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Precision announces contest for engineering students

Friday, September 18, 2009

Precision Biometrics, a developer of biometrics systems and solutions, has announced a challenge for engineering students in hopes of garnering interest among the future graduates in pursuing a career in biometrics.

The challenge provides enrolled students with a kit containing a special fingerprint scanner, drivers for the scanner, the .dlls to access the scanner and information on fingerprint scanning and other items pertinent for the project.


Each student will need to create code that works with the scanner to provide results that at least cover enrollment of 25 fingerprints, storage of the templates, identification of unique templates and scanning of stored templates to test whether a 26th submitted template is in the database. All students are expected to follow a set of rules set out by precise so that each submission can be evaluated on the same grade scale. [end] 

SmartMetric, a developer of portable biometric solutions, has announced that its biometric activated data card can now be used to contain full medical history and health records on the individual. The card, called the SmartMetric Data Card, is a standard sized card that has the capability of holding multiple pages of data as well as being inaccessible without the holder first scanning his fingerprint on the card itself.

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The Palos Heights School District 128 in Chicago is using GPS technology to track its students allowing the district to keep up with the student–when he or she first entered the school bus and when the student exited the district’s care.

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Students at Salt Lake Community College use their OneCard, the campus’ official ID card, to access a variety of resources, services, and entertainment, according to student newspaper.

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Biometric Signature ID (BSI) announced positive results from a study of their software-only approach to biometric authentication for students using PCs. The new solution utilizes gesture biometrics via a user’s mouse and is envisioned to provide distance-learning students a more effective and secure means of accessing personal student files, discussion groups and other private areas of school networks.

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Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has announced an award of $50,000 to the University of Kent in the UK to support its Biometric Grand Challenge competition, a contest that recognizes innovative work by doctoral degree candidates in the biometric sector.

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University of Central Florida has expanded its card services to offer students more options when using and managing their student ID cards, according Central Florida Future.

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