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

Datastrip terminals now capable of iris scanning

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Devices from Datastrip, a developer of biometric technologies, now can be enabled to have iris scanning capabilities. By adding a scanner and supporting software to any of Datastrip’s handheld biometric terminals, they will be able to perform face recognition, fingerprint and iris scans of individuals.

As the need for a more effective means of verification that is harder to fool have risen with Datastrip’s customers, they are responding with this upgrade option in hopes that the cost-effective solution will both help them keep their existing customers as well as attract new ones. Now all of their devices are capable of the three most prevalent biometrics; fingerprint, iris and face. [end] 

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.

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology released a report detailing the evaluation of iris recognition software from 11 different organizations, finding that this method of identification is getting easier and faster, albeit with less accurate results.

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POS Portal, a national distributor of point-of-sale terminal modules, has selected Ingeico’s Telium series of NFC and EMV-enabled products for sale and distribution to its independent sales organizations in the U.S.

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EMVCo, the EMV technology standards body owned by American Express, JCB, MasterCard and Visa, released data showing the growth of EMV acceptance around the world, with nearly half of all payment cards and three-quarters of all payment terminals in circulation being based on EMV technology.

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Biometric identification and object recognition technology provider Neurotechnology has released updates to its line of Software Development Kits (SDKs) for single and multi-biometric recognition of fingerprint, face, iris and voice identification and object recognition.

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Iris ID Systems Inc., formerly LG Electronics’ Iris Technology Division, and HID Global announced that the IrisAccess platform iCAM7000 can be used with select near field communications-enabled BlackBerry 7 smart phones.

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