A system for three-dimensional (3-D) fingerprint identification has been developed by adopting ground breaking 3-D fingerprint minutiae recovery and matching technology, pushing contactless biometric ...

Like every snowflake ever made, every fingerprint etched onto a person’s skin is one-of-a-kind. Since the late 1800s, fingerprints have been used by authorities to identify individuals who may have ...

The FBI today said it’s made a long-awaited switch from its Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) to an upgraded, faster one the FBI calls Advanced Fingerprint Information Technology ...

Biometric identification from a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger is often used as evidence in criminal investigations. Yes, now we can use the same biometric ...

Overworked crime scene investigators can take heart at the results of recent tests of new technologies that automate the manual portion of latent fingerprint identification. Overworked crime scene ...

The research team of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed a system for three-dimensional (3D) fingerprint identification by adopting ground breaking 3D fingerprint recovery and ...

John Mello is a freelance technology and business writer who lives in Woonsocket, R.I. Fingerprints have long been the most widely used biometric identifier, but technological advancements are helping ...

Discover the unique marvel of fingerprints, those intricate patterns on our fingertips that remain unchanged from birth.

HONG KONG - The research team of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed a system for three-dimensional (3D) fingerprint identification by adopting ground breaking 3D fingerprint ...