A number of universities in China have turned to biometrics to support access control to academic and residence facilities, and a new dorm at Shanghai Normal University is taking this trend to another level.

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Yet another Chinese university is implementing facial recognition on its campus. The latest to join the growing trend is Beijing’s Tsinghua University, where facial recognition is being used to verify visitor identity at perimeter entrances to campus.

A number of higher education institutions in China have deployed biometric solutions for access and payments in recent months, and adding to the list is Peking University. The university has now installed facial recognition readers at perimeter access gates to control access to its Beijing campus.

A university in Buenos Aires, Argentina could b set to issue multi-function, biometric-enabled student ID cards. The cards will come from manufacturer SmartMetric via the company’s regional distributor Grupo Datco.

A high school in Hangzhou City on the eastern coast of China is using facial recognition technology to monitor student attentiveness while in the classroom. Hangzhou Number 11 High School has installed three cameras at the front of the classroom to scan student faces every 30 seconds to analyze facial expressions and detect student moods.

Denmark’s Copenhagen Business School will be one of the first institutions in the world to enable students to make purchases in a restaurant and coffee shop using only their finger.