Biometrics

ImageWare teams up with Probaris
With demand growing for capabilities beyond HSPD-12 requirements, ImageWare’s IWS biometric engine will enhance Probaris’s ID identity assurance system with 1:N capability
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MDI wins Dominican port security contract
San Antonio-based company will provide system architecture for a biometrics port management system; one of “the largest deployments ever undertaken”
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M2SYs wins Frost & Sullivan biometrics innovation award
Bio-Plugin software tool eases adoption of biometric systems in the commercial market
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Few interested in Registered Traveler
Deloitte & Touche survey finds few Americans have even heard of program, even though most respondents listed long security lines as a top complaint
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L-1's SecuriMetrics wins $71 million DoD biometrics contract
Robert LaPenta sees multi-modal capabilities —- iris, finger, and face in one — as the wave of the future
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Titanium Group to secure Hong Kong Housing Authority
Company wins $1 million contract to provide facial recognition-based time attendance systems for 250 sites; experts call it one of the largest such projects on the island
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Cultural diffferences
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TSA issues RFI for airport tracking system
Proposals are expected to include a combination of RFID, biometrics, and sensoer technology; non-proprietary systems preferred
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LaserCard receives $5.9 DHS order
Ongoing relationship with green card and border crossing programs continues to bear fruit for this focussed company
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TWIC roll-out delayed again
Initial enrollment effort in Delaware runs into technical problems on its first day; authorities now estimate a further two month delay
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BioScrypt to release 3D desktop facial recognition system
First-on-the-market DeskCam will eliminate the need to memorize multiple passwords; infrared scans 40,000 identification points
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Remington ELSAG wins GAO contract
License plate readers top law enforcement wish lists; company hints at overseas anti-terror applications
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Washington State to offer WHTI-compliant driver's licenses
Pilot program with DHS should lower costs for travelers and federal government
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Shoulder-mounted camera tracks hand movements
British scientists test a system that permits a single police officer to survey and photograph a crime scene by pointing; objects are mapped auutomatically for later investigation
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Zetes wins Togo voter enrollment contract
The African biometrics market continues to grow; rush job forces Togo to ask for a loaner from Congo
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