NEC trials facial recognition-based cashless payment, wins award for ticket ID system NEC Corporation announced it is implementing a series of trials for cashless payment services using its facial recognition technologies at small retail stores inside its head office building in Tokyo. The trials will run until the end of August...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Sony patents eye gesture contact lens camera Sony has filed a patent for a “contact lens camera” that would allow the wearer to snap photographs with a deliberate blink of the eye and store them on a wireless smartphone or tablet devices. Images from the camera...full story Categories: Biometric News | Biometric R&D | Iris / Eye Share: Facebook | Twitter

Elan expects to ship two million fingerprint sensors in the third quarter Elan Microelectronics announced consolidated revenues for June 2016 increased 4.8% sequentially and 10.7% on year to US$16.7 million, according to a Digitimes report. Elan also disclosed shipments of its fingerprint sensors would be lower-than-expected in the second quarter, but...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Home health robot gets to know you via face and voice recognition Pillo Health have developed an intelligent health and wellness assistant that gets to know you and your family through artificial intelligence and face and voice recognition. According to the company’s Indiegogo page, Pillo can answer your health and wellness...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition | Voice Biometrics Share: Facebook | Twitter

TechSci report projects India biometrics market to surpass $3B by 2021 TechSci Research has published a new report titled, “India Biometrics Market By Type, By End Use Sector, Competition Forecast & Opportunities, 2016-2021“, which projects that the country’s biometrics market will grow at a CAGR of around 31% during 2016...full story Categories: Biometric News | Trade Notes Share: Facebook | Twitter

POMM rolls out biometric authentication and data encryption cell phone case POMM Inc. has introduced a new biometric authentication and data encryption cell phone case to keep data files private and secure. According to the company crowdfunding page, the POMM device is a unique hardware case that bypasses cloud based...full story Categories: Access Control | Biometric News | Consumer Devices Share: Facebook | Twitter

Port Everglades cruise terminal pilots BorderXpress APC kiosks In an effort to increase cruise passenger processing rates into the U.S. following a cruise, Port Everglades and its cruise line partners, in collaboration with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Vancouver Airport Authority, unveiled two BorderXpress...full story Categories: Biometric News | Border Security Share: Facebook | Twitter

EAB hosting workshop on performance and evaluation of mobile biometrics The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) will host a workshop on the Performance and Evaluation for Mobile Biometrics on July 22 in Paris, France. The workshop will address how standards and evaluation capabilities can be set up in order...full story Categories: Biometric News | Mobile Biometrics Share: Facebook | Twitter

Biometric ID for Government Biometric ID for Government August 2 – 4, 2016 Washington, DC Innovative tactics and strategies to advance security measures and achieve mission-critical results. This must-attend government focused training has been designed to showcase current biometric trends, future technologies and...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

DEFPOL Expo 2016 DEFPOL Expo 2016 August 30, 31, 2016 Hanoi, Vietnam DEFPOL EXPO 2016 is being held in Hanoi, Vietnam on August 30 and 31 2016. DEFPOL is an international exhibition for Defense and Police Forces. The expo is aimed to...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

EAB Research Projects Conference 2016 EAB Research Projects Conference 2016 September 19-20, 2016 Damrstadt, Germany EAB Research Projects Conference 2016 The third EAB Research Projects Conference 2016 will assemble on September 19/20 allowing for numerous EU sponsored research projects to present their research results....full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

German TeleTrusT Biometric Working Group meeting German TeleTrusT Biometric Working Group meeting September 21, 2016 Damrstadt, Germany German TeleTrusT Biometric Working Group meeting The working group is an open platform dedicated to regular exchange of information and experience related to the field of biometrics. The...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

EAB Biometrics Research and Industry Awards 2016 EAB Biometrics Research and Industry Award 2016 September 21, 2016 Damrstadt, Germany EAB Biometrics Research and Industry Award 2016 EAB is launching the tenth European Biometrics Research and Industry Awards 2016. These prestigious awards are granted annually to individuals...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter