Stanford Study Uses Facial Recognition to Guess People’s Political Affiliations
Stanford researcher Michal Kosinski has published a study that suggests that facial recognition can be used to predict someone’s political affiliation. In the…
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Australian Researchers’ Speech Database Could Help Devices Understand Kids
Researchers in Australia have embarked on a project that could ultimately help voice interfaces to interact with Australian children. As ABC Radio Sydney…
Academics Divided Over Ethics of Biometric Facial Recognition Research
Some members of the academic community are starting to question the dubious ethical foundations of facial recognition research. The critics are particularly…
Researchers Use Bear Biometrics for Research, Conservation Efforts
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…
Researchers Print Biometric Sensors Directly Onto Human Body
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,…
SUNY Buffalo Pioneers 3D Finger Vein Biometric Authentication Technique
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…
Regula Announces New R&D Lab in Ukraine
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…
Durham Study Slightly Reduces Racial Bias of Biometric Face Algorithms
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…
Canadian Researchers Use Slime to Pull Better Forensic Fingerprints
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 […]
Fingerprint Sensors Can Help Identify Disaster Victims Much Faster: Researchers
A new technical review from France’s Institut de Recherche Criminelle de la Gendarmerie Nationale highlights the benefits of fingerprint biometrics technology…