Last week at FindBiometrics we saw Border Control & National ID Month culminate in the expert webinar, Biometrics and the New Era of National Security and Border Control. Our featured topics were in the industry news too as we began preparations to head to China, where this week we will be bringing you reporting from the floor of Mobile World Congress Shanghai.
Here’s a look back on all of last week’s top stories in biometrics:
National ID & Border Control Month
Last Wednesday marked the most recent entry in our renowned webinar series, Biometrics and the New Era of National Security and Border Control. The webcast brought together industry leading experts to discuss the the current and future state of biometrics in national security and border control applications.
In the industry news, we saw border control take a prominent role, with Vision-Box announcing two new ABC deployments, and the Department of Homeland Security appealing to the industry for aid in the next steps toward the (what some might call long overdue) biometric exit program in the US. National ID made headlines as well, with mobile first biometric ID potentially on its way to Norway, students in Nigeria scheduled to received biometric ID cards, and an update on the UNHCR’s use of biometrics to help refugees keep their identities.
WEBINAR: Experts Discuss Biometrics, Border Control, National Security
Encap Tech Could Make Norwegian Authentication Program Mobile-First
Nigerian Students to Get Biometric ID Cards
DHS Calls on Industry to Advise on Biometric Exit Program
RIOgaleão Airport Implements Vision-Box ABC Solution
UN Refugee Agency Launches New Biometric ID Cards, Mobile App
Vision-Box ABC Solution Deployed at Copenhagen Airport
Mobile World Congress in China, America
Last week GSMA announced that it will be holding the first ever Mobile World Congress (MWC) Americas in 2017. The news came in advance of MWC Shanghai, where, this week, FindBiometrics President Peter O’Neill will be moderating two sessions on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. Stay tuned to FindBiometrics as we bring you the identity-centric news straight out of Shanghai.
FindBiometrics President Peter O’Neill To Moderate Two Sessions At MWC Shanghai
GSMA Announces Mobile World Congress Americas
Face and Voice Recognition
IBIA announced that it supports NTIA’s recently published best practices for facial recognition last week, while Windows demonstrated face and voice biometrics on its FamilyNotes app. Speaking of voice, Sensory launched its latest TrulyHandsfree SDK in advance of the company’s attendance of MWC Shanghai.
IBIA Supports NTIA’s Best Practices for Facial Recognition
Sensory Launches New TrulyHandsfree SDK
Family-Focused Facial Recognition on New Windows App
Access
In physical access control news last week we saw Suprema showcasing its Bioentry W2 and BioStar TA solutions at IFSEC 2016, while its operating partner BioConnect announced an integration with Multi-Health Systems. SRI was in attendance at IFSEC last week too, demonstrating its IOM access control tablet.
Multi-Health Systems to Integrate BioConnect Platform
SRI Shows Off Solutions at IFSEC 2016
IFSEC 2016: Suprema To Showcase BioEntry W2, BioStar TA
Law Enforcement
The ride-share background check controversy continued to be a fixture of the news last week, with America’s TLPA throwing its voice into the call for mandated fingerprinting on all drivers in taxi-like services. Fingerprints, law enforcement, and cars also converged in another way, with Australian police examining biometric ignition locks as a method of restricting automobile access for drivers who’ve had licenses suspended. The FBI, meanwhile, signed a contract with InCadence with an eye for mobile Android-based biometric capture software. Here’s how biometrics and law enforcement made the news last week:
Traditional Taxi Services Call for Biometric Background Checks for Drivers
FBI Contracts InCadence For Android-Based Biometric Software
Victoria Police Look to Biometrics to Stop Dangerous Drivers
Fingerprints
In fingerprint news, last week saw Fingerprint Cards launch a new touch sensor aimed to serve the entry-level smartphone market segment while it also announced yet another fingerprint sensor integration, this time on the LG X Mach. Synaptics launched an evaluation kit meant to help bring its fingerprint sensors to automotive applications, and Jenetrec won first place honors at the IQ Innovation Award Central Germany event for its LiveTouch quattro fingerprint scanner.
Jenetric Wins Industry Acclaim for User-Friendly Fingerprint Scanner
Synaptics Launches Evaluation Kit for Automotive Biometrics
LG Launches X Mach Smartphone With FPC Sensor
Fingerprint Cards Launches Entry-Level Smartphone Touch Sensor
Research, Development
IARPA is starting an anti-spoofing research and development program, we learned last week. Meanwhile, new industry market research came in detailing computer vision, voice interaction and fingerprint biometrics value added resellers.
US Intelligence R&D Agency Seeks Anti-Spoofing Solutions
Computer Vision Tech Market to Reach $48.6B by 2022: Tractica
VAR Segment Grows Along with Overall Fingerprint Biometrics Market: Technavio
Voice Interaction Technologies to See CAGR of 80 Percent: ABI Research
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June 27, 2016 – by Peter B. Counter
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