Solicore, a developer in embedded power technology, has provided the power solution for biometric technology developer Identica’s new ID-Touch biometric identification card. The ID-Touch has been nominated for the SESAMES Best Identification Award.

Drew Conway, a doctoral candidate studying international conflict and terrorism at New York University, has written of the five areas of scientific research the next U.S. administration ought to concentrate on to further national security, according to a Wired article. One of the areas was a push for better biometric data collection and analysis.

SmartMetric, a developer of biometric and smart card technologies, has created a smart card that functions much more as a credit card-sized computer rather than an ID card. The card includes a processor, more than a gigabyte of memory, a rechargeable battery and a fingerprint sensor for securing the functions on the card.

The company is touting the device as a technologically advanced portable biometric system and the only fingerprint scanner contained on a card that can be used for physical access control and online network authentication.

The intention is to push this card into the credit and bank card industry to remove the need for passwords, PINs and signatures for both in-person and online transactions. The card can be used online via a USB adapter.  

The American Association of Airport Executives and the Airports Council International – North America have pushed the Transportation Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security to base all current and future airport biometric security systems based on a framework developed by the two organizations, according to an Aviation News article.

The framework was developed as a response to a request from the TSA for a framework that would help airports to upgrade their security in a cost-effective way.

The groups say the TSA and DHS should fund trial programs and transitioning costs for airports to comply with the framework.

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A new imaging system that is capable of rendering detailed three-dimensional images of people’s faces as they pass through a checkpoint has been developed by Sooda Ramalingam at the University of Hertfordshire’s School of Electronic, Communication and Electrical Engineering, according to a Science Daily article. The new system will be running at the Stuff Live show at ExCel in London from October 31 through November 2.

The Seoul National University Hospital Clinical Research Institute had encountered problems managing their human resources concerns with the movement of multiple levels of personnel in and out of different restricted areas, according to a Source Security article.

The original remedy of using an RFID access control system only made the workload worst for the human resources department due to instances of fraud and lost IDs, so the institution tapped IDTECK, a developer of biometric access control technology, to fit them with a biometric solution.

Dubai’s Naturalisation and Residency Administration has announced the implementation of four surveillance units outfitted with face recognition technology to be installed at the Dubai International Airport, according to a Business 24-7 article.

The new system will be integrated into the United Arab Emirates Community Protection Face Recognition System and will use scanned data of travelers to apprehend wanted criminals and illegal entrants in to the country. Additionally, the new system will be used in conjunction with the existing iris scanning system that serves the same purpose.

Precise Biometrics, a developer of biometric and smart card technologies, has received an order valued at roughly $500,000 from the U.S. Department of State.

The new order, comprising of licenses and toolkits, specifies an upgrade to the U.S. Department of State’s existing Match-on-Card system from Precise. The upgrades adds Windows Vista support to the card system and hardware and also includes on-site support.

The Department of State is expecting to have over 60,000 users enrolled in the program within a few years and expects to continue using this system as it reportedly saves them millions each year in password administration.  

Australians have been showing more concern for the protection of the personal information as they have ranked the misuse of their personal information as their top security issue concern, according to a Science Alert article. Those concerns along with their reported interest in extra security measures at financial institutions—such as fingerprint and photo IDs—have led the Australian Privacy Minister to look towards forms of security to enhance privacy such as biometrics.