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UK biometrics developer receives nearly $1 million in investments

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Warwick Warp, a UK biometric developer, has developed a new fingerprint recognition system that has brought investments of £500,000 (nearly $1 million USD), according to a Coventry Telegraph article.

The new system, by using patented algorithms, can correctly identify a fingerprint even from damaged, partial, or low quality images. In addition to the new system improving upon current system’s accuracy, it also claims to increase speed and reliability.

Warwick Warp sees this new technology as being particularly lucrative in border control and forensics, however, it has a number of possible applications in business and can be used to upgrade old fingerprint systems rather than replace systems entirely.

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