Biometrics Becoming Popular for Access Control at Rec Facilities

For many facilities, the Return on Investment is irresistible  (AthleticBusiness.com)

"Simply, we were hoping to utilize the technology that was available and also keep our expenses lower by not having to issue membership cards to every one of our members," LeeAnn Plumer, director of the Annapolis, Md., recreation and parks department, says of the biometrics-based access control system the department launched in January 2010 with the opening of the city's largest recreation center. "We were using new software that had the technology to implement biometrics, so we thought we'd give it a try and see how it worked for us."

Most rec departments using the technology are indeed still in the "give it a try" phase, and the reviews are mostly positive.

via @m2sys (Twitter)

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Deployments like these validate the efforts of all of us that are working to bring more efficient techniques to the challenge of identity management.

Earlier posts on deployments mentioned in the above linked article:
Poway Tells Skaters to Give Them the Finger (7/10/2010)
Montgomery recreation department moves ahead with finger vein scanners (11/17/2010)