Iris Scanning For New Jersey Grade School

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>
Date: January 24, 2006 12:57:00 PM EST
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Subject: [EPIC_IDOF] Iris Scanning For New Jersey Grade School

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060124/tc_cmp/177103003

By Laurie Sullivan
TechWeb.com
Mon Jan 23, 6:34 PM ET

When a parent arrives to pick up their child at one of three grade  
schools
in the Freehold Borough School District, they'll need to look into a  
camera
that will take a digital image of their iris. That photo will establish
positive identification to gain entrance into the school.

Funding for the project, more than $369,000, was made possibly by a  
school
safety grant through the National Institute of Justice, a research  
branch of
the U.S. Department of Justice. "The idea is to improve school safety  
for
the children," said Phil Meara, superintendent, Freehold Borough School
District, on Monday. "We had a swipe-card system that operated the  
doors,
but the technology was obsolete."

Installation of the iris technology began in October. The system is now
operational after two months of testing. The Teacher-Parent  
Authorization
Security System (T-PASS), a software application developed by Eyemetric
Identity Systems, was installed on the front office computers at each  
of the
three schools.

It took software engineers about nine months to develop the platform.  
Two
technicians were hired by the school board to provide IT support for
maintenance and updates to the platform. School participation in the
18-month study is voluntary.

Parents who have children that attend any of the three schools in the
district, teachers who instruct students attending classes at the  
locations,
and staff employees are assigned access rights. Each child can have  
up to
four adults approved in the system.

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