Tag: Facial recognition

Podcast: How safe is biometrics?

April 6, 2017 ... Biometrics is taking off in a big way in consumer electronics, especially in smartphones. But how safe is the technology? Should we use biometrics for banking authentication? And what are the differences between consumer-grade and commercial-grade sensors? https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/podcast-how-safe-is-biometrics/

Enhancing the user’s door experience

September 1, 2015 ... ASSA ABLOY asked students at Stockholm’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology to put their imaginations to work to enhance the user experience in a door. The activity generated a number of innovative ideas, proving that doors can be used for so much more than opening and closing. Interactive doors that welcome shoppers, hinges that harvest energy, NFC post-it-like notes that enable anonymous communication between neighbors – or why not use doors as a creative space for kids to doodle? https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/enhancing-the-users-door-experience/

Keeping 007 secure

December 12, 2013 ... It’s been 50 years since the first Bond film was launched in 1962 and the gadgets from the popular series have gotten increasingly sophisticated. Some of the technology has even paved the way for modern security solutions. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/keeping-007-secure-14/

Stadiums keep track for better control

June 29, 2012 ... Technology is helping improve safety and security at football stadiums and could help consign the crowd disasters of the past to history. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/stadiums-keep-track-for-better-control-14/

Airport security grows up

December 20, 2011 ... New technologies such as Advanced Imaging Technology and video analytics could help make long lines at airport security checkpoints a thing of the past. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/airport-security-grows-up/

Kinect brings biometrics home

February 25, 2011 ... Xbox’s new Kinect device, which uses facial recognition and infrared sensors, offers a novel way to log onto a game. It could become the catalyst for more widespread biometric use at home. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/kinect-brings-biometrics-home/

Never forget a face

April 15, 2009 ... In early 2008, the media picked up on research results coming from Glasgow University that had huge implications for controlling access in all sorts of corporate, government-controlled and even public settings. Professor of Psychology Mike Burton and his colleagues reported that they had developed a system that modeled human familiarity based on variance in a series of an individual’s photographs, and that in certain samples their results approached 100 percent accuracy in automated face recognition. Would apparent advances in this form of biometric technology have the potential to replace other biometric security methods such as voice verification, fingerprinting and retinal recognition? https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/never-forget-a-face/