Integrated Biometrics providing Watson Mini fingerprint scanners for voter registration in Brazil

Integrated Biometrics, developers of small and light FBI-compliant fingerprint scanners, will be providing more than 13,000 Watson Minis to help register and enroll eligible voters in Brazil and Brazilian consulate offices worldwide. The enrollment process will continue throughout 2015 with a goal of being completed by 2017.

The fingerprint scanners are part of a biometric kit provided by Akiyama Soluções Tecnológicas (Akiyama), the exclusive distributor of Integrated Biometrics products in Brazil, which was recently selected by the country's Tribunal Superior Eleitoral to service this voter registration project.

The kit includes the necessary equipment and software to register and enroll voters and is part of the country's efforts to assure security and reduce potential for fraud. Biometric scanning of fingerprints is expected to be required in future elections.

"It's incredibly rewarding to know that our hard work in developing industry leading enrollment and verification fingerprint sensors for solution providers like Akiyama is contributing to something as important as elections in democratic countries," said Steve Thies, CEO at Integrated Biometrics.

The Watson Mini is the world's smallest FBI Appendix F Certified two-finger roll scanner complete with a full featured software development kit and seamless, quick integration features. The device utilizes Integrated Biometrics' patented LES (Light Emitting Sensor) technology making it smaller and more durable than other two-finger roll scan mobile biometric fingerprint readers on the market. The company's fingerprint solutions work in direct sunlight on dry or moist fingers, resist abrasion, and are 90-95% smaller and lighter than optical scanners.