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Biometrics Institute launches survey

Thursday, May 13, 2010

The Biometrics Institute, a not-for-profit run for and by the biometrics industry, has launched its Annual Industry Survey looking for input on current business and future plans from key players in the biometrics industry in Australia and New Zealand.

The not-for-profit hopes returning data will help them capture and report on trends in the industry as well as assist them in projecting how the biometrics market will do in the coming year. Some of the specific subjects the survey questions deal with include where the major projects are located, what are the most significant developments already completed and being planned as well as expected roadblocks for the market.

The survey can be accessed here[end] 

Neurotechnology announced that it has developed three versions of embedded solutions for Android-powered devices such as smart phones and tablets.

Specifically, Neurotechnology has ported its VeriFinger Embedded software development kit (SDK), which authenticates user identities via fingerprints, VeriLook Embedded SDK, which authenticates user identities via facial recognition, and MegaMatcher Embedded SDK, which authenticates user identities via both fingerprints and facial recognition. A version that utilizes iris recognition also is in the works.

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Smart ID announced it will unveil its new biometric enrollment kit designed for the international marketplace at CARTES & Identification 2011 at the Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition centre in France.

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A recent survey conducted by Wincor Nixdorf shows that a strong majority of French consumers are interested in using fingerprint scanning technology to secure transactions.

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Biometric technology expedites lunch lines

By Ross Mathis, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications

The Pinellas County School Board District in Clearwater, Fla. has paired up with technology provider Fujitsu Frontech North America to provide a reliable and secure method of handling school food service program transactions.

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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.

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Lumidigm announced a partnership with Tiger IT Bangladesh Limited to bring a criminal identity solution that utilizes iris recognition and will also offer fingerprint recognition sensors from Lumidigm.

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