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| The latest newsletter
from Aurora including articles such as 'The Increasing
Profile of Biometrics', Construction Health and Safety
including site access solutions, Aurora's Fourth
Annual National Biometric Facial Recognition
Conference, and much more..... |
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| Local MP for Kettering,
Phil Sawford, visited Aurora at Hannington to see
firsthand the facial recognition systems that are
currently in use across the country in both the
Construction Industry and those that are now emerging
in UK Police Forces. |
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| The
latest newsletter from Aurora includes articles on:
updates in the Police sector, including the 3rd
National Conference on Facial Recognition and UK
Policing; Aurora's comprehensive solution for the
Construction Industry - SITEREC; developments with 3D
technology and more... |
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The ethical debate about identity cards has been
reignited following the Queen's speech, but its facial
recognition technology is being used in other areas.
Police are hailing it as a forensic breakthrough and a
new "foolproof" 3D version could eventually
become a routine procedure at cash machines or work
places....' |
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Following the success
of their previous two national conferences on Face
Recognition and Policing, Aurora is pleased to
announce the dates of the 2004 conference – this
year to be held at the Robinson Centre, Wyboston.
23-24th September, 2004 |
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| The National Missing
Persons Helpline is one of the latest organisations to
sign up for a new generation of facial recognition
technology. The charity recently launched the first
online database of missing persons in the UK, and the
software will act as a valuable search tool to help
identify these people. |
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| We are delighted to
have been awarded the Entrepreneurial Business of the
Year award by Northamptonshire Newspapers and
Northamptonshire Chamber of Commerce. The award is for
the company demonstrating that “rare blend of
business flair and ideas with hard headed business
success”. |
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| Aurora was awarded one
of the prestigious ‘Northamptonshire Business
Excellence Awards 2003’ at a lavish ceremony held at
the Moat House in Northampton. The evening was hosted
by former Royal Correspondent Jennie Bond, who
presented the award for Entrepreneurial Business of
the Year. |
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| Our latest newsletter
is attached. Articles include details of early
adopters of our eGallery software for Police, a
summary of the recent conference for police, an update
on users in civil engineering and port security and
news of our partnership with Advantage and their ISIS
product. |
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| The feedback from delegates
to our second conference on Facial Recognition for Policing
indicates an overwhelming majority found the conference
useful and informative. The different sessions were rated
highly and the products demonstrated judged to be highly
appropriate for policing. |
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| Our summer FaceRec Newsletter
is attached. Articles include details of a planned implementation
of facial recognition by the government, the increasing
commercial use of facial recognition technology, developments
in the Association of Biometrics, a number of case studies
and other news items. |
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| We are delighted to report
that the main contractors for the new Wembley Stadium
have installed our ClockFace software for time and attendance
recording using facial biometrics. We are, of course,
pleased to be providing services to yet another prestigious
civil engineering project in the UK. |
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| We are very pleased to
report that we have exceeded target for both the first
and second quarters and, therefore, the first half of
our Financial Year. Sales have been achieved in line with
expectation in all divisions and prospects for the third
quarter also appear promising with confirmed orders. |
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| We are pleased to report
that independent sources have indicated that Aurora is
by some distance the leading UK provider of installed,
commercially operational systems using facial biometrics.
The number of installed systems is nearing 100 and there
is a healthy order book for the coming months. |
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| BAE SYSTEMS, the UK's
largest defence systems company, has contracted Aurora
to supply facial biometric systems for their new facility
at Farnborough housing various key projects and programmes.
We are delighted to have been chosen to supply such a
prestigious and leading edge company. |
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| The latest FRVT results
confirm that we have chosen one of the leading face recognition
engines available. We are pleased to report that the Identix
engine comes in the top three for all tests. This is the
engine at the heart of our range of face recognition products
and we congratulate Identix. |
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| Our Consumables business
continues to expand. We are pleased to announce improved
sales figures year-on-year. We plan to extend our service
by offering even better deals over the coming months.
Check our OFFERS PAGE for the latest deals on consumables,
printers and software! |
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| This is a special edition
of our newsbriefs specifically aimed at colleagues in
the Police. It details current FaceRec products that could
be effective, how Gallery is being used in the West Midlands,
the strategic direction of FaceRec and other items of
particular interest to our Police customers. |
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| Components of Aurora's
face recognition software have been used to help capture
and display the faces of the audience of Saturday Night
Takeaway, the new weekend show hosted by Ant and Dec.
The lucky person whose face is chosen gets the chance
to compete for the night's star prize. |
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| In its response to the
Government's consultation paper on Entitlement Cards
and Identity Fraud, Aurora highlights the important role
for Facial Biometrics. Aurora is the UK's leading
provider of installed facial biometric systems. Our systems
are in use with police and other security organisations. |
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| The attached Adobe file
gives the full text of Aurora's response to the Government's
consultation paper on Entitlement Cards and Identity Fraud.
Views were sought on whether such a scheme would be effective
against identity fraud, money laundering, illegal working
and illegal immigration. |
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| A full proof-of-principle
demonstration of our AirFace software recently met all
the initial criteria for use with airline passengers.
The software automatically verifies that the faces of
the passengers at boarding are the same as the faces of
those that checked in. The processing time takes just
seconds! |
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| People wonder how effective
face recognition is for different purposes. Aurora has
prepared a set of advice sheets that describe how to get
the best out of face recognition in a range of applications
- verification, identification, analysis and surveillance.
The sheets outline current best practice. |
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| Major refurbishments have
recently been completed at the Treasury. While the historic
facade has been retained, the interior has been extensively
upgraded to provide a modern working environment. New
security arrangements include VisNet, Aurora's electronic
visitor management system. |
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| The International Civil
Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has recently advised its
members that face recognition is the best biometric for
the machine readable travel documents used by passengers
for international air travel. They found it to be the
biometric that met most operational requirements. |
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| The UK's first user of
face recognition for time and attendance demonstrates
its belief in the system by placing an order for a third
unit. The additional system will be installed at its extensive
freight terminal facility in the next few weeks. Aurora
is pleased to be able to offer a good service to its customers. |
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| Building on the effectiveness
of our ClockFace system for Time & Attendance, we
have been working closely with one of our customers to
develop a new module that combines the logs with information
on contracts, trades, shifts, overtime and work breakdown
codes to generate full timesheets. |
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| Feature on the use of Aurora's
face recognition software in the construction industry
from the April edition of Contract Journal magazine. Outline
of how an important civil engineering company now uses
the technology as its standard method of clocking its
employees. |
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| The Public Service Review
published by the Public Service Communication Agency carries
a profile of the company in its Spring edition. Details
of the company, its philosophy and special areas of expertise
are described and the use of biometrics for security problems
is discussed. |
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