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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] 

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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Next Generation Vending and Food Service, a Massachusetts-based company that deals in hi-tech vending machines, is trialing new vending machines that include biometrics, credit card-based machines and those featuring touchscreens in the northeast, according to a CrunchGear article.

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The 10th Annual Tech Titans and Titan Fast Awards have named Entrust’s IdentityGuard Mobile application a finalist in the Corporate Horizon category. The award is granted by the Texas based technology trade organization, Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC).

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Global Rainmakers (GRI) has partnered with Tech Imagine, a document scanner technology company, to provide iris-based biometric solutions to Tech Imagine’s banking industry customers in Latin America and the Caribbean. The hope for Tech Imagine is to establish pilot programs utilizing GRI’s iris recognition technology at banks that are currently using Tech Imagine technology such as their check scanners.

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While new high-tech vending machines are being released with options such as touch screens, nutritional information displays, wireless coin dispensers, stock monitors and biometric payments, some feel the idea of moving forward with biometric-based payments on the devices may not work yet, according to a Retail Solutions Online article.

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GloberRanger Corp., a provider of RFID, mobility, and sensor-based solutions, has been named a finalist in the Emerging Company Horizon Award category as part of the 10th Annual Tech Titans and Titan Fast Tech.

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