Certain passengers arriving at Dublin Airport are able to avail of self-service immigration control at Ireland's borders thanks to a pilot of automated border control (ABC) gates put in place by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service(INIS) and the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA). As part of this project, SITA's iBorders biometric gates use the latest…
Tag: Biometrics
Homeland Security Corporation (HSCC) appoints biometrics-savy President
Homeland Security Corporation has appointed Mr. Dore Perler as the Company's new president, in charge of day to day operations. Mr. Perler brings over twenty years of industry experience and contacts to the company, from both public markets and the security sector. Mr. Perler has a previous background as the CEO of a publicly traded…
Cross Match provides palm scanners for Japanese national law enforcement
Cross Match Technologies announced that it delivered a custom version of its L SCAN 500P palm scanner to NEC for deployment by the Japanese national law enforcement agency. This deployment represents another step in the cooperation between Cross Match, NEC, and the end user. “Cross Match provided the first generation palm scanners to the agency…
Gemalto inks visa and border management system deal in Ghana
Gemalto has been appointed as prime contractor and turnkey supplier to provide Ghana Immigration Services (GIS) with a highly secure electronic visa and border management solution. This initiative is part of the eGhana project, an ambitious plan with backing from the World Bank to create a modern IT infrastructure that can support the country’s sustainable…
Gatwick Airport tests the future of identity management with biometric mobile app trial
Human Recognition Systems (HRS) has successfully trialled the demonstration of an innovative, forward thinking passenger journey experience to Gatwick Airport. The concept behind the trial simulation was to illustrate the ‘art of the possible’ in terms of enhancing and quite importantly personalising each passenger’s journey through the airport. In order to showcase this vision…
VIDEO: Cognitec brings face recognition to digital signage market
Visitors to the 2013 Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas showed great interest in Cognitec's newly released version of FaceVACS-VideoScan and the use of anonymous face recognition for intelligent signage. The software can compute the precise count and viewing time for persons looking at a digital sign, but also trigger the display of a targeted…
MorphoTrak to supply automated biometric identification system to Orange County
California has selected MorphoTrak to provide MorphoBIS, its next generation Biometric Identification System, for the county’s new biometric identification system. Housed in the Orange County Crime Lab, MorphoBIS will provide real-time identification of suspects and criminals with unrivalled accuracy and enhanced productivity as more crimes are solved more quickly. MorphoBIS will fully integrate fingerprints and…
AOptix lands DoD deal to turn smartphones into biometric verification reader
AOptix has been awarded a contract to develop Smart Mobile Identity devices for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). AOptix will be working with CACI International Inc., a leading information solutions and services provider, as a key subcontractor to deliver this commercial-for-classified solution to the DoD. AOptix was awarded the contract based on the company’s…