The National Institute for Standards and Technology published a revised biometric standard that expands the type and amount of information that forensic scientists can share across their international networks to identify victims or solve crimes. Biometric data is a digital or analog representation of physical attributes that can be used to uniquely identify us.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced a competition to award a approximately $10 million for pilot projects to accelerate progress toward improved systems for interoperable, trusted online credentials that go beyond simple user IDs and passwords.

MorphoTrak unveiled a new biometric scanner that captures both the fingerprint and vein pattern at the same time, says Consuelo Bangs, senior program manager at MorphoTrak. “The device uses two different biometrics. It’s both the standard fingerprint that everyone is aware of, but now, we’re marrying that with the finger vein. So the vein pattern in the middle of the finger.”  

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wants to see a biometric scanning device that has Web-enabled communication and control that’s built on a publicly-available specification, reports Bank Info Security. To that end, it’s looking for proposals for such a device.