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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] 

Cubic Transportation Systems is bringing its “I Heat My Card” themed video contest to this week’s American Public Transportation Association (APTA) EXPO 2011.

According to Cubic, “I Heart My Card” lets the public give creative expression to how their transit card makes their life and travel easier and more enjoyable. The social media-based contest is open through Nov. 11 to users of the Atlanta Breeze Card, Los Angeles Tap Card, Minneapolis Go-To Card and Miami/South Florida Easy Card.

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The Web Authorization Protocol (OAuth) has submitted OAuth 2.0, a framework for using security identity access tokens for native mobile application and API security, to the Internet Engineering Task Force’s (IETF) Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG), reports ZDNet.

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With many states requiring voter ID cards, and if you’re a student, proof of enrollment, some colleges are offering students free cards that will enable them to vote.

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Personal information of 9,000 current and prospective students was inadvertently posted online by Valencia College in Orlando. The school has apologized for the mistake.

The information included the students’ names, addresses, dates of birth and student ID numbers but not their Social Security numbers or financial information.

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Washington D.C. high school and middle school students now need a DC One Card to ride the city’s transit system. The card is a single ID card that gives students access to most D.C. government programs and facilities, including recreation centers, libraries, and the Metro.

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Students at Park Hills, Mo.-based Mineral Area College will be receiving their financial aid refunds faster this year through a prepaid card issued by Central National Bank in Oklahoma.

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