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Sagem rolls out new biometric tech

Monday, November 23, 2009

Sagem Sécurité has introduced its “Face on the Fly” and “Finger on the Fly” biometric technology for at the Milipol trade show and exhibition in Paris.

Sagem Sécurité’s on-the-fly facial recognition technology, “Face on the Fly,” features a facial image acquisition process based on a system of synchronized video cameras enabling the face to be reconstructed as a 3D image, regardless of how subjects hold their head.

The company’s “Finger on the Fly” technology can capture and process the fingerprints from a moving hand in just a few seconds. [end] 

In an effort to streamline passenger security, Jakarta, Indonesia’s Soekarno-Hatta Airport has opened the country’s first biometric immigration gate.

Fingerprint biometric identification provider BIO-key International, Inc. and Oakwell Engineering Limited partnered to create the new gate, designed for use by passengers with electronic passports. Passengers submit their e-passports and authenticate with a fingerprint.

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The First National Bank (FNB) in South Africa has implemented a biometric identification system enabling customers of the bank to secure access to their accounts with their fingerprints, according to a Business Live article.

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ID Tech has announced the release of its new Xpress CM100 module, enabling merchants to accept contactless payments from debit or credit cards, fobs and NFC-enabled mobile phones.

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A new report on the market for biometric technology in India forecasted a 42.4% compound annual growth rate for the industry in the four year span. TechNavio, a market intelligence reporting company, reviews and forecasts the period of 2010 through 2014 from

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Raptor Identification Systems unveiled two new mobile biometric devices. The two new solutions, called RaptorONE-TM and RaptorPAD-TM, both run on the Android Mobile Operating System with one being powered by a smart phone and the other a tablet.

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The University of Central Florida (UCF) implemented a biometric vein scanning system in an effort to prevent unauthorized persons from entering certain campus facilities, according to a student newspaper.

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