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Newest 'finger-touch ID' eliminates cards

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

The BioWedge fingerprint scanning solution plugs into a USB port and replaces your existing card scanner or keypunch device. A touch on the scanner instantly recognizes only registered guests, customers and employees and then pulls up their customer or employee record. No one else can sign in for them and they have no cards to lose. BioWedge can ID members or employees in 1.5 seconds with no maintenance. BioWedge works instantly for point-of-sale, club membership software, time and attendance systems or any ID-based solution.


Newest ‘finger-touch ID’ eliminates cards–saves you thousands of dollars

Our new BioWedge fingerprint scanning solution simply plugs into a USB port and replaces your existing card scanner or keypunch device. A quick touch on the small scanner instantly recognizes your customer’s finger then pulls up their customer or employee record. No one else can sign in for them.

BioWedge works instantly for point-of-sale, club membership software, time and attendance systems or any identification based solution. If you can type in an ID number and find a record in your existing Windows based software–BioWedge works.

With BioWedge you ‘know for sure’

  • Only registered guests or employees are gaining access
  • Convenient for the customer–nothing to forget, misplace or lose
  • Save thousands of dollars per year in card replacement costs
  • One to many identification from 500 to 20,000
  • Easy to enroll–BioWedge can ID members or employees in 1.5 seconds with no maintenance
  • KEEP YOUR EXISTING SOFTWARE APPLICATION–USB plug in
  • Stand alone or client-server via TCP-IP
  • One year instant replacement warranty
  • Complete solutions for VIP, check cashing, age verification, cafeteria point-of-sale and more (custom available)

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