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July 4th, 2009UncategorizedSouth Korea’s Suprema Inc., a provider of fingerprint recognition and identity management solutions, has announced the certification of its RealScan-10 print scanner by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The FBI certification signifies that the device is in full compliance with Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) Image Quality Specification (IQS) Appendix F standards. Meeting these standards is mandatory for a scanning system to be purchased by the FBI and other government agencies, both in the U.S. and many other countries.
Suprema’s RealScan-10 is a compact-sized, portable ten-print live scanner. It is designed to perform high-speed image capturing for single finger flats, rolls and four-finger slaps; it then transfer image data to PC via a high speed USB2.0 connection.
Suprema is the first Asian firm to meet the FBI IQS Appendix F standards for ten-print live-scanning technology.
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July 3rd, 2009Uncategorized
Despite the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) promise to Congress in August 2008 that it would not start any new file-sharing lawsuits, the music industry lobby filed at least three new cases in April.
It's not really a good idea to lie to Congress, so the RIAA is claiming that these new cases are actually settlements of existing cases. Basically, the RIAA has a number of extant John Doe lawsuits that are awaiting identification information subpoenaed from Internet Service Providers. When the info comes in, the RIAA then files a new named lawsuit against the offender. What's so baffling is why the RIAA is choosing to pursue these cases, especially after its public announcement that it is ditching individual suits and moving towards a "three strikes and you're off the Internet" policy.
To us, this is a bonehead move, since the RIAA needs Congress on its side to force Internet providers to cut off paying customers... the RIAA should be making nice with America, not enraging us with more frivolous and hypocritical lawsuits. -
July 2nd, 2009Uncategorized
Apart from being more dependable than solar energy, wind energy has always been a secondary choice for all eco-minded home owners. Reasons include bird kills, noise and the decrease in the output when wind changes direction. A concept wind turbine designed by Industrie-SA can answer all these problems with a clever design. The vertical axis turbine is designed for urban environments having windy conditions.
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July 1st, 2009Uncategorized
Lockheed Martin hosted four industry leaders in vascular, voice and signature recognition at its Biometric Experimentation and Advanced Concepts (BEACON) in West Virginia, a space intent on collaborating between industry, government and academia in the field of biometrics. The four companies invited were Identica, PerSay, Speech Technology Center and Noninvasive Medical Technologies.
The intent behind the forum of industry leaders, called Biometrics on the Edge, was a combination of demonstrating new technologies while speaking of their applications in fields such as law enforcement and national defense. Additionally, the four companies representatives attended a presentation from West Virginia University on the future of biometrics.
