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Medical marijuana kiosks going biometric

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Cannabis Medical Solutions, a developer of various technology solutions for medical marijuana dispensaries, has announced the development of a biometric-based kiosk solution.

The new kiosks, called Cannabis Medical Terminals, require biometric authentication that will enable a registered patient with a valid prescription on file to register, order, pay for and receive their medication.


The kiosks themselves would not actually dispense the marijuana, but take care of the payment and ordering of the various strains the patient requires providing instead a receipt and label for the patient to bring to the caregiver at the dispensary who, in turn, gives the medicine to the patient.

Cannabis Medical Solutions officials see the kiosk as a solution to issues surrounding patient and dispensary needs for patient and financial security. [end] 

Gemalto announced the launch of ProtivaMedSecure, a solution package that addresses one of challenges facing health care providers: a secure digital identity.

Gemalto’s Protiva MedSecure provides a portfolio of authentication software, digital credentials, secure devices, servers and associated services. The Gemalto solution provides a single credential for secure visual identity, as well as physical and logical access to medical facilities and electronic medical records.

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Albron, an independent caterer in the Netherlands, will offer biometric- and contactless-based payments in its restaurants thanks to a newly signed agreement with pan-European payment processor Equens.

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The British government has advised that schools will not be able to use students’ biometric data unless parents consent, reports politics.co.uk.

The government’s advice, released on Tuesday for consultation, was updated to include items from the newly enacted Freedoms Act 2012. This new advice will take effect in September 2013.

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Romanian bank BRD, a unit of Société Générale, has selected Oberthur Technologies to supply multi-application payment cards. These cards have payment scheme applications, as well as the ability to host transport, access control, PKI or biometric apps.

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Carlos Permalink
March 8, 2011 10:56 PM

Interesting use of Biometrics, but what is to stop the person from giving their label to someone else thus making the validation useless?

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