Friday, August 24, 2012

Friday Quick Hits

Rsignia, Inc. Announces Partnership with West Virginia University Research Corporation (News Blaze)
Rsignia signed the agreement with WVURC as framework to undertake task orders with WVURC as it relates to big data visualization and incorporating biometric components into cyber security solutions.


Q&A: Why this guy implanted RFID tags in his hands, and what he does with them (Geekwire) - He's not too high on biometrics, though.
RFID is Radio Frequency Identification, and its primary purpose is ID or identification. A lot of people think it’s for locating and it just doesn’t work that way. Basically when you boil it down, ID means access control. Every project that I ever wanted to implement or did implement is access control based.


Punching brings punctuality back (Deccan Chronicle) - Short article on Time-and-Attendance for Kochi, Kerala, India government employees.



FBI To Give Facial Recognition Software to Law-Enforcement Agencies - link-laden article at Slate.