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Jordan choses NXP’s SmartMX2 MCU for contactless ID card
The Civil Status and Passports Department (CSPD) in Jordan has chosen NXP’s secure SmartMX2 MCU for its new contactless citizen ID card. The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MoICT) anticipates deploying the SmartMX2-based Jordanian ID cards to increase national security, improve counterfeit protection and extend public services.
Laser pulses could enable long-distance monitoring
Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have found a way of using mid-infrared lasers to turn regions of molecules in the open air into glowing filaments of electrically charged gas, or plasma. The method could make it possible to carry out remote environmental monitoring to detect a wide range of chemicals with high sensitivity. The system makes use of a mid-infrared ultra-fast pulsed laser system to generate the filaments, whose colors can reveal the ...
Uncertain times ahead for the MEMS market, says Yole
Recent years have been a golden age for MEMS markets, with large, increasing volumes driven by consistent smart phone shipment growth. “We have now entered more uncertain times,” announces Yole Développement. The market for smart phones/portable applications is levelling out, meaning MEMS markets are growing more slowly than in previous years.Today, CAGR from 2015-2021 for the value of MEMS markets will be 8.9%, moving from $11...
Fingerprint sensors flourish as smartphone security tightens
The rise of fingerprint sensors in mobile phones has brought biometric security to the masses, with a brand new technology set to make it even more secure, writes Sally Ward-Foxton.
Laser to shine light on remote sensing
A revolutionary new type of laser developed by the University of Adelaide is promising major advances in remote sensing of greenhouse gases. Published in the journal Optics Letters, a research team from the University of Adelaide and Macquarie University has shown that the new laser can operate over a large range within the infrared light spectrum.
Student develops fingerprint-based authentication app
With an eye toward improving cybersecurity, a Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences student developed a mobile app-based authentication system that enables users to log in to websites using a characteristic that is impossible to forget: their fingerprint. Nicholas Boucher, a computer science concentrator, and three teammates recently won the Cambridge University Hack-a-thon Cybersecurity Challenge for their app, Clear...
Device 'fingerprints' could help protect power grid
Researchers are using the same principle to identify devices on electrical grid control networks, using their unique electronic "voices" - fingerprints produced by the devices' individual physical characteristics - to determine which signals are legitimate and which signals might be from attackers.A similar approach could also be used to protect networked industrial control systems in oil and gas refineries, manufacturing facilities, wastewater t...
3D fingerprint identification system is contactless and accurate
Traditional fingerprint identification by pressing or rolling of finger against the hard surface often results in partial or degraded images due to improper finger placement, skin deformation, slippages, or smearing. Therefore touchless 3D finger imaging can provide more accurate personal identification as rich information is available from 3D fingerprint images.
Technique uses UV-lit fingerprints to fight crime
Have you ever watched one of those crime series on television? If so, you've probably seen the traditional methods of fingerprinting. A scientist has developed something a little different.
Forget fingerprints, you can pay with your heartbeat
Since the advent of biometric authentication, a myriad of devices have been introduced in an attempt to replace traditional cash and cards, including fingerprint and iris scanners. Now there is a new method available using heartbeats. The Nymi Band is a secure, wearable authenticator that increases convenience and security through continuous, biometrically authenticated,proximity-based access control.