Did you ever imagine how many people travel each year through big European Capitals? In 2014 only for Paris Airports, the traffic represents 92 million passengers and 40% of them are flying to or coming from outside Europe. It means that almost 100 000 passports need to be checked every day. Among these passengers probably hundreds or even thousands do not want to be traced or identified. In fact, Criminals and terrorists are travelling using forge or counterfeited documents in order to cheat on their real identity and become untraceable...

In everyday life we’re confronted to technology which is based on complicated theory and principle, but this complicated science is transformed into a simple concept for everybody. As an example, the smartphone is in every hand, but how many people know the concentrated science inside a smartphone? The answer is few people, and that’s normal. We don’t want complicated object, we just want a powerful and efficient object, whatever is based on complex science...

Confidence is a cornerstone for our societies to enjoy the benefits of an open world and mitigate the risks posed by increased regional tensions and the spread of a dark economy. Identity authentication systems enable such confidence, and the e-ID challenge is to integrate them into the digital and mobility age, while caring for citizens’ concern about the security and privacy balance...

Banknotes are beautiful; like music, paintings, jewelry, they are inspiring; they are the proud of a nation, the mirror of their history, the skyline of their future. They are a concentrate of creativity, spirit, science and legacy; the most talented artists, ancient techniques carried over thru civilizations...

It takes a big deal of engineering research and obstinacy to understand how the optical marvels in the surrounding nature work. Look for example to the deep iridescent blue wings of the morpho butterfly. The mystery behind this phenomenon puzzled scientists for centuries till someone discovered that the wings are colorless and that microstructures cover them that interact with incident light to create this impressive blue color...

Fraud involving identification documents, commonly known as ID fraud, affects a growing number of individuals and organizations around the world. Worse, the interconnected nature of today’s world has turned the problem into a truly global menace. Losses suffered as a result of ID fraud run into billions of dollars each year...