Futronic Fin'Lock units withstand vandalism and water abuse at school

We will not mention which school but it shows what students can do to new installation of fingerprint units and fortunately for Hense, the robust and reliable design of the Fin'Lock are able to withstand these abuses. The photo shows the metal enclosure being forced to open and the rubber installation taken out.,

With enclosure forced open slightly, the students must have poured water into the enclosure as the photo shows water all over the FS21M Fin'Lock unit when enclosure is opened. Well, the unit was still functioning inspite of the water and it shows the robustness and reliability of the Futronic Fin'Lock,

Even the Break Glass unit also sufferred the same fate of being abused. Photo shows the glass being broken on the break glass unit.   In summary, this shows the Futronic Fin'Lock can be used in the worst environment and situation, contact Hense Technology for a full demo or more information.

Fingerprint technology deployment at HDB blocks - Enhanced security

This post will showcase the Fingerprint technology being used in HDB blocks to enhanced security to the Roof-top and Pump Room. On the right are two photos showing the FS21M being used as access control to the HDB Pump Room and the Roof-top. The site is at Simei in the eastern part of Singapore.

These fingerprint units FS21M are ethernet connected to a 3G modem/router that is linked to the Town Council office using 3G and access controls are managed at the Town Council (TC) office. The authorized person's fingerprint are sent to the FS21M readers at their scheduled time so as the TC is assured of the correct authorized person accessing either pump room or rooftop of respective HDB blocks. This eliminates the needs to have stong locks and multiple keys which enhanced the security and create a saving without the need to duplicate keys and buying more locks.

Realtime Report of workers in Tunnel, Work Sites - Downtown Line MRT

Shanghai Tunnel, the contractor of Downtown MRT line is our latest customer using the FS20 Fingerprint units with 3G modems for their tunnelling worksites at Marina Bay, Raffles and Nicoll Highway.

The application is to track who are the workers in each of the tunnel worksite and a realtime report on who are in the worksite can be generated with a click of button at the HQ server. IN and OUT readers are mounted at the guard house as shown here.

This photo shows the actual operation at site, workers going into the tunnel will have to be clocked in using his finger and when he leave the worksite he will clock out using his finger. At HQ, management can have access the real-time report on all the workers in the tunnel, how many and who are they. If you have a need to track workers at your worksite, you can consider to use this efficient and effective system.

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.

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.