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Fulcrum announces new fingerprint scanner for iPod Touch

Monday, May 16, 2011

Fulcrum Biometrics has announced the release of a new fingerprint recognition accessory and accompanying application designed for use with the iPod Touch that utilizes TouchChip silicon fingerprint sensors from fellow biometrics developer AuthenTec.

The new solution, called FbF mobileOne, snaps onto iPod Touches from the 2nd, 3rd or 4th generations and enables a user to utilize fingerprint biometrics Fulcrum asserts is robust enough for use in government, medical and law enforcement applications.


Specifically, Fulcrum is pushing their new solution as a perfect fit for applications wherein biometric voter registration in rural areas is part of a project as the mobile nature and long battery life of the iPod enables easy use far away from accessible electricity.

Additional applications that are being pushed as a fit for the FbF mobileOne include time and attendance tracking for construction or farm workers and on-site law enforcement warrant searches. [end] 

British journal Benchmark Magazine, a monthly publication about security technology, found after testing a variety of fingerprint readers, that those using multispectral imaging provide more consistent readings than those relying on optical scans only.

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Thanks to device add-ons from companies, such as Fulcrum Biometrics, the iPhone is seeing increase in demand as a tool for law enforcement, according to a Cult of Mac article.

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Fulcrum Biometrics teamed up with At-Scene, a mobile law enforcement application company, to create the iBolo TM law enforcement mobile app, which is integrated with the FbF mobileOne biometric fingerprint accessory.

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Sensor supplier Fingerprint Cards AB (FPC) has extended its partnership with Chinese biometrics provider Miaxis Biometrics Co. LTD to deliver biometrics products to the Chinese banking sector.

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