biometric

A privacy group has spoken out against recommendations that the Brisbane public transportation service use  biometrics  to identify passengers when they purchase their fare, according to a report by CIO. Cubic Transportation Systems, the US firm that operates Queensland’s Go Card system for TransLink as well as developed London’s Oyster card technology, is running proof of concept trials of facial recognition, palm vein scanning and object tracking in its London lab in order to reduce queues. The Australian Privacy Foundation last week issued a statement on the potential biometric scanning of Brisbane passengers, calling it “a danger to civil rights and privacy”. “This is an extension of CensusFail, CentrelinkFail and MyHRFail – badly-planned and badly administered big ticket technology projects whose managers and ministers failed to heed warnings,” said Liam Pomfret, a spokesperson for the Australian Privacy Foundation. “The Foundation asks th...

Tightening the noose on healthcare staff who are habitual late comers and early-leavers, the health department has made biometric attendance system compulsory in all government hospitals coming under the health directorate. Department officials said that they were frequently receiving complaints regarding irregular attendance of some doctors and healthcare staff. Health minister Kalicharan Saraf said that from February 15, the doctors and other healthcare staff, including nurses and lab technicians, will have to mark their attendance through biometric attendance system. Saraf also directed the officials to make arrangements of biometric attendance machines . He said that the respective officials of hospitals will have to arrange the machines using the funds from medical relief society. The directions have been issued to make the attendance compulsory through biometric machines in districts hospital, sub-district hospitals, satellite hospitals, community health centres an...

Suprema, a global leader in biometrics and identity solutions, today announced that the company's BioSign mobile fingerprint authentication algorithm has been selected by Samsung for the Galaxy J5 2017 and Galaxy A7 (for SK Telecom) smartphone models. Partnering with Egis Technology, a Taiwan-based sensor provider, Suprema provides its integrated solution to global smartphone manufacturers. Suprema introduced BioSign 2.0 in February at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Enhanced by latest AI technology, BioSign 2.0 supports small fingerprint sensors and offers robust authentication performance over time and environment. Moreover, BioSign 2.0 provides exceptional versatility in integration as it supports different shapes and types of fingerprint sensors. BioSign 2.0 is an essential solution for mid-to-low range smartphones as it reduces production cost by supporting smaller sensors and provides higher fingerprint authentication performance with low-end processors. Bi...

The digital transformation is happening in a very affordable and inclusive manner, says Dr Ajay Kumar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India, in an exclusive interview with Souvik Goswami of Elets News Network (ENN). We are in the most exciting phase  in the history of this country. IT is bringing great transformation in the governance spectrum. We have been using technology in government in the past as well. However, what we see now is a  digital tech-led transformation as never before. For example, Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) which is powered by digital technology is now helping crores of people to receive benefits at a click of a button. Earlier, benefits would flow from the Central to State governments to the district administrations to the block administration and then to the panchayats and eventually to the beneficiaries. At each stage, lots of costs and time would be spent in t...

For quite some time now, employees in many offices have been using biometric systems to mark attendance. Educational institutions like colleges too are adopting them to mark attendance in classes. More recently, biometric authentication has been integrated into our electronic devices like smartphones and laptops, giving us more secure control over them. Not just devices, even services are being integrated with biometric systems. All new mobile phone connections need to be linked with Aadhaar, a process that will need biometric verification. Even older phone connections will need to be authenticated with Aadhaar. You may have already got a reminder from your telecom operator to link your phone number with Aadhaar. “In the near future, passwords could potentially be eliminated and biometrics may become the key element for authentication along with presence of a device such as a mobile phone or smart watch,” said Amit Jaju, executive director, forensic technology and discovery serv...

Forecasts & Analysis by Biometric System Type (Iris Recognition, Face Recognition, Fingerprint Recognition, Other (Retina Scan, Hand Geometry, Palm Vein Authentication)), by Vehicle Type (Passenger Cars, Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV), Heavy Commercial Vehicles (HCV)) and by Region plus Profiles of Leading Companies Developing Technologies. The latest report from business intelligence provider  Visiongain  offers comprehensive analysis of the global biometric vehicle access technologies market.  Visiongain  assesses that this market will generate revenues of  $614m  in 2017.     Now:  In early 2017, Synaptics Incorporated acquired Conexant Systems, LLC and the Multimedia Solutions Business of Marvell Technology Group. This is an example of the business critical headline that you need to know about - and more importantly, you need to read  Visiongain's   objective analysis of how this new will impact your c...