Biometrics News

Imagine a debit card that can never be lost of stolen, and will always be right there when you need it. Imagine no more — just such a card is already in use.

A school district in Florida was in the process of developing a program that would track children riding its buses using biometric scanning. The program was halted after it was learned a company scanned the eyes of students without parental permission.

Today people rely on passwords to protect digital information. For years, these strings of code have been the "keys" to access digital property. As 2013 arrives, will passwords be enough to protect valuable personal information?

Technology has been growing at an exceptionally fast rate over the past decade or more. Expect to see many developments and/or expansions in technology trends for 2013.

The flexible microcircuit patch, designed by John Rogers and Todd Coleman, will replace electrodes and large monitors for measuring body and brain functions. This biological and electrical engineering combination will transform biometric capabilities.

A new security camera product has been developed by a Japanese company which can search through a massive amount of data in one second, based on facial recognition technologies.

MANILA – The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) estimates that after the registration of voters end on October 31 midnight, some forty-eight (48) million Filipinos shall have been entered in the registry of voters.

The FBI is launching its biggest online data gathering effort yet. It is investing $1 billion into creating the world's biggest biometrics database. It's not Big Brother that is beginning to materialize here. This time it's Big Nephew.

Fingerprint sensors are by no means foolproof - but still better than a passport for security checks. Police are not the only ones taking fingerprints these days. Starting on November 1, fingerprint data will even be stored in the passports.

CAMPBELL, Calif. - Biometric hand readers from Recognition Systems Inc. of Campbell, Calif., are currently used in many airports around the world, including those in San Francisco and Tel Aviv, Israel. At San Francisco International, over 170 hand r...