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Tech Developments

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016

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3M Releases LiveScan 5.0 Software3M Corp’s [MMM] Traffic Safety and Security Division has released 3M LiveScan 5.0 Software, which improves the booking process, through ease of use, increased speed and adaptability by taking the complexity out of fingerprinting. The new software facilitates the capture, storage and dispersal of criminal demographic and biometric information including fingerprints, palm prints, iris, facial, and scars, marks and tattoos images. The software verifies the quality of demographic data entered and an automatic trigger helps capture…

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