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MSU develops and licenses new biometric software

Monday, September 12, 2011

Anil Jain, an engineering and computer science professor at Michigan State University, has lead a team that developed software which can identify individuals by their fingerprints even if they have had their fingerprints altered, according to a Chron.com article.

The software, which has been licensed to biometric technology developer Morpho, is an answer to growing problems spanning the globe where people have their fingerprints altered to fool government officials such as border security agents or police officers.

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