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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.

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.

Pioneering research from the University of Southampton using electrical currents to grow materials that could create tiny tech the size of atoms will be on show at the Royal Society’s annual Summer Science Exhibition, which opens to the public this week (Tuesday 30thJune 2015).

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have unveiled an important step in the conversion of light into storable energy, studying the formation of so-called polarons in zinc oxide. The pseudoparticles travel through the photoactive material until they are converted into electrical or chemical energy at an interface. Their findings, relevant to photovoltaics, are published in the journal Nature Communications.

At this year’s Mobile World Congress, Intel’s CEO, Brian Krzanich, announced a series of mobile platforms including the company’s low-cost SoC for phones, phablets and tablets, a global LTE solution, personal computing experiences and a range of customers for mobile device and network infrastructure offerings.

Securing M2M communications using a physical unclonable function. By G. Richard Newell, Senior Principal Product Architect, SoC Group, Microsemi.

MicroCare will introduce its latest range of electronics cleaners and SMT production aids in Booth 2733 at IPC APEX EXPO, scheduled to take place 24thto 26thFebruary 2015, at the San Diego Convention Centre, California.The company will introduce its improved VOC-free TidyPen ‘60-second sticky stuff remover’, a time-saving tool for electronics manufacturing, repair shops and medical facilities.

Every hospital administrator, CFO and medical group CEO must comply with recent regulations from federal HIPAA and HITECH legislation, or risk forfeiting funds previously received from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Great emphasis is being placed on physicians and paramedical staff, as well as record keeping and insurance-billing departments, actually using the EMRs (Electronic Medical Records) as required.

SCHOTT has expanded its coating expertise in the area of specialty glass and introduced the first permanently anti-reflective and oleophobic (DARO) coating to the market for use on SCHOTT’s proven glass CONTURAN. This is the first coating that allows for anti-reflective cover glasses for professional touch displays that are protected against fingerprints and other soiling. The multifunctional DARO coating is particularly well suited for use...

SCHOTT offers a wide variety of specialty glass products for use in touch displays. From cover glasses for large format professional displays in public places to protective glasses for smartphones, tablets and Ultrabooks and even control panels and displays in automobiles, the company offers many different solutions. The second main focus will be on wafers made of ultra-thin glass for applications in semiconductor technology, but also for applica...