ThirdFactor | Lower costs has biometrics showing up at your door

Monday, June 23, 2008

Devices such as residential keyless deadbolts, which use fingerprint scanners for locking and unlocking, are seeing more widespread use, according to an Edmonton Sun article.

Thanks to companies such as Lenovo, who first implemented fingerprint ID scanners in the IBM ThinkPad series, fingerprint scanner costs are dropping and are being used in many other private uses both residential and commercial.

Examples of their uses can be seen in a recent trial performed in 75 British schools employing fingerprint scanners to track attendance and library books as well as numerous companies employing biometrics fro increased security and personnel tracking.

Read the full article here.

‘Butt biometrics’ is no joke

A Japanese researcher has developed a biometric that could be used to protect a car from theft: butt biometrics, according to verge.com.

Shigeomi Koshimizu, an associate professor at the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Tokyo has developed the technology. A seat pressure map to generates 39 indices that are used to uniquely identify a subject’s posterior. Results so far have been encouraging, with average false reject rates of 2.2% and false accept rates of 1.1%.

EAB looks to drive the biometric market place

The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) is focusing on a goal of driving the research and development of biometrics and building the future of the industry around a concern for end-user privacy protection.

VoiceTrust awarded grant for Pakistan rollout

VoiceTrust announced it has been awarded a grant from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development Private Sector Investment (PSI) Program to roll out biometric identity systems in Pakistan.

GAO releases Wiegand-to-Ethernet RFID controller

GAO RFID has released a Wiegand-to-Ethernet RFID controller designed specifically for door access applications.

The network access controller, model 491018, is able to connect to any type of Wiegand reader such as magnetic stripe reader, RFID reader or fingerprint reader. It also offers a master card for adding or deleting access privileges directly from the external reader, thus acting independently without connection to a network or PC.

UGA police investigating fake ID operations

Just as the University of Georgia police were ending an investigation into a sophisticated fake ID ring, another student dealing in fake driver licenses came to light. The original ring, apparently run by students at the University of Georgia and Gainesville State College, had distributed more than 1,000 fake IDs to students at the two schools.

MasterCard pilots NFC payments in Aussie theaters

MasterCard and Commonwealth Bank have announced the launch of a QkR, a new mobile app that enables movie theater goers to browse and purchase refreshments from their seats.

Subscribe

Print Magazine

Featured Events

Links

Searching …

Lower costs has biometrics showing up at your door