Sector Report for Tuesday, 3 January 2012: Biometrics | Homeland Security Newswire

Fingerprint archivesMentalix wins contract to convert Texas fingerprint archive
Mentalix Inc. was recently awarded a contract by Texas’ Department of Public Safety’s Crime Records Service to scan more than 1.4 million fingerprint cards from its oldest archive
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US-VISITAccenture to bolster capabilities of US-VISIT
DHS has awarded Accenture Federal Services a 13-month, $71 million contract further to enhance the capabilities of US-VISIT
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Facial recognitionVeriLook tracks faces in real-time
Neurotechnology recently unveiled its VeriLook Surveillance 2.0, a software system that can track individuals in real-time using facial biometrics
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Passwords may disappear by 2017 | Biometrics in Afghanistan |Future Apple devices may be unlocked with facial recognition biometric | Biometric solution to voter ID controversy | India: The false Promise of Biometrics?
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