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Institutions looking towards biometrics for people tracking

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Oklahoma City based biometrics developer, Human Element Biometrics, has developed a tool to help ease the problems associated with current paper sign-in systems at correctional institutions such as halfway houses, according to a News OK article.

With paper based sign-in systems these institutions were never able to be completely sure whether or not those signatures were coming from the people they were supposed to, however, with the company’s new system, fingerprint recognition eliminates the questioning of a signers identity.

The technology is piggybacking off of technology used by RG2 Solutions, the company from which Human Element Biometrics was spun-off, for customer verification at credit unions. In addition to the fingerprint technology, the company also supplies customers with two separate applications, called BioConnector and Digital Persona Pro, which help them transition to or add fingerprint technology into their infrastructure.

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