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Edge AI chips: enabling faster, secure processing of biometric data for Smart Cities
Companies are finding new ways to build chips with enough processing power for super-accurate machine vision, including facial recognition – chips that will make their way into phones, robots, and other devices without sending data to central clouds .... Read the whole story here.

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Daily Biometrics News
Scientists, sociologists speak out against biometrics research that allegedly predicts criminals
Back in May, a group of professors and a Ph.D. student from Harrisburg University in Pennsylvania claimed to have developed...
 
Face and voice biometrics providers in China boosted by AI market growth, Megvii works on robot network
With $2.89 billion registered in 2019, IDC reports the AI software and application market in China is forecast to grow...
Southeast Asian countries leverage digital ID and IT infrastructure for cashless aid during pandemic
Efforts by Singapore’s government to prepare the island nation’s digital infrastructure, including its national digital identity system, helped it cope...
 
Legislation would block police from using facial recognition with body cam footage
The newly introduced Stop Biometric Surveillance by Law Enforcement Act would ban federal law enforcement agencies from using facial recognition...
Apple adds facial recognition smart home features and launches biometric digital car keys
Face biometrics are coming to Apple’s HomeKit cameras to identify people tagged in users’ Photos app when they are at...
 
Daon biometric authentication for 160 credit unions across U.S. extended by three years
CU*Answers, the cooperative Credit Union Service Organization (CUSO), has expanded a partnership with Daon to provide over 160 credit unions...
Iris ID provides biometric authentication for LA County Sheriff to optimize prison process
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will roll out Iris ID’s biometric recognition technology to implement iris-based authentication during the prisoner...
 
BIO-key fingerprint biometrics selected to protect election with secure access to U.S. state voter registry
The Election Office of a West Coast State has selected BIO-key to provide the biometric authentication solution to secure access to...
New 3D face scanning captures the details but misses with the whole face
A team of British researchers say they have written what they say is the first algorithm capable of reconstructing photorealistic...
 
ForgeRock supports biometrics with new passwordless solution as surveys show confusion remains
ForgeRock has launched a solution for replacing usernames and passwords with biometrics and other authentication factors that support WebAuthN and ForgeRock...
Tenant launches biometric ID verification for self-storage, Scrive uses Onfido for eID verification
Tenant Inc has released Mariposa, a marketing website technology with facial recognition for ID verification that self-storage providers can use...
 
Biometric wearable technologies launched for heart and patient tracking, worker exertion, auto racing
Huami, parent company of global wearable brand Amazfit, has brought its wearable AI chip to public release to provide the...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  June 22, 2020 - June 24, 2020
NG Healthcare Digital Summit Online June 22 – 24, 2020 Connecting 100 senior healthcare leaders digitally to collaborate on tackling...
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Modeling the finger-vein imaging process
  June 29, 2020 - June 29, 2020
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