Biometrics, the branch of biology that singles out individuals using unique identifiers, such as fingerprints, is creating new opportunities for integrators as a roster of state and local governments ...

"Diamonds are Forever," 1971: James Bond leaves a fake fingerprint on a glass, which then fakes out a spy's high-tech scanner, which in Hollywood terms means that it uses a lot of red lights. "Never ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

For decades, biometric identification has been the province of high-security applications. Retinal reflection and hand geometry, for instance, are used to lock down top-secret government and financial ...

Why would anyone want to steal the fingerprints of Federal government employees? Not for identity theft; it is all about biometric espionage. Sign up here. Earlier this summer the United States ...

GREENPORT — Incarcerated individuals at the Columbia County Jail are having their retinas scanned to check their identities and to verify they are receiving the proper medications. Their scans are ...