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Dynamic to take on iris technology

Friday, September 19, 2008

Dynamic Media Holdings, a developer of multimedia technologies, has announced the addition of a new division to the company focusing on iris scan biometrics. Dynamic Media will be incorporating an existing company that already has a foothold in the industry. The agreement between Dynamic and the biometrics company is not yet finished and the company has yet to be revealed.

While this new venture is a move into a completely new industry from Dynamic’s regular business, they are confident that they are getting into a growth heavy industry with a company that has the tools to succeed. At present their intentions are for developing iris scanning technology for both military and civilian applications. [end] 

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