Researchers at the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate explained how camera systems’ capacity for varied skin tones can make or break an accurate biometric reading.

SRI’s drive-up biometric system brings the security of iris recognition to vehicle entry points. This breakthrough iris recognition system extends the use of identity authentication to the perimeter.

Thanks greatly to the consumerization of biometrics within smartphones, biometrics has come to be seen as a low-cost, low-friction means of authentication. But biometrics vary greatly in terms of ...