Biometric technologies

Grant for hand gesture-computer technology
University of Buffalo researcher develops technology that would allow a user automatically to manipulate a computer through hand gestures
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DHS extends Accenture's US-VISIT contract
Accenture is the prime contractor for US VISIT, and has been busy upgrading biometric readers from two fingers to ten; DHS extends company contract
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U.K. national biometric ID faces another hurdle: senior citizens
Automatic biometric scanners would struggle to read elderly people’s prints because the ridges on the pads of their fingers are often not well defined
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AuthenTec offer scanners for fingerptint-enabled phones
AuthenTec has shipped more than seven million AuthenTec-enabled phones powered by the Symbian OS, comprising 14 mobile phone models using AuthenTec’s fingerprint sensors
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Scottish parents angry over school biometrics
Parents in Scotland question whether there are better ways to use school funds than create a biometric database of students
New fingerprint reading method detects explosives, drugs
Boilermakers researchers develop a system which can detect traces of explosives, drugs, or other materials left behind in fingerprints — and can also distinguish between overlapping fingerprints left by different individuals
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Microchips in e-passports easily forged
Dutch researcher uses his own software, a publicly available programming code, a £40 card reader, and two £10 RFID chips to clone and manipulate two passport chips to a point at which they were ready to be planted inside fake or stolen paper passports; the altered chips were then passed as genuine by passport reader software used by the UN agency that sets standards for e-passports; the researcher took less than an hour to alter the chips
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U.K. £18 million National Identity Register deal awarded
French firm Thales awarded £18 million to design, build, test, and operate an early version of the U.K. National Identity Register (NIR) and ID card application system
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New Mexico's new driver's license
The state’s new licenses are several steps closer to what the Patriot Act will require in the way of approved identification
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Germany to introduce an electronic ID card
The German federal government plans to introduce an electronic ID card similar to the electronic passport already in use; for the industry, the device will create a significant additional business
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US Biometrics takes on project in Texas
Illinois firm teams up with a Texas partner to offer fingerprint biometric products to the various departments in the Texas state government
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Israel to create biometric database of citizens
Government approves bill calling for creation of database of all Israeli citizens; data to include fingerprints, computerized facial features embedded on IDs, passports
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An HS Daily Wire Q&A with IBG's co-founder Raj Nanavati
Nanavati: “If you’re going to be a really effective integrator, you need to know a technology as well as the people who developed the technology”
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New Zealand to use biometrics to monitor immigration
Technology will allow border control staff to conduct biometric checks on inbound and outbound passengers
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South Africa leads the way in biometrics
Biometrics conference held today in South Africa highlights a little-known fact: South Africa is an international leader in its application of biometric technology solutions
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