A bio-ID surveillance framework that can recognize subway users may soon come to Beijing. China Daily reports two forms of bio-recognition being put forward -- palm touch and facial recognition. Together, they could offer a viable long-term solution...
Many people take identification for granted, but it's a serious challenge if you're homeless. If you lose what's on your back, you might lose everything -- and recovering that ID is much harder when you have no fixed address or easy transportation to...
Samsung has filed a wide-ranging patent to authenticate users via their blood flow. The blood flow is unique for every person. The new patent from Samsung describes a method to measure and...
As Tidal has showed us lately, streaming is a tough business, but underdog French company Deezer is trying to keep up with its giant rivals Spotify and Apple Music. The site is launching a new feature called SongCatcher that can identify any song, mu...
In a bit of Friday afternoon news, TechCrunch reports that Apple plans to buy Shazam, the company behind the popular audio identification software and app. Apparently, the site's sources indicate the deal could be announced Monday, but it's quick to...
A landmark judgement has ruled that Indian citizens have a fundamental right to privacy, despite the country's vast biometric identification scheme. In a case bought forward by opponents of the government's Aadhaar biometric program, Chief Justice J....
It's difficult to live without identification. In many cases, you're shut out of banking, health care, voting rights and other basics. Microsoft and partners might just give those many undocumented people (1.1 billion of them, in fact) a shot at th...
Protein markers could be employed alongside with DNA profiling methods to identify individual human beings. The study was published on September 7, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Glendon...
The pen’s mightier than the sword, but guess what’s mightier than the pen… A pen with technologically awesome capabilities! The Veri-Pen hides some serious gadgetry under its simple cover. It sports a fingerprint sensor and a pretty neat hand-writing identification algorithm. This two-step verification can be used to strengthen the security of your online presence as well as provide genuine certification in an offline face to face scenario. The pen acts first on the fingerprint, and once that’s a match, the pen works. Use it to make a signature and that data is literally the last password you’ll ever need!
The Veri-Pen works as a regular pen as well as a stylus! Check out a preliminary demo of the pen prototype in action!
SecuGen Corporation has announced its plans for the CES 2015 in Las Vegas. The company has announced the release of its new OEM Fingerprint Sensors at the electronics show. The sensors are claimed to...
A bio-ID surveillance framework that can recognize subway users may soon come to Beijing. China Daily reports two forms of bio-recognition being put forward -- palm touch and facial recognition. Together, they could offer a viable long-term solution...
Many people take identification for granted, but it's a serious challenge if you're homeless. If you lose what's on your back, you might lose everything -- and recovering that ID is much harder when you have no fixed address or easy transportation to...
As Tidal has showed us lately, streaming is a tough business, but underdog French company Deezer is trying to keep up with its giant rivals Spotify and Apple Music. The site is launching a new feature called SongCatcher that can identify any song, mu...
In a bit of Friday afternoon news, TechCrunch reports that Apple plans to buy Shazam, the company behind the popular audio identification software and app. Apparently, the site's sources indicate the deal could be announced Monday, but it's quick to...
A landmark judgement has ruled that Indian citizens have a fundamental right to privacy, despite the country's vast biometric identification scheme. In a case bought forward by opponents of the government's Aadhaar biometric program, Chief Justice J....
