Stanford researcher Michal Kosinski has published a study that suggests that facial recognition can be used to predict someone’s political affiliation. In the study, Kosinski developed a facial recognition algorithm […]

Researchers in Australia have embarked on a project that could ultimately help voice interfaces to interact with Australian children. As ABC Radio Sydney reports, the project entails the collection of […]

Some members of the academic community are starting to question the dubious ethical foundations of facial recognition research. The critics are particularly concerned about the ways in which biometric data […]

A team of researchers is using facial recognition to identify brown bears in the wild. The BearID app is able to identify individual bears with 83.9 percent accuracy, and can […]

An international team of scientists has figured out how to print biometric sensors directly onto a person’s body. The sensors can be printed without any heat, offer wireless connectivity, and […]

A team of researchers at SUNY Buffalo has developed a new 3D finger vein authentication technique that could be more difficult to spoof than the current 2D alternatives. The solution […]

Belarus-based Regula has opened a new office in Ukraine in partnership with a major academic institution. The new office will act as a kind of subsidiary R&D lab, operating as […]

A team of researchers from Durham University’s Computer Science Department have shared the results of a study that set out to reduce racial bias in facial recognition algorithms. The study […]

Slime is poised to become the next big thing in fingerprint forensics. At least, that’s the case being made in a new study that is set to appear in the […]

A new technical review from France’s Institut de Recherche Criminelle de la Gendarmerie Nationale highlights the benefits of fingerprint biometrics technology in forensic investigations, and of Integrated Biometrics’ fingerprint sensors […]