LAPD Studies Facial Recognition Software
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The Los Angeles Police Department is experimenting with facial-recognition software it says will help identify suspects, but civil liberties advocates say the technology raises privacy concerns and may not identity people accurately.
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A breakthrough in computer-assisted mind reading brings us closer to predicting criminality. Should the justice system adapt? Commentary by Jennifer Granick.
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Researcher who found vulnerabilities in California's e-voting systems looks ahead to better auditing.
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European Commission proposed biometric checks include face screening and automated security checks.
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A Japanese company has developed &quot;smile  checker&quot; software that can tell whether someone looks happy,  sad or somewhere in between.
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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has awarded Lockheed Martin a $1 billion contract to build a next-generation biometrics-based identification system.The biometric collection system and database, which has raised concerns of privacy groups, would include imaging of irises, faces and other identifying characteristics, the FBI said in a news release late Tuesday. Lockheed Martin will design, develop, test, and deploy the Next Generation Identification System over the 10-year life of the contract.The new system will expand on the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division&#39;s Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), primarily a fingerprint-based identification system operated in Clarksburg, West Virginia, the FBI said.&quot;IAFIS has been a fantastic tool in support of criminal justice and the war on terror,&quot; Thomas E. Bush III, assistant director of the FBI&#39;s CJIS Division, said in a statement. &quot;[The new system] will give us bigger, better, faster capabilities and lead us into the future.&quot;The American Civil Liberties Union has raised concerns about the biometric database, saying it&#39;s part of the U.S. government&#39;s efforts to collect more and more information about residents.The new system will expand fingerprint capacity, doubling the size of the FBI&#39;s current database, and will also include palm prints, iris and facial recognition, Lockheed Martin said in a news release. The system will be designed to be flexible enough to accommodate future biometric technologies, the company said.Among the companies working with Lockheed Martin on the contract will be Accenture and BAE Systems Information Technology.Lockheed Martin will provide program management and oversight as well as development of biometric and large systems, the company said. Accenture&#39;s responsibilities will include interoperability and change management. BAE will work on external interface requirements engineering and security design.The FBI contract was awarded through an open bidding process. Northrop Grumman and IBM also bid on the contract.
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Image recognition service will be available online this year, Polar Rose says.
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Curious marketers use 3-D face maps and algorithms to test consumers' reactions to various foods.
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The Department of Homeland Security's Project Hostile Intent aims to use behavioral profiling technology to catch bad guys posing as good guys. But getting it to work could be a challenge.
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Manchester swaps traditional employee access cards for an iris recognition system.
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The contract for a biometric database system that would track citizens' irises, faces, palm prints and other identifying marks goes to Lockheed Martin, which will be paid $1 billion for its development.
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Looks to commercial surveillance tools
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CLARKSBURG, W. Va. -- The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world's largest computer database of peoples' physical characteristics, a project that would give the government unprecedented abilities to identify individuals in the United States and abroad.
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Facial and fingerprint data will be stored on an embedded chip.
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Scientists are studying how people perceive faces in hopes of improving face-recognition systems.
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A federal agency examines forensic tools to help law enforcement extract data from handheld gadgets.
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Fraud Sciences, a private company, has developed technology designed to differentiate between real and fraudulent transactions.