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HRS launches software for mobile biometric devices

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Human Recognition Systems (HRS), a developer of and consultant for biometric technology, has announced the launch of a new mobile biometric platform designed to run on mobile biometric devices such as the ones the armed forces are employing in their operations.

The platform is capable of taking iris, face and fingerprint samples acquired by the devices and communicate the data with a remote database via both secured wired connections or secured wireless connections.

Additionally, the new technology, which was developed with military applications in mind, is already in use by military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. Officials from HRS are confident that their platform will greatly assist armed forces in their ability to better and more efficiently identify and track insurgents as they are encountered in field operations. [end] 

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