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RFID-facial recognition combination offered in Canada

Friday, August 22, 2008

Canadian consulting firm RFID ProSolutions has teamed with Chicago-based RFID manufacturer RFID Solutions to create a multi-platform authentication program for the Canadian market. The technology platform, Trusted eSentry Security (TES), combines facial recognition, RFID and other options to create a security product aimed at the aerospace, drug manufacturing and finance industries.

The standard version of TES, which features technology from RFID Solutions and the marketing expertise of RFID ProSolutions, uses a system requiring facial recognition scans combined with an encoded RFID-enabled card or badge. RFID Solutions founder Harold Clampitt touts these security measures as the most secure, as they do not require physical contacts which can be duplicated, such as fingerprints or codes. As an additional plus for some industries, the lack of contact makes it easier for employees to avoid inadvertent damage to the system.


The platform also enables other options like fingerprint, iris and voice identification plus a PIN pad, due to customer demand.

TES is targeted primarily at businesses that need to manage highly-sensitive information. Research and development labs in the aerospace and pharmaceutical industries are an ideal customer, as well as financial services, where multiple level of security are needed but it is not cost-effective to staff security guards. [end] 

Luxand announced release of a free, downloadable version of its Blink! facial recognition software. The software provides as a biometric-based login service Windows 7 and Windows Vista operating systems via a user’s regular webcam. In addition to authenticating the individual accessing the computer, Blink! also takes and records a still image of each person trying to access the computer to help prevent unauthorized access, and touts the ability to correctly recognize stored faces despite poor lighting conditions or basic changes in a user’s look such as glasses or hair cuts.  

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Biometric Intelligence & Identification Technologies has announced it has been awarded a contract with the Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association (MSA) for providing facial recognition systems to each county’s sheriff’s department as well as a number of individual police departments in the state.

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Airports in Barcelona and Madrid in Spain have installed self-service kiosks available for use by holders of Spanish citizen ID cards or European Community electronic passports, according to a Pro Security Zone article.

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Animetrics has announced the release of a new facial recognition authentication service available on certain mobile phones.

The service, called FaceR CredentialME, is available on devices using the Android, Windows Mobile and RIM operating systems on the Sprint 3G or 4G networks and was launched in conjunction with Troy Security Solutions, a mobile products and solutions provider.

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Human Recognition Systems, a developer of biometric solutions, has partnered with Thales to develop technology for the UK’s INSTINCT-Technology Demonstrator 2 (TD2) Airport Security Program. The INSTINCT-TD2 program is conceived in hopes of developing, trialing and showcasing the next step in airport security technology solutions by having the government work closely with private industry.

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A facial recognition system developed by California-based biometric technology developer Airborne Biometrics Group (ABG) is seeing use in a number of industries including government, casinos, transportation and corporations, according to a Las Vegas Review-Journal article.

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