Biometric technologies

Researchers develop pulse biometrics
Individuals could soon be using their pulses as a password; researchers in China have developed technology that can recognize an individual’s unique heartbeat for use as a password
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Smartphone biometric security market set to grow five-fold in three years
A new report projects that the market for mobile phone biometrics will grow more than five times in the next three years
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Startup developing eye blood vessel biometrics
Smartphone users could soon be using the whites of their eyes as their passwords. EyeVerify, a Kansas City-based startup, has developed eye biometrics that use a smartphone’s camera to analyze a user’s blood vessels around their irises
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Iris recognition for Android smartphones
Smart Sensors Limited recently announced that its iris recognition platform was now available for Android-based smart phones
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Growing pressure to investigate facial recognition technology
Concerned with the growing ubiquity of facial recognition technology, earlier this month, lawmakers sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission urging the agency to “look further” into the technology
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Researchers develop altered fingerprint detector
Researchers at Michigan State University have developed a technique to help detect when an individual has deliberately altered their fingerprints in an effort to fool biometric scanners
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Free real-time facial recognition app for smartphones
Last week Face.com released a new app for smartphones that automatically recognizes the faces of friends in photos taken with an Apple iPhone
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Day of human-elements technology nears
Human-element research looks into biometrics, brain/computer interface and interaction, and human language technology; the U.S. military encourages government agencies, academic institutions, and commercial organizations to collaborate in this research
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Growing banking market for voice biometrics
According to a recently released study, voice biometrics will be increasingly used to validate users in telephone-based financial transactions
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Facial biometrics meet gunshot detectors
Two high tech companies have teamed up to create the world’s first system that can detect gunshots and identify the shooter’s face
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Fingerprint Cards in record deal with China
In a landmark deal, Fingerprint Cards recently received an order for nearly $6.5 million worth of the company’s products from Chinese banks
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New biometric tools for Android
Neurotechnology releases VeriFinger, VeriLook, and MegaMatcher biometric technologies for the Android platform; the new products contain the same algorithms as the PC-based versions of the three solutions
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Facial expression for anxiety identified
Researchers have, for the first time, identified the facial expression of anxiety; the facial expression for the emotion of anxiety comprises an environmental scanning look that appears to aid risk assessment
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NIST looks to develop web-based fingerprint scanner
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is currently seeking proposals for a portable web-based biometric fingerprint sensor
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VeriLook tracks faces in real-time
Neurotechnology recently unveiled its VeriLook Surveillance 2.0, a software system that can track individuals in real-time using facial biometrics
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