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Tag: biometric sensors

New Apple AirPod patent reveals biometric health-tracking capabilities

Thursday, July 6, 2017 4:28 pm3 Comments

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 43 newly granted patents for Apple…

Amazing iPhone iOS anti-theft features detailed in new Apple patent

Thursday, July 17, 2014 6:01 pmThursday, July 17, 201417 Comments

An iPhone can set off an alert or automatically lock the device based on…

iHealth: Meet the new wearable ‘dream team’ Apple hired from fashion, fitness and medicine

Wednesday, May 14, 2014 11:12 amWednesday, May 14, 20146 Comments

Apple has been developing a sensor-laden, fitness- and medical-focused wearable…

Skip the fingerprint scanner; use your heartbeat to unlock your phone, car, doors, and make payments

Tuesday, May 6, 2014 2:28 pmTuesday, May 6, 201417 Comments

An ECG is very difficult to counterfeit…

Apple, Google, and others are laying the foundation for the ‘Internet of you’

Thursday, March 27, 2014 5:00 pmThursday, March 27, 20143 Comments

Wearable technology is on a collision course with the Internet of everything…

If Apple’s new iPhone 5S has fingerprint authentication, can it be hacked?

Monday, September 9, 2013 1:30 pmMonday, September 9, 201323 Comments

When Apple bought AuthenTec for its biometrics technology…

Apple patent application details fingerprint scanner hidden within bezel of iOS devices, MacBooks and beyond

Thursday, June 20, 2013 9:01 amThursday, June 20, 201311 Comments

Apple has been working on biometric sensors for fingerprint scanners…

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