Worldwide

With the advancement of technology, the biometrics system has proved it’s mark as an important tool for the identification of individual based on the types biometric tools such as eye recognition, facial, fingerprint, hand geometry, signature verification as well as voice recognition. These tools have remarkably showed its potential not only in aiding government workers but also health care professionals and bankers to positively identify individual. Based on the use of biometric technology for development, LMICS 2012 program, Over 1 billion people in developing country joined the cause.

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This has proven that many countries have applied the biometric system into their management system. To list all the biometric system applied by each country is impossible but here are some of the countries applying the biometric system:

uk

United Kingdom (Enrollment for Foreign Nationals) – Fingerprint, facial recognition and signature verification.


 somalia

Somalia (Identity Card) – Fingerprint.


 qatar

Qatar (Application for UK visas) – Fingerprint and facial recognition.


 us

United States ( Health Surveillance Program) –

Medtronic (Cardiac Balloon Cathethers) and tool to measure force of impact to head primarily used for sportsmen and women.


 Canada

Canada (Immigration and Citizenship) -Fingerprint and facial recognition.


Laptop and Mobile Phone Security System

The development of biometric system worldwide is constantly increasing and the results is staggering as many technology-based bussiness has developed numerous biometric system to suit the needs of any private or government institutions. Mobile phones and laptops companies have also equipped the biometric system to help identify the rightful owner and avoid identity theft of the gadget. An example of the biometric system which can be seen in mobile phones are the iPhone5s and the Sony Xperia Z1. The iPhone5s is equipped with fingerprint scanner where as the Sony Xperia Z1 is equipped with facial recogniton. Another example of biometric security system can be found in the laptop where the owner can use fingerprint scanner to unlock their laptops, sign in to their emails, banking accounts and also pay pal accounts.

iPhone5s Biometric Security System

NPC Biometric Security System for Laptop


Home and Safe Security System

The advancement of biometric system has also given a huge impact on the home security sector. There are tons of biometric companies that try to reach out to their customers’ needs by providing various security system using biometric tools especially fingerprint scanner such as the TRINITY 788 home security system provided by Adel. This home security can be programmed for up to 120 users in total. This type of security has shown to ease the customers entering their house without the need to find keys. The biometric system have also applied the same concept of security for the safe which is primarily used by banks and wealthy people to store their valuable items and also their money. One of many companies that provides this technology is the Barska Compact Biometric with the model named AX11620. This shows that biometric system does not only can be applied for the identification of individual but also can be applied as a security system which can ensure higher rates of safety compared to the traditional ways.

Home Security System

Safe Security System

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