Latest Biometrics news


Dec-28-11 Medbox Biometric Prescription Dispensing System Cited in Colorado House Bill

Medbox, Inc. announced today that their Medbox Prescription Dispensing System has been cited by the Colorado State Legislature in HB1043. Colorado House Bill (HB1043) clarifies certain aspects of the law and...

Dec-28-11 Speech Technology Center President & CEO Named Russia’s IT Entrepreneur Of The Year 2011

Speech Technology Center (STC) was a jury favorite in Ernst and Young’s 2011 competitive search for Russia’s best entrepreneurs. STC’s General Director, Mikhail Khitrov, won the Information Technologies division of...

Dec-21-11 Human Recognition Systems Help Airports Keep Passengers Moving for the Christmas Get Away

Human Recognition Systems (HRS), the UK’s independent leader in biometric solutions, is working hard this Christmas helping UK airports to keep passengers moving. As the airports face their busiest time of...

Dec-21-11 ImageWare Systems Completes $10 Million Equity Financing, Retires Debt

ImageWare Systems, Inc., a leader in multimodal biometric security solutions, today announced the completion of a $10 million equity financing in a private placement to a group of institutional and...

Dec-21-11 TruTouch Technologies Commercializes Noninvasive Biometric Intoxication Detection

TruTouch Technologies, a pioneer in noninvasive biometric intoxication detection systems, today confirms that it has successfully leveraged its considerable granted intellectual property portfolio to further advance its penetration into the...

Dec-21-11 Accenture Awarded $71 Million US-VISIT Biometric Identity System DHS Contract

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Accenture Federal Services a 13-month, $71 million contract to further enhance the capabilities of its immigration and border management functions. The contract...

Dec-21-11 UK and Ireland to Share Biometric Data for Common Travel Area

The UK and Ireland have signed an important agreement reinforcing their commitment to preserving the Common Travel Area (CTA) while further cracking down on illegal immigration and spurious asylum claims. The...

Dec-21-11 Neurotechnology Releases VeriLook Surveillance 2.0 SDK for Realtime Video Face ID

Neurotechnology, a provider of high-precision biometric identification technologies, today announced the availability of VeriLook Surveillance 2.0, a software development kit (SDK) for biometric face identification using live video streams from...

Dec-21-11 BioLink Solutions Releases New Version of IDenium System

BioLink IDenium is a network biometric authentication and Single Sign-On (SSO) solution integrated into Microsoft Active Directory (AD). The product enables companies to replace unreliable and expensive passwords-based systems with...

Dec-21-11 Cross Match Receives Further STQC Certification for India’s UID Program

Cross Match Technologies, Inc., a leading global provider of biometric identity solutions, announced today that its Patrol ID fingerprint capture device received final certification for India’s unique identification (UID) program...

Dec-20-11 Cognitec Products Released with New Face Recognition Algorithm

Dresden/Rockland, December 20, 2011-Cognitec Systems, leading provider of face recognition technology, today released two product upgrades with the new face recognition algorithm B6T8. The new versions of FaceVACS-DBScan and FaceVACS-SDK...

Dec-19-11 BIO-key(R) International, Inc. Receives Additional Algorithm Technology Patent

BIO-key International, Inc.(OTCBB:BKYI.OB), a global leader in fingerprint biometric identification solutions and advanced mobile identification technology, today reported that BIO-key's latest patent on "Generation of Directional Information in the Context of...

Dec-19-11 Biometric Secured TUG Robots Employed at Sinai Hospital Pharmacy with Aethon's MedEx Medication Tracking System

Sinai Hospital, a member of the LifeBridge Health System in Baltimore, reduced pharmacy medication delivery time by 45 percent, experienced significant labor savings, and dramatically decreased the number of missing...

Dec-19-11 Research and Markets Releases Biometrics - Global Strategic Business Report 2011

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Biometrics - Global Strategic Business Report" report to their offering. For full report visit: http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e30f48/biometrics_globa This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Biometrics in Thousands...

Dec-19-11 Biometrics Hilighted in IBM's Five Innovations That Will Change Our Lives Within Five Years

Today IBM (NYSE: IBM) formally unveiled the sixth annual "IBM 5 in 5" (#ibm5in5) – a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live...

Dec-16-11 MedixSafe Announces Improved Fingerprint Secured Narcotics Security Cabinet

MedixSafe has hired Chad Mitchell as its new Director of Sales. Mitchell, a graduate from Mississippi State University previously consulted for Conference Technologies Inc. Mitchell’s award winning sales strategies and...

Dec-16-11 Prescription Vending Machines Inc Aquired by Medbox

Medbox, Inc. announced today that they have acquired Prescription Vending Machines, Inc., and will operate the company as a wholly-owned subsidiary. Prescription Vending Machines, Inc. was founded in 2008 and has...

Dec-15-11 Rapid Human DNA Identification System Producer IntegenX Raises $40 Million Financing to Speed Commercialization

IntegenX Inc., the leading developer of rapid human DNA identification technology and DNA sequencing library preparation systems, has secured $40 Million in Series C funding to accelerate development of the...

Dec-15-11 Avalon Biometrics Releases ID2GO, World’s First Mobile NFC Document Checking Suite

Avalon Biometrics SL as one of the leaders in mobile identity management and turnkey solutions is proud to announce that it has released the initial version of the world’s first...

Dec-14-11 AOptix Powered Iris Recognition System Enabled at Doha International Airport in Qatar

The Interior Ministry has activated the iris recognition system at the Doha international airport for the passengers entering Qatar in the framework of its continuous keenness on securing latest technology...