Visa and Mastercard have chips embedded in hundreds of millions of credit and debit cards around the world. They're used in more than 200 countries and process billions of payments each year. And they ...

Without you necessarily realizing it, your unique attributes — or "biometrics" — are being used to verify your identity. Every time you unlock your smartphone, use a fingerprint scanner at the airport ...

Headquartered in Spartanburg, SC, Integrated Biometrics was founded in 2002 as an alternative solution to the commonly used traditional optical and silicon fingerprint technologies. Our stable and ...

The words “biometric fingerprint scanning” are never going to fill seats or win fans. It’s a technical phrase that sounds boring, and we’ve been seeing biometric scanners in odd electronics for years ...

Cross Fujitsu's palm with silver and you'll get a biometric scanner — pictured in our CeBIT 2005 gallery — that identifies people by looking at the veins in the hands. The infrared scanner, the ...

Scanners that probe brain activity and heart rate are among the next generation of biometric security sensors being developed by the EU. As part of an EU-backed trial, volunteers were sat in front of ...

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is integrating biometric technology that will ease the wait time for travelers willing to pay a fee. Biometric screening company Clear unveiled kiosks with ...

Credit cards began as simple pieces of cardboard. The first "modern" credit card was used by Frank McNamara in 1950 after he forgot his wallet one too many times. Instead, he started using the Diners ...

Doctors in Brazil are using phony silicon fingers to fool biometric scanners. Sneaky? Sure. But you really gotta hand it to them. We all know passwords suck – they’re hard to remember, a pain in the ...