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Ultrasound fingerprint sensor developer Sonavation has launched a personal file and password manager known as the IDKey that uses the firm's 3D scanning technology.The IDKey M-Series, which will be shipped in March at a...

The National Science Foundation (NSF), an independent federal agency created by Congress, has awarded a grant to a Missouri university to develop a smartphone app that would instantly record college students' classroom...

A San Diego-based firm that uses face recognition to trawl the Internet for places personal images are being re-used has signed up 10,000 users in the first quarter of operation, the company revealed on 8 January.Launched in the...

South Carolina-based Integrated Biometrics has launched the Columbo Desktop FAP PIV 30 Scanner, saying it has applications in military, law enforcement, airport security, finance and healthcare “The Columbo Desktop has the...

Swedish sensor maker Fingerprint Cards has hit the ground running in the first week of 2015, announcing the launch of two new touch fingerprint sensors and plans to collaborate with China-based electronic firm O-Film.The company...

Voice recognition firm Nuance has announced that new voice biometrics capabilities have been added to its Dragon Drive system that allow carmakers to offer a more personalised experience for drivers.Revealed at the Consumer...

New York-based iris authentication firm Eyelock has unveiled a pre-production laptop with EyeLock ID technology at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.Created in partnership with leading global original design...

New York-based cybersecurity startup Hypr-3 has launched pre-orders for a biometric mobile wallet solution which incorporates a Bluetooth “bio-sticker” fingerprint scanner that can be attached to mobile phones and...

Voice biometrics firm AGNITiO has launched a mobile voice biometrics product that the company says will revolutionize consumer authentication, particularly for connected devices in the Internet of Things.Launched at CES 2015,...

Former Unique Identification Authority of India chief Nandan Nilekani has said budget smartphones using iris scanners could become an important authentication tool for the biometric Aadhar unique id project he...

BIO-key International has revealed that hospitals in New York, Ohio, Kentucky and California have made initial purchase orders for the firm's fingerprint authentication solutions.The firm's fingerprint systems are...

Internet of Things firm Netatmo has unveiled an HD smart home camera that uses facial recognition to “welcome” family members returning home.Netatmo says the device, known as Welcome, learns to identify each family...

Hong Kong's government plans to replace all the city state's smart ID cards between 2018 and 2022, according to documents filed in its legislative council.The process will cost about HK$3.3 billion and is necessary...

Swedish fingerprint recognition solution firm Precise Biometrics has reported that a South American insurance company has made an order for 2,000 of its Tactivo mobile security readers.Tactivo is a smart casing that adds smart...

A biometric time-keeping scheme introduced for India's central government employees last September has already contributed to a significant rise in attendance, according to an official study.An analysis of the last three...

Multimodal biometric solutions firm NEC has revealed that two Californian counties, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, have selected its Integra-ID 5 product to upgrade their identification, biometrics and forensics...

US-based secure biometrics firm MorphoTrak USA has revealed that a former FBI official, Scott Swann, will become senior director of innovation at the company's criminal justice and public safety business unit.The unit is...