A new project by UC San Francisco (UCSF) is asking for volunteers to share their biometric data in an effort to track the spread of COVID-19. The COVID-19 Citizen Science […]

Wearable biomechanics startup NURVV announced that it has secured $9 million in Series A funding led by Hiro Capital. Launched last month at CES 2020 in Las Vegas, where it […]

Smartwatch and fitness band maker Huami has debuted several new wearables this week at CES 2020 in Las Vegas. Although its Amazfit brand has up until now been reserved for its line […]

US-based biometric technology company Valencell announced at CES 2020 this week that it has developed a new blood pressure (BP) sensor system that can be integrated into hearable and wearable […]

French technology company Chronolife has announced the commercial launch of Nexkin, a smart shirt equipped with 10 biometric sensors, as well as funding from investment fund iBionext, French insurance company […]

During the group stage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Visa found that fans across the host cities in France made purchases using contactless payment technology 51 percent of the […]

“We are proud to strengthen our long-standing partnership with a global technology leader such as Infineon. This collaboration further enhances our ability to commercialize our technology and IP through competitive […]

Together with Qualcomm Technologies and Osterhout Design Group (ODG), Mastercard has developed an augmented reality shopping systems for its Masterpass and Identity Check systems. The solution lets shoppers look at virtual […]

Digital Barriers has launched what it calls the world’s first live facial recognition system for body cameras. It’s called SmartVis Identifier, and is based in part on Digital Barriers’ EdgeVis […]

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