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BRS wins Security Network top honors

Friday, July 11, 2008

Bio Recognition Systems, an Australian biometrics developer, has won a competition among new security technology from The Security Network, a non-profit organization that promotes advances in the access security market, according to a Smart House article.

The device from BRS that took top honors over the other thirty entrants was the BioLock+ security access control system. The new system won due to its innovation and viability in both government and personal uses. The BioLock+ secures via fingerprint reading technology and is able to do so both indoors and outdoors as it was designed to be weatherproof.


One of the technology’s more useful features is its ability to program different effects dependent on the finger used for access. For instance, one finger may simply allow for access while another will allow for access while alerting security to the potential emergency situation.

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Sim-Prints’ biometrics app for improving patient care in the developing world won the first Idea Transform Weekend held in Cambridge, UK, reports Business Weekly.

With this mobile phone-based app, health care workers can collect and check patient information in a variety of environments. The project was developed by Shruti Badwar, Mariy Chhatriwala, Toby Norman for the Global Health Hack Day in March. James Crosby, Marcos Ikegame and Gail Mayhew joined the team for this competition.

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Massachusetts-based Aware Inc. has announced it’s won three contracts to provide biometrics software and services for three large-scale border management systems in Europe, the Middle East and North America.

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HID Global has been selected to deliver the company’s network access control solutions and contactless readers at the Fuxi power plant in China’s Sichuan province.

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LEGIC Identsystems Ltd. is continuing to expand its partner network in China collaborating on new installation ranging parking solutions, access control, and personal identification.

Shenzhen Chuangtong Intelligence Equipment, a Chinese company focusing on the manufacturing of contactless parking solutions and integrated identification systems, will leverage LEGIC based products for access control installations, especially for car parks.

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LEGIC Identsystems Ltd expanded its partner network in Southern Europe with the announcement of a joint venture with Spain-based security company Softmachine Systems.

The new affiliation aims to produce contactless access control solutions and installations for multifunctional visitor management including applications for electronic payment and time and attendance.

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Dynamics Inc.’s next generation magnetic stripe technology took Best of Show honors at the 2011 BAI Retail Delivery conference, held Oct. 10 to 13 in Chicago.

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