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Welcome to I-Cube: South Africa's leading provider of
License
Plate Recognition; Facial
Recognition & Image
Analysis
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facts,
features and benefits of Face recognition
Biometric
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Face
Recognition System Description
Facial
ID
Card
linked to Facial
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Design
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ID
Verification
Value
Prop.
Access
control
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VERIFICATION linked to a PIN Code
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market application (Casinos, Stadiums, Retail and Mines)
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early warning crime prevention
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Steel Facial ID linked to TRACKING 2006
i-CUBE
ONLINE DATABASE OF PROBLEM GAMBLER FACIAL IMAGES
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DB
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Park
CAMPUS
Metro
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Centres
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Access Control
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/ FRR
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ID- of BLACK FACES
USER MANUALS
Face Recognition FID user manual Installation & user manual FRS Discovery System OCX Control Reference Manual Step by step technology guide to using face recognition SDK FRVT FACEIT LFA Accuracy Technical SPEC Start UP Guide Review Downloads FG Solutions Roundup Facial USES CVDEMOS 
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I-Cube
Intro Brochure
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The tell-tale signs of who
you are
Gadgets that can read
fingerprints, scan your eyes and recognise your voice - once, they all
seemed to come right out of a James Bond movie; now, most of us are
likely to come across such devices in our everyday lives. No longer
the stuff known only to fictional covert operatives, airline
passengers at many airports, for instance, now routinely undergo
fingerprint or eye scans to prove their identity.
The technology that makes this possible is called biometrics, and it uses computer systems to identify a person by their unique physical or behavioural features. It’s still a developing technology, but the idea that biometrics affords better protection against passport fraud and terror attacks by providing tougher identity checks is the key reason why it has received early acceptance from the travel industry and indeed, governments. Several countries across Europe have already introduced biometric passports and ID cards for their citizens. In the Middle East, however, the trend is just getting started. “The GCC region is still a bit behind in this issue,” says Liaquat Hussain Parkar, lead consultant for the Middle East and North Africa at IT firm LogicaCMG. Nevertheless, he says, the UAE has been a trend-setter of sorts. It introduced the e-gate system at Dubai airport in 2002, allowing passengers to use a smart card containing a fingerprint scan to fast-track security checks. That was followed by the introduction of eye-scanning systems. Now, Parkar says, the whole region is starting to explore the idea of biometrics. “Several governments in the region have introduced or are in the process of introducing biometric ID cards.” Again, the UAE is a good example of that. Its government is in the middle of introducing smart ID cards containing iris (eye) scans to its citizens. The card is expected to eventually replace the traditional labour card, health card and driving licence. “The next trend will be the introduction of biometric passports in the region,” predicts Parkar. “It could happen in the next two years.” Even businesses are starting to hop aboard the biometrics brigade. UK-based Barclays bank recently announced that it would introduce biometrics-enabled ATMs - which would authenticate customers by reading fingerprints - in the UAE. For Parkar, these are clear signs of things to come. “Gradually, we will see similar measures being extended to online financial transactions as well,” he says. As companies pile up sensitive digital data, they’re expected to become more willing to reach for their cheque books for biometric security as well. “Currently, we have passwords and pin numbers to access data and our networks; in a few years, biometric identifiers will become common,” says Parkar. One of the reasons for the optimism rustling through the biometrics industry is because traditional documents of identification - conventional passports and driving licences - are commonly acknowledged to be failing miserably at their jobs. It’s an issue that’s causing headaches for governments and corporations alike. In the US, for instance, identity theft costs the economy about $50 billion a year. “People are now ensuring that sensitive financial documents such as bills are shredded rather than just thrown in the bin,” he says. “We’ve had instances where fraudsters go through trash cans to get hold of sensitive personal data.” The promise of assuaging those fears is the reason why security experts offer such a flourishing assessment for the biometrics industry. Global spending on biometric systems touched $2 billion in 2006 and is expected to soar to $5 billion by 2010. In the UAE alone, spending on biometrics is forecast to hit $630 million in two years. Fingerprint-reading systems remain the most widely used verification technique, accounting for up to 43 per cent of the global market. Its relatively widespread use may have something to do with the fact that many people believe that fingerprints are a fool-proof way of checking identity. But Parkar says that’s not really true. “Iris scanning systems are more secure.” He says that all fingerprint systems run the small but real risk of false matches. “But an iris scan can detect the difference even between identical twins who share the same DNA profile.” Waiting to make a larger incursion on the market are voice recognition, palm scans and facial recognition systems. But the next big step in the evolution of this technology is likely to be systems that combine several biometric identifiers. “We will see, for example, systems that combine fingerprint reading, take an iris scan and ask you to key in personal data,” says Parkar. “Authentication improves with multiple levels of biometrics and increases the probability that people really are who they say they are.” With so much going on, Parkar says that “biometrics looks increasingly set to become a part of our everyday lives”. That may not come as welcome news for all because biometrics is still a highly controversial business. Privacy activists have increasingly agitated against its applications, worried that the data - typically stored on government databases – could be misused by unscrupulous authorities. Parkar acknowledges those fears. “I think governments and corporations have to make it very clear that any data they store will be used only for the purposes they were agreed to be used for. They have to be held accountable,” he says. He also thinks public hostility towards providing such data could soften if they proved time-saving over other forms of security screenings. “If it doesn’t make life more difficult, people are likely to accept it,” says Parkar. Even as the industry struggles to win a vote of confidence from wary citizens, experts say governments – among the first to acquire a fondness for biometrics - will continue to drive the industry’s growth. “I think, in terms of spend, governments will always be the biggest customers, simply because the scale of things is much bigger. They can apply these methods on millions of citizens,” Parkar says. Which suggests biometrics, and its increasing applications, are here to stay.
Kinks in Homeland Security ProgramWNYC NewsNEW YORK, NY August 03, 2007 —The General Accounting Office says a Homeland Security computer system used to screen incoming foreigners does not have the sufficient security controls to prevent hacking. REPORTER: The US-VISIT program was put in place after 9/11 to help prevent dangerous people from entering the country. Robert Mocny runs the computer program. He says the system has never been breached and that the GAO's critiques have already been addressed. MOCNY: We are somewhere in the 1800 range of people who have been actively taken out because of the biometrics alone. The State Department has identified tens of thousands of individuals who have been on watch lists that would prevent them from getting a visa. REPORTER: The US-Visit program cost $1.7 billion. It networks 211 US embassies to 258 US ports of entry.
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U.K.-based
startup TriMetrix has announced a tiny single-board computer (SBC)
designed for use in devices requiring biometric scanners,
including time/attendence, access control, and POS
(point-of-sales) equipment. The TMX1000 has a powerful ARM9
processor, and comes with an open-source software stack based on
Linux 2.6.