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Biometric solution comes to UK truckers

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

North East Time Recorders, in a partnership with fellow UK-based time and attendance tracker Computime Systems, has developed and delivered a new biometric time and attendance tracking solution designed for use by trucking companies to better track drivers’ bonus, overtime and holiday hours, according to a Transport News article.

The system requires a swipe of one’s fingerprint for authentication through a Krypton fingerprint reader.


Beyond assisting with the maintenance of payroll and other human resources’ duties, the system is also proving to be valuable in identifying when vehicles are due for maintenance. Officials from North East Time Recorders are touting the system as being user-friendly, easy to install and PC compatible while further citing trial runs with the technology when touting the money saving benefits their system creates.

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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 Peninsula Taxi Association (PTA) in South Africa has launched a electronic fare collection system, granting commuters cashless fare and discounts when using the newly developed contactless-enabled transit card, according to The Cape Times.

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MTN Irancell, one of Iran’s mobile operators, has teamed up with Etick Pars Intelligent Technologies and Bank Pasargad to develop a mobile wallet solution for the Iranian Market.

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Boston-based Revosys has announced that it will implement NFC payment processing in its upcoming “Interactive V5 In-Taxi” advertising system.

According to Revosys, the upgraded Interactive V5 will allow passengers to pay for fares with NFC-enabled mobile phones, contactless credit and debit cards, and traditional magnetic stripe cards.

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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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Lumidigm announced a partnership with Tiger IT Bangladesh Limited to bring a criminal identity solution that utilizes iris recognition and will also offer fingerprint recognition sensors from Lumidigm.

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