Tuesday, April 20, 2010

USB based Fingerprint Scanners from Hense Technology

This is the general purpose FS80 USB based Fingerprint Scanner. It is cost effective and durable using a tampered glass prism with Infra-red LEDs for the lighting. The most visible applications for this scanner in Asia includes Singapore's Mustafa Center where there a FS80 on every single Cashier and also for the membership registration.
This the FS88 Fingerprint Scanner that is FBI certified to meet the PIV 071006 Standard Image Quality. It is also US Government GSA approved and GSA logo are printed on the FS88 now. The certified fingerprint scanner is suitable for border control, e-Passport, government related projects and national elections.

Here is the smaller and portable version of the FS80 which we call it the FS90. Same USB fingerprint scanner but half the size of the FS80 and a short USB cable. The FS90 is targeted for portable applications to be used with PDAs, smartphones, and netbooks. It can be carried by the user just like a mouse and only plug to the media as needed.
The FS25 USB Fingerprint Scanner with Mifare Card Reader and Writer is the only fingerprint scanner available in the market that integrate the Mifare reader/writer. This 2-in-1 fingerprint scanner is targetting applications like physical asset tagging like rifle tagging, notebook tagging, implement fingerprint template on card and match on card applications.
The FBI Certified FS50 Dual Finger scanner supports single, dual and rolled fingers. The large scanning window ofr 40mm X 38mm allows users to capture rolled fingerprints and dual fingerprints in one action. Key applications includes border control, national ID cards, driver license card, national election and e_Passport.
The FBI certified FS60 scanner is what the industry term as ten-print or 4-4-2 scanner where it is used to capture all the ten fingers of a person (maybe 9 or 11 fingers for some). This type of scanner are generally used for applications like national ID, election registration of voters, finger-printing criminals for database and e_Passport of course.

So, there you have it, ALL the various USB based fingerprint scanners from Hense Technology, from single finger models to the professional Ten-print scanners. Have a fingerprint question - contact me.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Futronic FS88 Fingerprint Scanner used in iNETS Kiosk throughout Singapore

If you have been taking the MRT or going to CPF offices, you will notice that the bright Red and White iNETS Kiosk at MRT stations and CPF offices. This iNETS kiosk provide users of iNETS card a convenient way of topping up the iNETS card, pay bills using iNETS, personalize your iNETS account with your finger. Yes, how cool to use your finger to logon the iNETS instead of the passwords!

This photo shows the FS88 Fingerprint scanner mounted on the left side of the kiosk. This is a higher quality scanner that has been certified by FBI to meet the PIV specifications for image quality and GSA approved for US government agency to use. In Sept 09, I highlight a highly visible project at Mustafa Center for their membership card using FS80 which is now on all the cashiers' POS system.
This implementation of the fingerprint technology using Futronic products in iNETS kiosks throughout Singapore is a testimony to the acceptance and endorsement of our quality and reliability.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Installations in Mar - EM Services, Raffles Academy, Oak Cellars

March has been a busy month for us with new installation like Raffles Academy off Orchard Road. They have installed a FS20 Time Attendance System to capture their students attendance. Hope to expand to the other Raffles' sites soon.
Another installation is in the Universal Studio Sentosa for a wine retailer, Oak Cellars at the Festivewalk. They are using the FS20 for both Access Control and Time Attendancee for their Sentosa outlet staff. Oak will be using this system for all their outlets across Singapore
EM Services, one of the service provider to HDB and you will see their logo on lifts and some carparks. We installed the FS20M system on every floor of their EMS building in Bukit Merah. In the next post, we will showcase all the fingerprint scanners and their applications in Singapore.