biometric
Morpho Presents World?s Fastest Contactless Fingerprint Scanner At Global Identity Summit
Morpho (Safran), today announced the commercial launch of Finger On the Fly®, the world?s fastest contactless four finger scanner. Using advanced imaging technology, this innovation simultaneously captures four fingerprints from […]
PatientSecure To Provide Columbus Community Hospital With Biometric Solution To Identify Patients
This fall, Columbus Community Hospital will be introducing a biometric patient identification system developed by PatientSecure. The palm vein recognition solution will ensure correct medical records are used for each […]
Understanding Nortech Access Control Integration With ievo
Whether you are currently using the Nortech system and require a security upgrade, or you are new to access control technology, ievo ® has been seamlessly integrated into Nortech’s innovative […]
Venezuela To Introduce Biometric System For Food Purchases
Venezuelan President Maduro announced details of the new system on Friday (Prensa Presidencial) as basic, regulated food is being sold at black market prices, and gangs are smuggling food across […]
University Of Georgia Replacing Biometric Hand Scanners, Chooses PIN For Access Control
Administrators at the University of Georgia have implemented PIN entry to access all buildings on its Athens campus, replacing the previous hand geometry biometrics system, according to a report by […]
Turkey Cancels Tender Bid For Issuance Of Biometric Passports
Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala instructed the cancellation of the results of the tender (bid) for the issuance of biometric passports to Turkish citizens, which was previously won by the […]
Former University President Dennis Berkey To Head Biometric Company
Former Worcester Polytechnic Institute president Dennis Berkey has been named president and chief operating officer of a Cape Cod-based biometric security company. Mr. Berkey has been tapped to lead Biometric […]
Norwegian Law Firm Secured by Zwipe Biometric Card
Zwipe, which provides contactless smart cards with on-card fingerprint reading, announced that Simonsen VogtWiig, a well known law firm located in the middle of the financial district of Oslo, is […]
IRIS ID Receives Award For Best Biometric Identification/Authentication Facility
The Government Security News 2014 Airport, Seaport, Border Security Awards Program has selected Iris ID in the category of Best Biometric Identification/Authentication Facility. In a comment on this award, Adrian […]
Electoral Commission Of Ghana Hosts Conference On Using Biometrics For Election Management
The Association of African Election Authorities (AAEA) is currently hosting a three-day conference dedicated to applying and sustaining biometric technology in election management in Africa, according to a report by […]
Small Business Wins $12M Biometric ‘On The Go’ Navy Contract
General Technical Systems, a small Virginia Beach based contractor, has won an $11.8 million Navy contract to develop a prototype of a mobile, non-contact biometrics system. Called Gatekeeper On the […]
FST Biometrics Receives Lenel Factory Certification
Under Lenel?s OpenAccess Alliance Program FST Biometrics’ In Motion Identification™ (IMID) software interfaces with the Lenel OnGuard® access control security system. FST Biometrics has received factory certification from Lenel Systems […]
ievo Releases ‘Do It Yourself’ Biometric Access Control System
ievo recently released a new custom kit which allows its customers to enhance its biometric reader hardware for their unique applications. This allows users to effectively create their very own […]
Zwipe’s Biometric Card Uses Presently Installed Card Readers
Without needing to install any biometric readers, the Zwipe biometric card itself quickly reads the user’s fingerprint in less than a second. Eliminating the problems of solely deploying PINs and […]
India To Identify All Citizens In Three Years, Issue New Biometrics Card
India?s Home Minister Rajnath Singh gave government officials a three-year deadline to identify citizens through the National Population Register (NPR). The NPR is a comprehensive identity database used for India?s […]
UNC Researchers Test Face Recognition Software That Artificially Ages Face
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington have been using biometric technology to facilitate the process of artificially aging and de-aging the human face, which could greatly improve […]
Everyone Entering Australia To Have Biometric Data Scanned
A $700 million update to Australia’s border management system will mean that everyone entering the country will have their data scanned and matched against a biometrics database. The Australian Customs […]
DHS Biometric Program Gets $250 Million From Senate
A Senate subcommittee recently approved a request from the United States Department of Homeland Security for nearly a quarter-of-a-billion dollars to be used on a state-of-the-art biometric system. The Senate […]
MorphoTrust Opens New Biometric Enrolment Centers For TSA Pre Program
MorphoTrust, along with the TSA, has recently opened six new TSA Pre™ biometric enrollment centers throughout the United States. New locations include the Boston Logan Airport, Charlotte Douglas International, Pittsburgh […]
Anviz Global Launches UltraMatch Iris Recognition System
Anviz Global announced the launch of a new biometric access control device that uses iris recognition to bolster security. The solution is called UltraMatch and it can scan user irises […]