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Suprema is celebrating its 20th year of operations. The company has grown at a CAGR of 20 percent since it was founded in 2000, and now boasts a sales network that spans across 140 countries and more than 1 billion users. According to Suprema, 16 percent of its yearly sales are invested in research and […]
IDEX Biometrics has once again been granted tax relief for its research and development efforts in the United Kingdom. The company specifically applied for relief under the country’s small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) R&D tax relief program, which allows qualified companies to deduct up to 230 percent of their qualifying costs from their yearly profit. […]
Integrated Biometrics (IB) is hoping to advance its manufacturing and Research & Development goals with the addition of Demian Bigelow as the company’s new Vice President of Engineering. The company has also expanded its facilities in South Korea and opened new office space in Phoenix, AZ. The expansion reflects IB’s desire to increase its engineering […]
Japan Display Inc. (JDI) and the Univeristy of Tokyo’s School of Engineering have partnered to produce what is being called the world’s first ultra-thin biometric sensor. Able to measure fingerprints, veins and pulse waves, the 15 micrometer thick sensor is as thin as a piece of paper as well as being lightweight and bendable, and […]
It’s been another richly varied week in biometrics news, and FindBiometrics’ latest roundup of our top stories reflects that. But if there’s one theme common to all of these articles, it’s that they each reflect the dynamism and progress of the overall biometrics market as it continues to grow and its technologies continue to evolve. […]
The Toronto-based biometric security specialist BioConnect has officially opened its BioConnect Labs innovation hub. BioConnect Labs will be focused primarily on R&D, and will work to develop new biometric security solutions for digital and physical spaces. The lab itself is a collaborative initiative with public and private support, including a $3.9 million investment from FedDev […]
“Work at the new lab will complement research in DRIVE Labs in North America and China, and will place a strong focus on new user experience technologies based on things like facial and voice recognition, emotion analysis, gaze tracking, and gesture-based interactions.” Nuance Communications has announced a new AI research center that will focus on […]
NEC has opened a new research center in Singapore. Called the “NEC Open Innovation Centre”, or “OIC”, the facility will focus on technology research in the areas of public safety, aviation, and transportation. The technology itself will include artificial intelligence and biometrics. In announcing the OIC, NEC also highlighted its Trusted Digital Identity and One […]
Precise Biometrics has found its new R&D Director, and he comes from within the company’s own ranks. Fredrik Clementson, a Precise Biometrics engineer, will take the position starting September 1st. The search began in late spring, when Rutger Petersson, who has been with the company for a decade, announced his resignation as he sought to […]
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