Monthly Archives: October 2013
Keesing Journal 41
Editorial:
Full circle
Innovation:
Current aspects in machine authentication of security documents
Part 1: Do we need optical document security?
General interest:
Innovation drives hologram document...
Keesing Journal 42
Editorial:
The human factor
General interest:
Optiks™: past, present and future
How experimental work can lead to different opportunities
Practical experience:
Meeting...
Hype or trend?
Sector organisation IATA predicts flight movements will grow by 30% by the end of 2016 (an increase of 800 million travellers). All these travellers...
Meeting the Olympic challenge
In the summer of 2012, London hosted the biggest sporting event in the world: the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Many commentators agree that the...
Optiks™: past, present and future
In this article, Malcolm Knight discusses the history, technology and status of the banknote feature termed Optiks™. The journey has not been straightforward and...
Fighting crime in Africa
The organisation and management of a country’s identity infrastructure requires the continuous attention of the government. The changes in types of fraud and the...
Part 2: Seeing eye to eye on iris recognition
Ravi Das
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, the use of biometrics increased dramatically as a means of positively verifying and/or identifying an individual....
SPARK®
This article focuses on the innovative optical technology SPARK®, designed for front-line authentication required for level one protection. The cutting-edge technology - encompassing patented...
New application makes life easier
As all around the world people are becoming increasingly mobile, new demands are being placed on their technological environment. Modern nomads want to make...
ADA-Compliant Mobile ID App Raises the Bar on Accessibility
Editor’s note: PR Newswire released the following press release on September 26. 2024.
IDEMIA Public Security, the leading provider of convenient and trusted biometric-based solutions, reinforces...
Advanced Generative AI: The Latent Diffusion Model
To conclude his series on advanced Generative AI topics, Ravi Das explores the Latent Diffusion Model—how it works and the advantages it offers.
The “Latent...
New 100- and 200-Krone Updated Danish Banknotes
The Danmarks Nationalbank continues to update its 2009 Series of banknotes. The first of the upgraded banknotes, called the 2009A Series, was the new...
Burkina Faso’s New Biometric Passport Drops ECOWAS Logo
The West African country of Burkina Faso launched a new biometric passport in early September, modernizing its security features while also making a bold...
Advanced Generative AI: The DALL-E-2 Algorithm
In this instalment of his series on advanced topics in Generative AI, expert Ravi Das explores a cutting-edge solution known as the DALL-E-2 algorithm,...