Kennedy airport in NYC using face recognition technology
John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City has started using new face recognition technology.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 20, 2016
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News tagged with biometric
Converting 2-D photo into 3-D face for security applications and forensics
It is possible to construct a three-dimensional, 3D, face from flat 2D images, according to research published in the International Journal of Biometrics this month. The discovery could be used for biometrics in security ...
Computer Sciences
Jan 19, 2011
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Why fingers make handy, if not foolproof, digital keys
It sounds like a great idea: Forget passwords, and instead lock your phone or computer with your fingerprint. It's a convenient form of security—though it's also perhaps not as safe as you'd think.
Security
Nov 21, 2016
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Facebook face-tagging in photos targeted in lawsuit
A US judge on Thursday rejected a request by Facebook to toss out a civil suit accusing it of violating privacy with face-recognition software to help "tag" people in pictures.
Internet
May 6, 2016
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Nissan Nismo is smartwatch with driving experience
(Phys.org) —The smartwatch as a killer form factor in computer wearables is still up for debate. For some consumers, even the greatest-looking designs will not justify the cost of wearing a general-purpose smart device ...
Biometrics researchers see world without passwords (Update)
Some Purdue University researchers are working on technology that could see all those passwords that computer users must punch in replaced with steps such as iris and fingerprint scans.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 12, 2013
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Faster airport queues with facial recognition
New technology detects and tracks you from the second you arrive at the airport until you're out of the arrivals hall at your destination.
Engineering
Feb 19, 2016
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Hitachi develops a 3mm thin-type finger vein authentication module
Hitachi, Ltd. today announced the development of a 3mm thick thin-type finger vein authentication module. Finger vein authentication is a biometric identification technology which employs near infrared light to observe finger ...
Hardware
Sep 2, 2009
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Stanford Lab developing new kinds of robot aircraft (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) —Researchers at Stanford's Biometrics and Dexterous Manipulation Laboratory just south of San Francisco, have come up with two new innovations in robotic aircraft design. One is an improvement on jumping robots ...
BioVault locks up biometrics: Using biometrics for encryption, digital signatures
A system that allows biometric data to be used to create a secret key for data encryption has been developed by researchers in South Africa. They describe details of the new technology in the International Journal of Electronic ...
Computer Sciences
Jul 31, 2009
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