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Homeland Security

S&T Interested in 4 Finger Slap, Multi-Modal Mobile Biometric Device

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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) branch, Human Factors Division, has issued a two-fold Broad Agency Announcement for a 4-slap fingerprint sensor module that can eventually be integrated with iris and face capture modules, machine readable zone readers, and user-input capabilities. DHS envisions that the fingerprint acquisition module research and development requires one type of expertise, while the integration with other modalities to create a handheld device may require the sensor developer to partner for that…

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