Two Fairmont, West Virginia companies are joining Lockheed Martin Corporation in developing a new biometrics project for the FBI’s fingerprint repository in Clarksburg. Global Science and Technology and Innovative Management and Technology Services will take part in the Next Generation Identification System which will expand the size of the FBI’s current database for fingerprints and other biometrics identifiers. Lockheed’s 10-year contract is valued at $1 billion. The new system will include palm prints, iris scans and facial recognition capabilities. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/archive-4.gif)
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Accurate Biometric announced it has been awarded a contract from the FBI for its Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). The contract is a significant one for Accurate as it enables them to offer same-day FBI fingerprint submission services for criminal background checks to clients such as housing authorities, Indian reservations and banks. read more »LikeBelt from deeplocal on Vimeo. And now for something completely different. Pittsburgh-based design studio Deeplocal has developed an NFC-enabled belt that lets the wearer “like” things on Facebook much in the same way that a dog “likes” your leg. read more »West Midlands is getting set to introduce an Oyster-style bus ticketing system that would enable passengers to easily transfer between services run by different bus operators. read more »High schools in Jefferson County, W.V. will be implementing biometric finger scanning in an effort to provide security for the students’ cafeteria accounts. Purpose of the program, according to school officials, is to eliminate clerical errors and to provide students with an easy way to identify themselves when using the cafeteria. read more »Lockheed Martin was the victim of a large cyber attack, however quick detection by employees thwarted the security breach on May 21. Lockheed Martin, an aerospace engineering company, holds the U.S. government’s biggest military contract, and thus a security breach here, could have devastating effects on the federal government. read more »Schools in Taylor County in West Virginia are integrating biometric systems into their school lunch programs in an effort to stream line processes among other purposes, according to a Mountain Statesman article. read more » |
