Fujitsu Frontech has announced the release of a new vascular scanner the company is touting as the world’s smallest and slimmest contact-free vein authentication scanner available. Officials say that the new sensor, which utilizes palm-vein authentication, has a small enough footprint that it could easily be incorporated into laptop computers and other electronic devices for […]

Lockheed Martin has announced that following a successful Critical Design Review of increment 3 of the FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) system, which includes latent fingerprint and palm print matching capabilities, the company is also starting to develop and deploy the new capabilities. The NGI is a way for the FBI to collect the biometrics […]

Fujitsu has announced it will showcase its biometric physical access control system at the 2011 International Security Conference and Expositions (ISC West) April 6 though 8 in Las Vegas. The system, called PalmEntry Physical Access Control, utilizes the company’s PalmSecure palm vein pattern technology to authenticate users and allow authorized personnel access to secured areas. […]

M2SYS, a developer of biometric solutions, has announced it has struck a partnership with workforce management technology provider The Workforce Consultant Group (WFC Group). The partnership falls under M2SYS’ continuing strategy to bring its biometric time-clock and workforce management solutions, such as their RightPunch solution which will be part of WFC Group’s offerings now, to […]

M2SYS has announced the release of a new multi-biometric solution designed for use in the health care industry as a patient identification system. The system, called RightPatient, is being touted as the health care industry’s first multi-biometric and instantly deployable patient identity solution. The system was designed with two purposes in mind, to increase security […]

Some scoff at the idea of emerging biometrics, saying that the identification technology as a whole is still emerging. In reality, however, fingerprints have been used to identify criminals for nearly a century and around the world biometrics are used to gain access to buildings, get cash at ATMs and authenticate online transactions. The days […]

Databac has announced that it will display its new environmentally friendly ID solutions at IFSEC 2011 in Birmingham, UK. Databac, a provider of contactless, biometric and rewritable card technologies, says it will hand out samples its new rewritable smart cards, which are biodegradable and made of recycled plastic. The company will demonstrate the cards with […]

MedAssets, a health care financial management company, has partnered with HT Systems, a developer of health care technology, to jointly market HT Systems’ PatientSecure biometric-based patient identity management system. PatientSecure works as a vascular scanner authenticating patients identities at the point of care by scanning the unique vein pattern in the palm of his hand […]

John Kendall, director of national security development for biometric technology developer Unisys, spoke on the new developments in the biometrics industry and how technology in conjunction with new trends in adoption are increasing the level of security by slowly edging out the easy-to-fool traditional fingerprint scanners, according to a ZDNet article. Among the trends and […]

Leveraging palm vein authentication technology to deliver security By Christer Bergman, vice president of biometric solution group, Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc. The demand for secure authentication and access control solutions has never been greater and today, biometric technologies are raising the security bar. Biometric solutions leverage a person’s unique physical characteristics–including fingerprint, iris or […]