Human-Computer Interaction

• [New] The new research presented in the Mobile Payment Authentication: Biometrics, Regulation & Market Forecasts 2021-2025 report found that fingerprint sensors will feature on 93% of biometrically equipped smartphones by 2025.
• [New] A new study from Juniper Research, Mobile Payment Authentication: Biometrics, Regulation & Market Forecasts 2021-2025 has found that the number of users of software-based facial recognition to secure payments will exceed 1.4 billion globally by 2025, from just 671 million in 2020.
• [New] Over the next three years, the technologies posting the largest increases in investment will be digital twins (+164%), 3D printing (+125%), augmented reality/virtual reality, and data warehouses.
• [New] Garments and footwear with integrated sensors that transmit biometric information and other datasets will reach new heights of popularity by 2030 and is set to be worth over $4bn.
• [New] The biometric technology could allow Amazon to participate in digital ID projects that combine authentication for financial services and retail with general-purpose IDs for schools and offices.
• [New] National security officials in Taiwan have recently warned the public about the use of a popular app that could allow China's spy agencies to harvest biometric information from users.
• [New] As mentioned in PR Newswire, even though it is still early days for hearables containing biometric sensors, the market forecasts predict that over $5 bn of ear-worn products containing biosensors will be sold by 2030.
• The Boris Johnson government is now funding companies to produce facial recognition technology that will utilize digital face scans to check people's vaccination status and allow or block them from entering pubs, stadiums, and other venues.
• Autonomous checkout solutions could cost one million dollars in technology expenditure per location and still require a mobile app and high-cost technology such as artificial intelligence computer vision, cameras, sensors, store renovations, and in some cases, facial recognition and biometric data.
• Over the next three years, the technologies posting the largest increases in investment will be digital twins (+164%), 3-D printing (+125%), augmented reality/virtual reality, and data warehouses.
• Facial recognition tech is becoming more sophisticated, with some firms claiming it can even read our emotions and detect suspicious behaviour.
• To decide if individuals are contagion risks requiring quarantine, the Chinese government used a color-based Health Code system that draws on individuals' travel, contact, and biometric data, obtained via smartphone.
• Europe's human rights watchdog, the Council of Europe, for its part has recommended tougher regulations on facial recognition technology, citing specifically the risks associated with the use of digital tools to gauge worker engagement.
• Samsung Card will lead the roll out in South Korea, with plans to introduce the biometric card later in 2021.
• The growing demand for data security through behavioral biometrics solutions and the presence of leading technology providers is anticipated to drive the market growth in North America.
• Airlines have doubled implementations and plan to double investment for self-boarding using biometric identity documentation by 2023.
• Garments and footwear with integrated sensors that transmit biometric information and other datasets will reach new heights of popularity by 2030 and is set to be worth more than US$4bn.
• States have begun enacting laws specifically addressing the collection and safekeeping of biometric data, with more states expected to follow suit in the coming years.
• The biometric cards will adopt a new security chipset from Samsung's System LSI Business that integrates several key discrete chips, streamlining the overall component design and enabling more efficient development.
• The FTC plans to double its efforts to identify law violations in the development and deployment of facial recognition technologies and mobile applications' use of location data that can exacerbate existing racial disparities.
• While both may be considered personal information, biometric identifying data (e.g., facial recognition) will require different safeguards than biometrically derived information (e.g., inferred data about personal preferences from eye - tracking or even BCI technologies).
• Some major companies - Amazon, IBM and Microsoft - in the facial recognition market have addressed concerns by either announcing they will not be selling products to law enforcement or that they would pause any sales.
• Greek police will be equipped with portable, smartphone-like devices capable of capturing biometric information to identify people while on patrol, reports The World.

Last updated: 18 April 2021