Gone are those days when fingerprint scanners were reserved to high-end security facilities and government organizations. Today, even a mid-range mobile phone comes loaded with a fingerprint scanner. These fingerprint sensors are the most widely used application of biometrics.

Savvy HRMS, which stands for human resource management system is a comprehensive, web-based human resource management solution with the ability to automate all the HR processes. As a result, it turns out to be one of the best HR solutions in the country for improving an organization’s overall productivity.

A biometric is a verification method through which one can identify a person’s identity using information such as biological traits. Biometric identification methods include scanning fingerprint, hand geometry, iris, retina pattern, face recognition, DNA and voice waves.

Looking back a decade or so, biometric technology was something that felt feasible only in science fiction movies. And its only aspect we were familiar with was fingerprint recognition which was majorly used to identify criminals and enter protected areas.

In the increasingly digital world where we reside, keeping a piece of information confidential has become a tough task. Biometric technology, however, seems to be the way forward but lately, there have been a lot of concerns over the security that biometric technology has to offer.

Max Sound, an audio security firm, has been awarded with a US patent for audio biometric security. Max Security first filed the patent in early 2014 wherein the device they wanted to patent was named ‘biometric audio security’. The audio security firm announced on June 13 the USPTO, i.e.

Using smartphones for access control is not a new idea. Now a days, access control manufacturers are testing the mulitple scenarios and technology that can be used to open the door. In previous insight, we talked about the usage of Near Field Communication through mobile phones for access control. As the technology is improving, developers have used Bluetooth technology into access control system.

Coercing the employees to adhere to company leave policies is not an easy feat at all. And if done manually, it becomes all the more difficult for the Human Resource professional to maintain compliance and process employee leaves. In most of the companies today, leave applications, emails and phone calls are perpetually submitted by the employees.

The Technology has taken a huge leap into identification and authentication process through facial recognition. Now a days, shopping malls are installing face-scanning technology to target advertisements to individual customers at the till. In this technology, the advertisers use Amscreen’s camera to identify a customer’s gender and approximate age.

This edition of our blog post revolves around our ‘Tea Garden Biometric Solution’. In this post, we’ll be addressing the various complications involved in the process of tea plantation and how Starlink’s Tea Garden Solution helps to alleviate them. The objective of this post is to help the personnel involved in the tea production with their day-to-day chores.