New Credit Card Sized Card Is World's First Portable Biometric Activated ID Speed Pass
SURFSIDE, FL--(Marketwire - October 18, 2007) - SmartMetric (PINKSHEETS: SMME) today announced
the newest in its line of portable biometric identity card products. The
SmartMetric Biometric ID Pass uses the most advanced technology for
scanning a person's fingerprint. A thin line of silicon in embedded into
the surface of the card. An employee just touches the silicon with his or
her fingerprint and instantly the card reads the employee's fingerprint and
will then activate the Radio Frequency (RF) transmission to the security
desk or door entry system. Compatible with existing standard contactless
card doorway systems, the SmartMetric Biometric ID Pass provides Government
and Business organizations with a truly affordable and highly secure
Biometric employee Identity and Access Control system, the company today
said at its R&D facility in Surfside, Florida.
As an employee enters the lobby of the building he or she touches the
credit card sized card and if it is their card, a signal is sent to the
security desk. Much the same way the speed pass works on toll gates but
with the advanced security of it being controlled by the user's biometrics
-- their fingerprint. If the card is lost it can not be used by anyone
else unlike existing corporate identity and access control cards. Mr.
Hendrick, the company President, said today that SmartMetric portable
biometric card will provide the highest level of security while at the same
time provide a greater throughput of employees as they enter buildings.
He expects that buildings will have a speed pass lane for those issued with
the portable biometric card allowing for greater efficiency and accuracy
while also providing a superior level of security.
From a security perspective, Mr. Hendrick said today, the fact that no
central database of fingerprints is required, since a person's fingerprint
is stored inside the card, is light years ahead of other biometric systems
that rely on central databases of employees' fingerprints. The card has
the smallest fingerprint scanner in the world on super thin layers of
circuitry inside the card. SmartMetric has built the world's smallest and
only truly portable biometric scanner allowing for a truly portable on the
spot any time, anywhere verification of a person's identity.
Given the complexities of manufacturing what is in effect a laptop computer
smaller then a credit card, the company has had to overcome monumental
technical hurdles. With more than 150 active and passive components
mounted on four layers of tissue paper thin circuit boards, the company has
achieved after more than 8 years of Research & Development what many have
said was an impossible dream. Even after creating the product the company
was faced with the technical hurdles in manufacturing the product
en-mass. Pushing the envelope even in the field of component assembly,
SmartMetric has had to delay its release and rework its product design to
allow for mass production. While the company has been forced to delay its
launch of its product for 18 months while it overcame mass production
issues, the company is pleased that it will now be able to produce a
minimum of 1 million cards a month.
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SmartMetric, please visit the SmartMetric Web page at
http://www.smartmetric.com. For additional assistance, journalists and
analysts may contact the company President Mr. C. Hendrick on his private
line 917.587.5856 or +1.786.623.3690.
Contact Information: Contact:
Mr. C. Hendrick
President
917.587.5856
or +1.786.623.3690
http://www.smartmetric.com