RegardingID Archive | FBI spending $1 billion to beef up biometrics

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Iris images, palm scans and pictures of scars and tattoos will be added to the list of physical characteristics taken from offenders as the FBI attempts to find better ways to identify criminals and terrorists, according to news reports.

The project will be a 10-year effort and cost around $1 billion. Fingerprints will remain the focus, but the bureau is investigating what technologies will help identify suspects in the future. The FBI has already started collecting palm prints, mug shots along with photos of scars and tattoos. For now the images are just being stored until the bureau can find a way to search them effectively.

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New airport e-gate supports multimodal biometrics

Vision-Box, a biometrics solutions provider, has come out with an automatic border control e-gate that supports multimodal biometric authentication.

This new e-gate is a thin system that contains vb i-match, a single sourced design that is modular and flexible and can be adapted to business requirements and infrastructure constraints that would otherwise disrupt passenger flow. It has the ability to cope with industry standards such as ICAO. The e-gate supports iris, fingerprint and facial biometrics.

New Jersey high school requires metal detectors, ID badges

In an effort to provide better security at the school, students and staff at Lakewood High School in New Jersey are now wearing ID badges at all times while on campus. In addition, they also must pass through metal detectors when entering school grounds.

Fingerprint Cards extends Miaxis partnership with eye on Chinese banking sector

Sensor supplier Fingerprint Cards AB (FPC) has extended its partnership with Chinese biometrics provider Miaxis Biometrics Co. LTD to deliver biometrics products to the Chinese banking sector.

Apple receives patent for NFC-enabled 'iWallet'

Apple has filed a new patent for an “iWallet” mobile payments application powered by an embedded NFC chip, according to Patently Apple.

The patent reveals where the embedded NFC-chip would be positioned in the iPhone, outlines credit transaction rules and details how credit card companies can send statements directly to the user’s iTunes account.

Report forecasts global health care biometrics market to 2017

Reportlinker.com has added a new report by Frost and Sullivan to its catalog that examines the global health care biometrics market. Called “Strategic Analysis of the Global Healthcare Biometrics Market,” this study looks at the technology around all types of biometric capture, including fingerprint, face, iris, hand and voice.

LexisNexis adds interactive voice technology for identity proofing

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has added interactive voice response technology (IVR) from Angel, a provider of cloud-based customer engagement management products, for its LexisNexis IVR on Demand for Identity Proofing and Voice Biometrics product.

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