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Monday, 28 September 2009
Los Angeles-based IridoTech Inc. has introduced IridoLab, a health-evaluation kiosk system that uses biometric iris scans to help users monitor their well-being.
According to a news release from IridoTech, IridoLab uses a dual-eye camera to complete iris scans and evaluates them using iris-based biometrics and techniques in Iridodiagnostics:
In short, a customer approaches an IridoLab kiosk ... and scans both eyes at once using our dual-eye camera system in as little as 10 seconds. Then the computer searches the pictures for specific biometric characteristics of the iris and compares the obtained readings to statistical norms, producing the IridoLab Evaluation Report.
IridoTech says a summary of the report is free to the customer and that a detailed report can be purchased and viewed or printed at the kiosk or online. IridoTech says the field of Iridodiagnostics is typically categorized as a complementary and alternative medicine, or CAM.
The company says it will begin taking orders for the IridoLab in November.
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
ITnews.com: Centrelink, an Australian government agency that delivers a range of social services to citizens, has deployed a biometric voice-verification system to authenticate users’ access to welfare services. The system was built by KAZ, an Australian I.T. services company, and is based on technology developed by both the Queensland University of Technology and U.S. voice-recognition vendor Nuance.
Customers using the service will have their voice signature recorded and will choose from a range of security questions. The system then uses pattern-recognition software to match any future calls and verify the speaker’s identity. Centrelink project manager Ross Summerfield said the technology, which cost $2 million to build, is the first government deployment of voice biometrics in Australia.
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Wednesday, 18 February 2009
The (Hillsboro, Ill.) Journal-News: A new kiosk application developed by Fujitsu Computer Products of America, an association member, identifies and registers patients via a biometric palm print scanner. The kiosk is currently being trialed at the Hillsboro Medical Center in Illinois. Patients use a touchscreen interface to set up their own appointments without the aid of a receptionist. It can also custom-tailor specific messages to the individual patient.
"For instance, if a female patient is due for a mammogram, a reminder with a date will appear on the lower half of the screen," said Jim Hewitt, chief information officer with the clinic.
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Thursday, 18 December 2008
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Zvetco Biometrics has announced that its Verifi M5000 USB Fingerprint Reader is now available.
According to a news release, the Verifi M5000 is a heavy duty fingerprint reader, designed to be deployed in harsh environments. The fingerprint reader's case design is waterproof and can be mounted in kiosk, Nema enclosures, police cars and door jams.
Like the P5000, an earlier model on which it is based, the M5000 can handle the largest one-to-many (1:N) identification schemes, in government, enterprise or Web transactions. It features a high-resolution UPEK large area silicon sensor that captures larger and more detailed fingerprint images, making them suitable for large-scale searches.
"Zvetco's M5000 provides a perfect biometric tool for military, police and government agencies where identifying unique individuals from within extremely large databases is the requirement, often in harsh environments," said Zavi Cohen, chief executive of Zvetco Biometrics. "It uses significantly larger sensors that capture more minutia points from the fingerprint image, ensuring the highest accuracy match for every user. This technology introduces a cost-effective solution for one-to-many authentication and complements FIPS-201 deployments with quick and accurate identification of an individual fingerprint from within even the largest government or enterprise database."
The M5000 features solid aluminum construction and protection against dust and fluids, along with commercial grade powder coat finishing and ESD immunity. According to the release, it is ideal for many government, police and private sector applications.
Thursday, 13 November 2008
MUNICH, Germany — The new STARCOS 3.3 Passport Edition operating system from Giesecke & Devrient has received two certificates from the German Federal Office for Information Security, confirming that the OS complies with international security standards for passports (Common Criteria EAL 4+).
Specially designed security mechanisms ensure that passports and identity cards can remain in use for many years. Benefits include the speed and flexibility with which the chip can be personalized and its interoperability with a wide range of card-reader systems. These features make STARCOS 3.3 Passport Edition one of the world's most powerful and stable operating systems for biometric passports.
According to a news release, STARCOS 3.3 Passport Edition offers "the ultimate in flexibility." The category of passport and the corresponding security standards do not need to be defined until the time at which the personal data is incorporated. Many countries have chosen to introduce biometric features in their electronic travel documents in gradual stages. The type of data to be stored on the embedded chip is left to the discretion of the passport-issuing authority.
In the first instance, a digital photo is stored in the chip alongside the personal data used to identify the holder of the passport. If the need arises to issue passports and identity cards offering a higher level of security, additional biometric data such as fingerprint images can be added to the chip. No further modifications are required to the actual document or the OS.
It enables passport authorities to simplify their inventory processes and reduce costs, while at the same time guaranteeing a high output of personalized security documents.
STARCOS 3.3 Passport Edition supports all categories of passports envisaged by the European Union and the ICAO. The biometric data are protected against attempted forgery and identity theft by a number of special mechanisms. The system makes a distinction between passports that don't contain fingerprint images — protected by Basic Access Control — and passports containing more sensitive data — protected by Extended Access Control. A supplementary Active Authentication function can provide an additional safeguard by identifying forged copies of passports.
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
ContactlessNews.com: Motorola has been chosen to supply the enrollment kiosks to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Police Computing and Material Service for Norway's biometric passport and visa program, according to The Financial. The kiosks from Motorola, called Bio-Enrol Stations, will enable Norway's agencies to enroll the 500,000 passport applicants and 150,000 visa applicants they receive annually.
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Wednesday, 10 September 2008
The (Wellington, New Zealand) Dominion Post: New Zealand Internal Affairs representatives say the exploits of a group of academics who "cracked" a British electronic passport and created a fake electronic travel document in the name of Osama bin Laden will not derail plans to introduce automated immigration checks using biometric passports and self-service kiosks. The first of these will be installed at Auckland airport by Australian Customs next month. Microchips have been embedded in passports issued in many countries, including New Zealand, which introduced them in 2006, at the behest of the U.S. Government. The chips contain the details and photographs of the passport holder in an electronic form.
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Monday, 25 August 2008
TechJournal South: After 9/11, governments worldwide increasingly sought ways to assure that a person using a passport or other ID documents was who he claims to be. That opened large government markets for Daon, which sells biometric security software. Now the industry is moving from fingerprints and iris scans to multimodal biometrics, says Cheryl Walker Waldrup, Daon director of global marketing.
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Tuesday, 19 August 2008
Scientific American: Navigating the complexities of everyday life depends on an array of cards and passwords that confirm a person's identity. But lose a card, and the ATM will refuse to give out money. Forget a password, and the computer may balk at a command. Allow cards or passwords to fall into the wrong hands, and what were intended to be security measures can become the tools of fraud or identity theft. Biometrics — the automated recognition of people via distinctive anatomical and behavioral traits — has the potential to overcome many of those problems, experts say.
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Friday, 07 March 2008
(Bangkok, Thailand) The Nation: Before gaining entry to a pub, one has to display an identification card. However, the next time just your finger will do. A new technology using a fingerprint scan has been developed to help verify the age of pub patrons. The technology has been launched by Diageo Moet Hennessy, a leading importer and distributor of premium alcoholic beverages, which was formerly known as Riche Monde. The project involved establishing fingerprint scan kiosks at the gates of popular pubs. The kiosk will be used by pubs to verify that their patrons' age is above 20 - the legal requirement to enter a pub in Thailand.
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Tuesday, 05 February 2008
Business Week: No ID? No problem. In Sweden, all the identification you need to board an airplane is now at your fingertips. Scandinavian Airlines Sweden now allows travelers with luggage to board domestic flights by providing a scan of their index fingerprint.
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Thursday, 03 January 2008
The Associated Press: A First National Bank branch in Papillion, Neb., has added several self-service options for its customers. The bank features some new high-tech innovations — including a "digital koi pond." The digital projection system displays banking options on the floor. Users can step on an icon projected onto the bank's floor that points the user to the appropriate kiosk in the bank. The kiosks cover such things as loans, new accounts and small business advice. The bank also uses eye-scanning technology for safe deposit box access.
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Tuesday, 20 November 2007
Digital Transactions: An outside manager with restructuring experience, Thomas Lumsden of FTI Consulting Inc., is now running financially troubled biometric-payment provider Pay By Touch under terms of a Delaware court order signed Friday, San Francisco-based Pay By Touch announced on Monday.
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Read also, Bankruptcy filings hit Pay By Touch
Friday, 02 November 2007
StorefrontBackTalk.com: Pay By Touch, which has made a major push in POS biometric payments, is backing off that business, according to a report in the current issue of The Nilson Report, a major payments newsletter.
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Monday, 29 October 2007
Security Document World: Norway has rolled out 21 biometric kiosks as part of its biometric ePassport and visa pilot scheme. The kiosks, which have been developed by Motorola in conjunction with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Police Computing and Material Service, capture a 2D facial image, fingerprints (10 fingers for visas and two for passports) and the signature of passport and visa applicants. Motorola says the country is one of the first to use a single kiosk to capture three biometrics for passports and visas.
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Thursday, 20 September 2007
KHNL.com: Federal probation officers in Hawaii have another tool to keep tabs on felons out on probation. A kiosk equipped with a 'pupil-ometer,' a biometrics program that can detect drug use by scanning the eye, has been set up under a pilot program. The ID of the felon being scanned is verified by fingerprint scan, and the felon's eyes are examined by the machine. Positive response for drug use is followed up by a traditional urine or other drug test.
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Tuesday, 11 September 2007
Air Transport World: Air France will pilot a program by year end that will use biometric information encrypted on a small card to enable a passenger to obtain a boarding pass from a kiosk in the terminal and will provide access to a boarding portal.
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Thursday, 16 August 2007
MSNBC: The next 10 years will bring major advances in the field of biometrics, including the use of face-reading technology, as well as fingerprint and iris scanning, to safeguard security and personal information. Some kiosks already offer that type of personal protection.
For a look at the future of biometrics, click here.
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
DAYTON, Ohio · Dorothy Lane Market has signed a deal with Pay By Touch to place its biometric personalized marketing and payment systems in groceries by the end of July.
By including Pay By Touch, the store's loyalty program, Club DLM, is expected evolve to "Club DLM 2.U," through which upgraded members can receive personalized offers from a kiosk.
To date, grocers who have adopted Pay By Touch's personalized marketing system are Green Hills Market in New York, Foodtown in New York and New Jersey and Shop n' Save in Pennsylvania.
Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Silicon.com: Air travelers have backed biometric security checks after a four-month trial of the passenger screening technology at London's Heathrow airport. Overall, passenger feedback on the trial has been positive with 81 percent rating the service "good" or "excellent" and 87 percent saying the enrolment process was easy. The main benefit cited by those who took part in the trial was faster journey times.
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Monday, 07 May 2007
Timesunion.com: Albany County, N.Y.'s airport authority is considering a program designed to speed frequent fliers through security. Albany International Airport was one of 20 nationwide chosen for a pilot project to register travelers who would get faster processing at security checkpoints in return for undergoing a background check and submitting to fingerprinting and iris scans.
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Monday, 23 April 2007
Canada.com: A coalition of Canadian airlines and airports is putting pressure on Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon to adopt a biometric travel-screening program that would allow passengers to "fast track" through airport security and avoid hassles like taking off their shoes, coats and removing laptops from their cases before boarding planes.
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Monday, 23 April 2007
Australianit.news.com.au: Electronic Frontiers Australia has called on the Australian government to demonstrate whether its biometrics access-card system will work. According to EFA, a non-profit Australian organization representing Internet users concerned with online freedoms and rights, the biometric face-matching system has very high error rates.
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Wednesday, 18 April 2007
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. · NEC Corporation of America, provider of IT, network and identity management solutions, announced the debut of its PIDplus identification technology to the civil and commercial markets.
PIDplus incorporates NEC's multimodal biometrics technology with fingerprint and facial matching. According to NEC, this is the first time multibiometrics matching technology has been made available for the commercial and civil markets.
PIDplus is a suite of software-based development toolkits offering multibiometrics identification solutions that enable system integrators, applications providers and device manufacturers to quickly and seamlessly integrate NEC's biometrics technology into their solutions and products. PIDplus is a software developer's kit composed of modular components to provide flexibility and scalability to meet each enterprise's specific biometrics identification needs.
Tuesday, 17 April 2007
Da.wvu.edu.com: Three students at West Virginia University have created a biometric system that allows people to scan their fingertips on a vending machine to purchase a soda.
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Thursday, 12 April 2007
Tauntongazette.com: Parents in Taunton, Conn. have been told their school's student lunch program will be the first step in a new technological wave. Fingerprint technology may eventually be used for taking attendance, using school transportation, and/or library access. The parents are angry they were not asked for permission to obtain their children's fingerprints. Biometrics industry professionals across the nation have been watching Taunton's debate play out.
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Thursday, 12 April 2007
Tauntongazette.com: Parents in Taunton, Conn. have been told their school's student lunch program will be the first step in a new technological wave. Fingerprint technology may eventually be used for taking attendance, using school transportation, and/or library access. The parents are angry they were not asked for permission to obtain their children's fingerprints. Biometrics industry professionals across the nation have been watching Taunton's debate play out.
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Wednesday, 11 April 2007
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. · NEC Corp. of America, provider of IT, network and identity-management solutions, together with Biometrics4ALL, a biometrics-technology company, has launched the LiveScan product family for civil and law-enforcement identification demands.
According to a news release, the collaboration offers an end-to-end solution, from identification to booking.
"This partnership with Biometrics4ALL represents another milestone in providing state and local agencies the tools they need to provide efficient and effective identification solutions," said Barry Fisher, vice president of identification solutions for NEC.
The LiveScan products provide the ability to dynamically set data interchanges and business rules, attain FBI certifications, and adapt to new scanner hardware. In addition, the products provide immediate National Institute of Standards and Technology Fingerprint Image Quality rating feedback with Rescan Management as well as switch into multiple languages. The LiveScan products allow for adaptation to legislation changes and law enforcement needs.
Tuesday, 10 April 2007
Education.independent.co.uk: Almost six million children at 17,000 British schools could have their fingerprints taken, intensifying fears of the growth of a "surveillance society." It was revealed less than one-quarter of British education authorities have banned collecting fingerprints while the rest either allow it or have no policy on the issue. Many U.K. schools require pupils to have biometric checks to register, borrow books or buy food.
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Tuesday, 10 April 2007
Zwire.com: A parent in Taunton, Conn., has urged the school system not to trade her child's "biometric data for chicken nuggets." Parents are sounding off about issues related to the school system's decision to install fingerprint-scanning devices in lunchrooms at six schools.
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Monday, 09 April 2007
Btnmag.com: The Transportation Security Administration released a request for information as its first step in exploring an end-to-end system for tracking passengers. Among technologies TSA plans to explore are biometrics, smart cards, documentation scanners, integrated portals, kiosks, and such other tracking technologies as RFID and video surveillance.
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Friday, 06 April 2007
Govexe.com: The House Homeland Security Committee demanded the Homeland Security Department describe what system and technology will be used to determine when foreigners leave the country or overstay their visits. By law, the department is required to use biometric identifiers to verify foreigners leave the country.
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Tuesday, 13 March 2007
Egovmonitor.com: The Identity and Passport Service has issued British travelers with the first 48-page '"jumbo'" biometrics ePassports from seven regional offices. Ideal for frequent globetrotters, the eJumbo is the latest version of the U.K. passport, combining the security enhancements of the 32-page ePassport introduced last year with 16 extra pages of space for visas.
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Tuesday, 06 March 2007
Stabroeknews.com: The British High Commission has introduced a biometrics program that will serve as a prerequisite for processing visa applications submitted online. The form will be available online.
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Thursday, 22 February 2007
Siliconindia.com: Less than a month after India got its first batch of biometric ATMs in villages, Hyderabad-based Andhra Bank has proposed to set up a large number of biometric ATMs through the country. The bank intended to have as many as 150 biometric ATMs in place during the next year.
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Thursday, 08 February 2007
Silicon.com: Birmingham, England's airport has launched a security system based on biometric technology. The system is part of a nationwide rollout project, Project Iris, at airports across the United Kingdom. Project Iris is an iris-recognition immigration system that allows registered travelers to use retinal scan kiosks to speed up immigration checks.
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Tuesday, 06 February 2007
Brandweek.com: Catherine Muriel thinks she can replace coupon clipping with coupons that actually get used. Muriel is the new CMO at Pay By Touch, a provider of biometric authentication, personalized marketing and payment solutions.
While the company is best known for systems that let consumers pay for purchases with a finger scan, it is getting set to roll out a new program that will give consumers coupon discounts without having to carry actual coupons.
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Monday, 29 January 2007
SecureIDNews: Fifteen biometric ATMs were installed earlier this week in five districts in southern India. The scanner kiosks are projected to service more than 100,000 people who will scan their fingerprints rather than swiping a card and inputting a PIN.
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Tuesday, 23 January 2007
Add Mineta San Jose International to the growing list of airports offering the Registered Traveler program, which allows frequent travelers to use a biometric kiosk instead of going through long security lines · for a fee.
By the end of the week, the kiosks will be installed at five airports across the country. The machines, developed by General Electric's homeland security division, currently use fingerprint and retinal scanners to positively identify each traveler. Within the year, the kiosks will be able to scan footwear and fingerprints for explosives, possibly eliminating the need to remove jackets and shoes.
Watch the kiosk in action in this video from CBS 5 in San Jose.
Friday, 19 January 2007
ORLANDO, Fla. · The reviews are just so-so for a shoe scanner rolled out at Orlando International Airport in Florida. Some travelers complained they had to kick loafers or heels off anyway, even after standing in a kiosk that reads their biometric information and uses radio waves to test for explosives and metal.
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Friday, 12 January 2007
ePaynews: Three out of five U.S. consumers surveyed by online security firm Truste say they would support adding biometric identifiers to credit and debit cards. Truste interviewed 1,025 U.S. consumers between Sept. 25 and Sept. 29, 2006. The survey found that 64 percent of respondents support adding biometric data to credit cards; 62 percent support adding it to debit cards.
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Thursday, 07 December 2006
24dash.com: A new system that lets air passengers sign up to voluntary biometric scanning is being unveiled at London's Heathrow Airport. Passengers on some Cathay Pacific and Emirates flights will be invited to join the trial, which allows them to check in by scanning their passports and right index fingers.
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Tuesday, 24 October 2006
SAN FRANCISCO · Pay By Touch, supplier of biometric authentication technology, personalized marketing and payment solutions, announced the immediate availability of its Rapid Enroll Kiosk. The new Internet-enabled retail kiosks speed and streamline enrollment for loyalty and rewards programs. The system allows for quick and easy customer sign up, and reduces enrollment processing time and expense for grocers and retailers.
"Pay By Touch is committed to providing retailers with innovative solutions that improve the customer experience and make business sense," said John Rogers, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Pay By Touch. "The new Pay By Touch Rapid Enroll Kiosk simplifies loyalty program enrollment for customers and reduces costs associated with enrollment for merchants."
With the new in-store, Internet-enabled enrollment kiosks, customers can sign up quickly, accurately and securely using an integrated "phone number look-up" application. To use the system, customers simply enter their phone number and a secondary identifier · such as the last three letters of their last name · and their address information is populated automatically. Customers can also choose to manually enter their information through a simple touchscreen process.
Thursday, 21 September 2006
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The idea of shopping without a purse or wallet might take some time to catch on, but companies using the new Pay by Touch biometric system, say store by store, it is gaining acceptance.
Jewel-Osco, the biggest user in the Milwaukee area of Pay By Touch, rolled out the system last spring. In Jewel-Osco's four-state area, about 56,000 customers have enrolled, said Juanita Kocanda, Jewel-Osco's manager of public affairs.
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Thursday, 07 September 2006
NORTH CANTON, Ohio · Diebold is releasing a biometric fingerprint scanning system designed to enable banks to authenticate the identity of customers at the branch counter. The company says its identiCenter product, which is powered by technology from US Biometrics, is an integrated system for identity verification and branch-traffic management.
The IdentiCenter system links a customer's identity and account information to his or her unique fingerprint profile. Upon initiating a transaction at the branch counter, customers place their fingers on an optical-scan fingerprint reader to verify their identity. Once verified, their account information automatically appears on the teller's screen.
The system also can help streamline branch traffic, says Diebold. Adding an optional kiosk and monitor enables identiCenter-enrolled customers to "check in" upon entering the branch by verifying their identities and selecting transaction options before reaching the teller.
Tuesday, 15 August 2006
Monster and Critics: Chinese police will begin outfitting ATMs with facial-recognition software to help identify suspected criminals. The system will be installed on more than 1,000 Beijing ATMs by the end of October. The city's remaining 3,000 ATMs are expected to follow suit within a year.
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Tuesday, 08 August 2006
Japan Times: Japan Post has decided to incorporate fingerprint scanning in its ATM network rather than using palm-scanning technology, sources said Saturday.
The postal service agency will introduce the Hitachi Ltd. fingerprint technology to make its roughly 26,500 automated teller machines across the nation biometric by the end of March 2009, the sources said.
Hitachi, the nation's largest comprehensive manufacturer of electrical machinery, and computer maker Fujitsu Ltd., which is pushing the palm-scanning technology, have been locked in a fierce battle for the ATM market.
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Tuesday, 20 June 2006
The Australian: The $67 million automated border processing system will begin next year with a single SmartGate Series 1 kiosk in each Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane airport.
The first operational unit will be installed at one of the three airports in February.
SmartGate will perform customs and immigration checks using data contained in e-passports.
The system incorporates facial recognition technology, which matches a live image of the traveller against a digitised photo stored on a microchip embedded in the passport.
If the images match, the traveller is cleared through the control point.
If not, the traveller will be referred to a Customs officer for further examination.
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Monday, 19 June 2006
TAMPA, Fla. - Florida residents can now conveniently and securely pay for groceries, takeout foods, car wash, and gasoline with the touch of a finger at a new retail location in Tampa. The service is the first finger-scan payment system in the state of Florida.
"Coast to Coast's unique convenience center concept, located at the corner of Florida and Bearss Avenue, is a great fit for incorporating biometric payments, and we are excited to be the first Tampa retailer to give our customers the convenience and security of paying with the touch of a finger," said Amer Hawatmeh, president of Coast to Coast. "The system debits a shopper's checking account just like writing a check or using a debit card, but without having to hassle with wallets, cards, PINs, paper or checks. Because account numbers are not exposed, the technology is helping us provide our customers with faster checkouts and more secure transactions."
Biometric payments leader Pay By Touch, which recently acquired BioPay and owns and operates the BioPay-branded biometric payment network throughout the country, powers the new finger scan service.
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Friday, 16 June 2006
WEST CHESTER, Pa. -- MEI announces the integration of its bill acceptor technology into the BodySpex kiosk, an electronic scale that measures body fat and body composition. With this scale, users can insert a few dollars to quickly and easily test important health indicators like total weight, body fat percentage, fat mass, lean mass, metabolism, and body mass index.
BodySpex kiosks utilize bioelectric impedance analysis technology to assure a high level of accuracy, and feature an MEI bill acceptor to collect cash payments to begin each use. Simple-to-follow touch-screen instructions and audio prompts guide users through their test. Results are displayed on-screen or are available on a printout, so users can take results home or to their health professional. Through a wireless internet connection, the kiosks also send each user's fitness data to a secure account online at BodySpex.com, where all of the user's test results are automatically stored and displayed in easy-to-read charts.
"These kinds of tests used to be administered in doctors' offices and health facilities by an attendant," noted Justin McGilvery, marketing director at BodySpex. "With our do-it-yourself interface and reliable cash acceptor, BodySpex kiosks can now be placed in any location, making health monitoring readily accessible and affordable for the general public."
The BodySpex kiosk was developed in response to several growing healthcare trends. As health care costs continue to rise, businesses are seeking new ways to encourage their employees to improve their fitness. Also, popular weight loss competition television shows have encouraged and educated many Americans. The BodySpex system is a cost-effective vehicle for creating, managing, and judging these competitions and employee incentive programs.
BodySpex kiosks can also be configured to display ad screens and play video, enabling local merchants and national advertisers to reach a specialized market niche.
Wednesday, 14 June 2006
businesswire.com: Visa USA announced an agreement with Verified Identity Pass, Inc. (Verified ID) to offer discounted memberships for Clear, Verified ID's registered traveler program, to select Visa Signature and Visa Traditional Rewards cardholders.
Clear members receive fast access through security checkpoints by verifying their biometric information in specially-designed Clear lines, enabling time-pressed travelers to quickly move through long lines and experience a more hassle-free travel experience.
Thursday, 09 March 2006
At CeBIT, Wincor Nixdorf shows how ATM transactions can be additionally secured with the integration of biometric identification procedures.
Wincor Nixdorf has been involved with the practical application of biometric procedures for more than ten years now, and has carried out numerous pilot projects with customers internationally. At CeBIT, the company is presenting one of many possible applications. In the process on display, the tried-and-tested PIN is not replaced by biometric procedures; instead, it is made even more secure with the addition of fingerprint matching.
After inserting the card and entering a PIN, the customer is requested to place his/her finger on the sensor. The fingerprint is then scanned and compared to a template installed in the database. This so-called "one-to-one" comparison enables a highly secure authentication of each bank customer.
With the implementation of this technology, fraudulent reading of card data and tapping of PINs is rendered useless, since only the person whose fingerprint matches the biometric data stored in the database is allowed to complete the transaction.
For securing teller station workplaces or PC networks, Wincor Nixdorf already offers a biometric authorization solution using fingerprint technology. Audit-proof tracking of attempts to misuse the system is possible with the implementation of ProTectWork/Enterprise, since logging on under another user name is no longer possible. ProTectWork/Enterprise is server-based and can be used internationally
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