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Autoencoder approach to vein biometrics development shows promise in EAB presentation
Unsupervised learning approaches to vein recognition algorithms are approaching the state of the art, and could soon reach it, according to the latest lunch talk from the EAB, by examining segments rather than full images of fingers ... keep reading this report here

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Innovatrics accepts pitches for biometrics startup incubator
Innovatrics’ startup incubator named Biometric Ventures is open for pitches from promising fledgling companies to invest millions of euros, technical...
 
Calls issued for NIST face biometrics conference and European Biometrics Awards participation
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a conference to bring expert speakers to discuss the performance...
Nigeria may prosecute officials behind invalid entries in biometric voter registration
The over one million Nigerians identified as having been involved in irregular practices in the course of the ongoing biometric...
 
Guardian RFID debuts cloud-based prison platform with facial recognition
Guardian RFID, a Maple Grove, Minnesota-based company that specializes in correctional facility technology, has launched a cloud product that utilizes...
Selfie biometrics providers partner to reach new geographies, sign up payments networks
IDnow and Blinking have each signed deals to bring their selfie biometrics to new geographies, and Thirdfort, Onfido, Veridas, Beyon...
 
Real-time movement biometrics to protect against enterprise account takeover
A new product from London-based Cursor Insight promises to provide continuous behavioral biometric authentication to protect organizations from account takeovers....
Neurotechnology hits high score in NIST Proprietary Fingerprint Template evaluation
Neurotechnology claims to have kept its top score in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Proprietary Fingerprint Template (PFT) III...
 
New automotive biometrics growth forecasts, patents and adjustments unveiled
Despite stalling due to the COVID-19 pandemic, strong growth is predicted for vehicle biometrics across vehicle security, driver identification and...
Kenya wants to use Huduma Namba digital ID system to tackle tax evasion
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is hoping lawmakers can give their nod on proposed further amendments to the Huduma Namba...
 
Real data is dead? A half-million image biometric dataset says otherwise
A software firm claims to have assembled a 500,000-photo dataset that it says is not only “legally clean” and suitable...
A 2020 court fight in South Africa reveals dominance of biometric surveillance industry
A multi-part news investigation by the MIT Technology Review looking at private surveillance — which some call surveillance capitalism —...
 
Stronger security requested for Aadhaar cards; fake digital ID producer in South African court
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) may have to enhance security features on the Aadhaar card as terrorists are...
Autoencoder approach to vein biometrics development shows promise in EAB presentation
Unsupervised learning approaches to vein recognition algorithms are approaching the state of the art, and could soon reach it, according...
 
Ex-employee accuses Apple of training iPhone biometrics by violating staff privacy
Apple was questioned about where it collected the 1 billion images it trained the Face ID biometric algorithm with by...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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