“With biometric technology, IoT providers can ensure data security across an entire network without increasing the burden on the end user.” IDEX Biometrics has continued its blog series on the Internet of Things with a look at the way that biometric technology is shaping the IoT market. In the post, IDEX CFO Henrik Knudtzon explains…
A new report from MarketsandMarkets suggests that the demand for far-field voice recognition tech will skyrocket in the next few years. The market is expected to jump from $969 million in 2018 to $3.5 billion by 2024 thanks to the rising popularity of smart speakers, smart TVs, and an ever-expanding range of other smart devices. North America…
This week’s most-read articles on FindBiometrics cover a range of topics, including liveness detection, security in the Internet of Things, and even a bit of biometrics controversy. First, though, some good news. Despite incursions from facial recognition in the wake of Apple’s launch of Face ID, the overall fingerprint biometrics market is going to continue…
Florida-based mobile biometrics specialist SensibleVision is aiming for growth with a new executive appointment: Hoon Chung is now the company’s Senior Vice President for Asia Pacific. Chung comes to the company from a previous position as Global Business Development VP with Neurala, a company specializing in deep learning neural network software. Chung has also served…
–Listen to FindBiometrics’ audio interviews with identity experts at Mobile World Congress– This year’s Mobile World Congress Barcelona is a wrap, and organizer GSMA is celebrating a very successful event. The mobile alliance says that MWC19 Barcelona saw 109,000 visitors from all over the world, with 55 percent of attendees being senior-level executives and 7,900…
Goodix will be bringing a raft of new technologies to next week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, with a particular focus on wearable technology and the ever-expanding Internet of Things. The lineup includes an all-inclusive hardware and software security platform, as well as two new sensors intended for wearable devices. According to Goodix, the new…
Synaptics has issued its latest quarterly report, showing steady sequential progress. For the quarter ended December 29th, 2018 – Q2, in Synaptics’ fiscal year – the company brought in net revenues of $425.5 million, a decrease of one percent year over year, but an increase of two percent with respect to its Q1 results. In terms…
“The company’s ISTANA security certificate solution is expected to play an important role in that growth, particularly in the Germany and China markets, as will monetization of its recently-launched WISeKey Blockchain Platform.” Switzerland-based IoT security solutions provider WISeKey is reporting solid revenues from its initial, unaudited fiscal results for 2018. The company says its Cybersecurity…
“Based on iris recognition, the system is designed to be embedded into a mirror, and to automatically identify a driver with just a glance.” Gentex is once again showcasing cutting-edge connected car technologies at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. Among its new offerings is HomeLink Connect, a mobile app that’s designed to pair with a…
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2019) is a big one for Pindrop, which has taken the opportunity to announce its expansion beyond the call center market. The company’s flagship solution has thus far been aimed primarily at delivering anti-fraud security to call centers, combining voice recognition with the analysis of metadata associated with inbound…
“With TrulySecure Sound ID, we’re making it possible for companies to create smart always-listening products that can alert us of things happening within our homes that we may not hear, and safeguard our home and family from potentially dangerous situations.” Todd Mozer, CEO, Sensory A new kind of home security solution is the product of…
“The integration of IOTA into NEXT Biometrics sensors is a key step to build solutions that enable safe, effective user identification at the device level. Together these solutions will provide digital trust as we move towards the Internet of Everything.” – Holger Köther, Director of Partnerships, IOTA Foundation NEXT Biometrics is getting more involved in the…
“[ID R&D’s] participation in the program will allow it to launch a cloud service through which other developers will be able to take advantage of its solutions.” ID R&D has been accepted into Microsoft’s IoT & AI Insider Labs program, the company has announced. IoT & AI Insider Labs is essentially aimed at accelerating the development…
Synaptics has issued its results for the quarter ended September 30th, which appear to show the company on an upswing. Net revenues for the quarter came in at $417.6 million, almost even with the $417.4 million in revenues in the same quarter last year, but up seven percent compared to the previous quarter this year.…
NEC is embracing an Arm standard for smart city security. The company has announced a partnership with Arm Limited that will revolve around the latter’s Arm Platform Security Architecture, or PSA. The standard concerns securely connecting devices in the Internet of Things, which is of course an area of overlap with smart city solutions, an…
“…users can remotely unlock the door through the mobile app to let friends, family, or other authorized users gain entry.” Samsung SDS has won a major industry award for its latest biometric door lock solution: The SHP-DR900 took the Gold Prize in the category of Smart Home Innovation at the 17th Beijing International Consumer Electronics…
SensibleVision has become the latest pioneer on the frontier of face-based payments for retail. The company has announced a new solution called 3DWALLET, which monitors shoppers in a given store via facial recognition, and charges them for whatever they take out, with no need to line up and pay at a register. It’s a similar…
Google’s face-scanning smart doorbell has hit the UK market. Called Nest Hello, it’s a doorbell with an integrated camera and speaker system, and is designed to connect to other smart home devices via wifi. When someone is at the door, it will send an alert to the user – through a smartphone or Google Home…
The future of vehicles is looking chatty thanks to the collaboration between Nuance Communications and Daimler AG. Working together the companies developed an advanced infotainment system and digital assistant experience: the Mercedes-Benz User Experience (MBUX) multimedia system. Built specifically for the new A-Class and other future Mercedes models, MBUX is powered by conversational AI technology,…