Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

Morpho (Safran group) has launched the new design of MorphoWay, its automated border control solution, at Biometrics 2011 in London this week. The MorphoWay automated e-gates have been redesigned in a modern, transparent, low footprint format to meet the space constraints of border environments. The e-gates have integrated document readers...

Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

Lumidigm has announced that IdentyTech’s new IDT Wallmount terminal, a full identification centre based on a secured solution, features Lumidigm’s multispectral imaging fingerprint sensors. The Wallmount terminal operates as a standalone solution or as part of an enterprise network for both logical and physical access control. The IDT Wallmount is...

Monday, October 17, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

Smart Sensors has developed a new fast matching system for iris recognition with an equivalent combined search capacity up to 1 trillion matches per second. This is suitable for very large 1:N matching where multiple query searches are required against database servers typically used in National ID programmes for example. ...

Monday, October 17, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

DigitalPersona has launched a new generation of biometric fingerprint sensors designed specifically for the growing market of battery-powered mobile identification devices. The new DigitalPersona U.are.U 5100 series of fingerprint modules and readers make high-efficiency, standards-compliant biometrics practical for handheld ID terminals. These devices are increasingly being used around the world...

Sunday, October 16, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

SecuGen has announced that it has added RBH Access Technologies, RBH USA and Apiary as defendants in its ongoing patent infringement lawsuit against Suprema. These additional defendants are distributors and OEM manufacturers that make, use, and sell products containing the Suprema sensors that have been accused of infringing SecuGen's patent,...

Sunday, October 16, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

IDEX has entered into a partner agreement with Future Electronics for the co-development, sales and marketing of a fingerprint biometric authentication module based on SmartFinger Film fingerprint sensor and biometric algorithms. The two companies will work jointly to incorporate the IDEX SmartFinger Film fingerprint sensor and biometric algorithms into a...

Thursday, October 13, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

WHAT: News briefing hosted by Morpho leaders at Biometrics Conference & Exhibition 2011 in London, UK. Morpho (Safran group) will provide an update on its recent key successes, new product developments and business strategy since acquiring L-1 Identity Solutions in July 2011. Morpho’s booth # 405 will feature a selection...

Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

Genkey has been awarded a contract by the Ghanaian government to produce the Biometric Voters Registration (BVR) system for the country’s 2012 general election, according to Ghana Business News. The call for an expression of interest was answered by 47 companies, seven of which were shortlisted, including Genkey. During the...

Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

WCC has announced that its ELISE ID software was awarded one of the three Top Tier Vendors in the MITRE Multi-cultural Name Matching Challenge. MITRE organized the challenge to determine the top identity matching technologies as part of its ongoing research for the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration,...

Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

Precise Biometrics and NXP have signed a partnership agreement to enable NXP to include Precise Match-on-Card on their smart-card chips. The partnership enables NXP to provide Precise Biometrics’on-card fingerprint comparison technology on the chips used on smart identification cards. Precise Match-on-Card enables the fingerprint to be stored on the card...

Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

Cross Match Technologies has been certified as one of the first suppliers of biometric devices for India’s unique identification (UID) program. This milestone signifies that the company has successfully completed a rigorous two-step certification process and has received the Certificate of Approval from the Indian Government to continue to supply...

Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

SmartMetric has announced that it has completed engineering of its specialized machinery to be installed in the company's high volume manufacturing facility in Latin America. The company said it chose Argentina for its manufacturing base because of the stable political environment relative to many other Latin American countries, its safety...

Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

SecuGen has announced that the FBI has certified the SecuGen Hamster IV v2 fingerprint reader as meeting Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Single Finger Capture Device Specifications. The Hamster IV v2 is the successor to the widely deployed Hamster IV fingerprint reader. This new version of the Hamster IV fingerprint reader...

Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

AOptix Technologies has announced a strategic partnership with emaratech, a major regional system integrator for Government, Border Control, Aviation Security and Electronic Identification Systems and the sole creator and provider of smart and electronic border control gates in all of UAE airports, Sultanate of Oman, Sultan Qaboos airport and Jordan...

Sunday, October 09, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

Building on recent commercial successes, Warwick Warp has announced the opening of a new office in China. The office is located in the city of TianJin, a financial centre, 70 miles from the capital. The decision to expand in Asia was a natural one, says Dr Li Wang CEO for...

Sunday, October 09, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

The partners of BEST Network, a European thematic network on biometrics funded by the European Commission (www.best-nw.eu), have decided to launch the European Biometrics Association (EBA). The decision was made during a recent BEST Network workshop on September 15 and 16, 2011. The mission of the EBA will be to...

Sunday, October 09, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

AuthenTec, a provider of security and identity management solutions, and BIO-key International, a provider of finger biometric identification technology and advanced mobile identification solutions, have announced a partnership to create mobile enterprise solutions that combine AuthenTec fingerprint sensors with BIO-key’s Fingerprint Mobile Identification Devices (FMIDs) and server-side fingerprint matching technology. ...

Tuesday, October 04, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

M2SYS Technology has announced that Thursday October 6th from 11am – 12pm EST will be the first official tweet chat on biometric technology (hashtag #biometricchat). The biometric tweet chat is designed to allow Twitter users an opportunity to engage in real-time conversation with each other about biometric technology, to learn...

Sunday, October 02, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

Nuance Communications has announced that the company has closed the acquisition of Loquendo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telecom Italia. The combination of Nuance and Loquendo’s innovations is expected to advance the proliferation of voice-enabled solutions and accelerate the development of new capabilities that deliver natural, conversational interactions between consumers...

Thursday, September 29, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has appointed Eplus as additional distributor in South Korea. As well as Eplus’ extensive distribution channels in the consumer electronics component sector, the company will offer support and develop customized solutions, thereby both facilitating integration and expediting delivery times of total solutions for consumer electronics OEM and...

Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 7:00:00 PM

Fingerprint Cards AB's (FPC) Chinese distributor Hardware & Software Technologies Co. (HST), has placed an additional order valued at more than SEK 20M to expand its market segment Personal identification via internet banking. The order pertains to FPC's area sensor FPC1011F and deliveries will take place during 2011 and into...