Reduction in sensor size and new software has enabled Fujitsu to improve its vein pattern technology, says Dan Dalton, director of new product development in the advanced technology group for Fujitsu Frontech North America. “Not only have we reduced the size of the sensor, made it much faster, much more efficient, but we’ve also released […]

Federal and state rules are starting to require more security for physicians that use electronic prescribing technology. The DEA wants prescribers to add a layer of authentication and Ohio has also mandated the additional factor. This could be an opportunity for biometrics in the health care market. “You can image doctors using biometrics to extract […]

With looming legislation and constantly changing rules, logical access control in the health care market is at a standstill, according to David Stallsmith, director of product marketing for ColorID. Health care providers are leery of investing and then in six months or a year having to start over because their system does not meet new […]

e-DATA is a manufacturer of Web-based appliances for biometric access control and time and attendance. With a FIPS 201 approved sensor, the devices are capable of being used by federal agencies but also in any imaginable application, even the home. “The e-DATA Fingerprint Key is a Web appliance, it can hang on any system, an […]

Aware provides customers with solutions that works well with partners, said David Benini, senior director of marketing for Aware. One product highlighted shows enrollment compatibility with more than 20 different fingerprint sensors. This enables for the same enrollment and training processes even if a customer has multiple fingerprint sensors already deployed, allowing them to take […]

Ticketing applications for college sporting events aren’t anything new for campus card programs, but adding functionality that enables a student to search for specific seats at venues is different, says Fred Emery, vice president and general manager at Heartland Campus Solutions. Heartland has created an application called One Card Box Office that has the look […]

Sarnoff Corp. explains how its history dating back to RCA Research Labs and the experience with video has helped the company to build an iris recognition system that works well at a distance. “In the past you almost had to press your eye up against the camera to get an iris identification, and now that […]

BI2 Technologies will release its Mobile Offender Recognition and Information System (MORIS) in November. The company has already pre-released several units for testing and has received encouraging feedback. “It’s a major advance in terms of having multimodal capability, iris, facial and fingerprint on one device that’s as ubiquitous and easy to use as any cell […]

Villanova University set up a lottery system to help manage demand for its popular men’s basketball games. There is a point system where the student earned points for attending basketball games, says Read Winkelman, vice president of sales at CBORD. Each game attended earns the student points and the greater chance that they will receive […]

Standards help push new deployments Hitachi’s VeinID solution is being used throughout the world for different applications and Hitachi is also looking into developing a flat sensor that will be small enough to use in mobile devices. “Vein was kind of pegged as a one-to-one technology in the past, based on its success with ATMs […]