“…Motiv says that it will soon enable FIDO2-compliant authentication, allowing users to take advantage of the same functionality to sign into online accounts through popular web browsers.” A major software upgrade has made a fitness-tracking wearable into a sophisticated authentication device. Called the Motiv Ring, it is, as you might expect, a finger ring, albeit…
Imperial College London researchers have refined an authentication system based on gait biometrics that they say meets National Institute of Standards and Technology and Dieharder standards. As Tech Xplore reports, the system is based on multiple sensors positioned throughout the user’s body. Each of these sensors can capture movement patterns from its own particular position,…
“I think that autonomous_ID has a technology platform that is perfectly timed and will truly transform how ‘the me’ interacts with connected things.” -Daniel Tu, Executive Advisor to the Chairman, autonimous_ID Biometric wellness and identification specialist autonomous_ID has a new expert on hand to advise senior management: Daniel Tu, the former group chief innovation officer of…
FindBiometrics President Peter O’Neill recently had the opportunity to speak with Arie Melamed, CMO of FST Biometrics, ahead of next week’s ASIS conference—held September 12-14 in Orlando, Florida. The conversation with Melamed begins with an examination of the recent growth experienced by FST and an overview of its flagship biometric system, IMID (In Motion Identification). IMID is multimodal, convenient, and…
FST Biometrics is undergoing considerable growth. The company reports that over the past 12 months it has increased its customer base by about 30 percent, and is now seeing about 1.5 million identifications through its platform per month. Its platform is the IMID (In Motion Identification) system, a multi-factor biometric identification platform combining facial, voice,…
Anticipating a ‘major growth phase’, FST Biometrics‘ board of directors has appointed Avi Naor its new chairman. A co-founder of software company Amdocs, Naor helped to build it into a multimillion dollar company and led its IPO just a few years after its launch in 1995. He went on to work for investment firm Alpha Group,…
Gait biometrics will continue to pick up momentum over the next few years, according to a new report from TechNavio. The firm predicts that between 2016 and 2020, the global gait biometrics market will grow at a rate of 13.98 percent (CAGR). The market research firm asserts that such growth is driven primarily by the…
Autonomous_ID, a biometric wearables company, has received approval for two major US patents, the company has announced. One of the patents, no. 9,188,963, covers an identification solution that uses gait biometrics, as measured via the company’s Bio_Sole footwear insole, to authenticate a user’s identity. The patent could prove significant as Autonomous_ID goes forward in marketing this…