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biometrics

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Biometrics
The process of recognizing a human being using one or more inherent physical traits. For example, one may identify a criminal using his/her fingerprints. Biometric products are used for a variety of government and commercial purposes, often for security.
biometrics

Increasingly popular building security system technology that relies on automated identification of physical characteristics such as fingerprints or retinal scans in order to determine access rights.The technology and the cost have both reached the point that consumer-level biometric security devices are available,such as for use in self-storage facilities and residences.Access codes, keys, and electronic cards are becoming outdated. Developers should bear this in mind when designing new construction and spend a minor amount of extra money necessary for wiring to accommodate biometric systems.
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Technologies that allow investigators to identify suspected terrorists have been sped into the field, but these efforts are not being well coordinated, and that can lead to critical information gaps, and so-called stovepipes, the common term for information and communication systems that cannot link to each other, experts at the Biometrics Consortium conference said.
Friend or foe? Defense Department under pressure to share biometric ... by Magnuson, Stew / National Defense
GAO-08-1065 September 26, 2008 The Department of Defense (DOD), in its response to unconventional threats from terrorists, uses biometrics technologies that identify physical attributes, including fingerprints and iris scans.
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Newcastle-based UK Biometrics Ltd recently revealed plans to allocate a new UK franchise every month for the next 18 months as it unveiled proposals to create a pounds 100m turnover business by 2010.
North leads world with biometrics; In association with RBS MADE IN ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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