Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

Atmel receives Frost & Sullivan's Technology Innovation Award for biometric sensor

Monday, May 5, 2008

Atmel Corp. was recognized for its development of the FingerChip fingerprint sensor technology at the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Southeast Asia Industrial Technologies awards presentation. Frost & Sullivan based its selection for this award on Atmel’s patented fingerprint sensing technology and sensor solutions that enhances user experience with best-in-class false rejection performance and best durability. The Atmel FingerChip sensor utilizes a thermal-based technology, highly sensitive to the slightest variation in fingerprint topographies. [end] 

Gemalto has won the BearingPoint innovation management award – the Agile Innovation Award – for its think tank initiative Business Innovation Garage (BIG).

BIG provides Gemalto’s 10,000 employees company-wide with a structured process to submit and manage any innovative ideas they have. Ideas covering range of fields – from communication, payment, transport, Internet access, and machine-to-machine application – are systematically challenged, audited, developed and eventually selectively turned into incubation cells.

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A group of graduate students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working to develop a new type of sensor using RFID technology to monitor freshness levels in fruits and vegetables, according to scdigest.com.

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MorphoAccess VP from MorphoTrak Inc. took the top honor at the Security Industry Association’s 2012 New Product Showcase, winning the Best New Product Award at the awards ceremony at ISC West.

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Mobile and network security provider AuthenTec has released the AuthenTec AE2750, a fingerprint sensor designed for use in mobile commerce applications.

The AE2750 contains many features found in smart sensor designs, such as a 192 pixel by 8 pixel fingerprint sensor array. It also offers hybrid fingerprint matching on a sensor match and host match, AES, RSA and SHA encryption block and One Time Password generation. The device can mount on smart phones, tablest and touchscreen-enabled mobile devices.

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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.

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed and published a new protocol for devices to capture biometric data wirelessly and securely using Web services.

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