface (BCI) studies, predicting that they will drastically…
Coming wave of open source digital ID projects detailed in ID4Africa webinar
Several open-source approaches to digital public goods that can help countries establish or build on digital ID systems without falling…
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