Iris Scanning For New Jersey Grade School

[pisshead]

more unconstitutuional federal control and funding for police state in schools...it's soooo conservative...innit?

Iris Scanning For New Jersey Grade School
TechWeb.com | January 23, 2006 (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/cmp/tc_cmp/byline/177103003/17803057/SIG=125h9032u/*http://www.techweb.com/;jsessionid=FW02VVXHKII5OQSNDBOCKH0CJUMEKJVN)
By Laurie Sullivan


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.

The platform provides entry-access controls, visitor management and the capability to scan a driver's license from 50 states and automatically import the information into the database. "The file size created when the camera takes a picture of the iris to match it against records in the database is about 512 kilobytes," said Raymond Bolling, co-founder of Eyemetric Identity Systems, a spin-off of New Jersey Business Systems Inc., which specialized in biometrics identification.

The system takes a digital photograph of the iris, the color portion of the eye, each time a parent, teach or administrative and school employee gains access to the school. "The algorithm can map out up to 242 unique points in the iris," Bolling said. "A good fingerprint patch is anywhere from seven to 22 points."

The algorithms for iris scanning are licensed through a LG Electronics from Iridian Technologies Inc. The software keeps a log and digital record or any visitor entering the school, which replaces a four-column paper spreadsheet.

Global biometric revenues are projected to grow from $2.1 billion in 2006 to $5.7 billion in 2010, which includes iris scanning, according International Biometric Group. Iris scanning is emerging, albeit slowly. The research firm said iris recognition revenues are estimated to exceed $250 million by 2008.

Eyemetric developed and deployed the iris recognition system using IrisAccess iris recognition cameras and software from LG Electronics, and Tailgate Detection Alarm Recording (T-DAR) anti-tailgating system from Newton Security. The hardware supporting the application is Hewlett-Packard & Co.'s ProLiant DL140 servers, along with HP dx5150 desktop PCs with Advanced Micro Device (AMD) processor, and Access Point for wireless networking from ProCurve Networking.

[Psycho4Bud]

Mother fuckers trying to take away the rights of perverts and disgruntled non-custodial parents of taking children from the school where they are assumed to be safe!!! DAMN NEO-CONS!!! :rolleyes:

[eg420ne]

Naw dude I see this shit as Orwellian and Brave New World sort of like a high-tech fascism form.. They can say its for the children all they want.....just like the cameras in the restrooms....Its for the children, what about the children ooooooooh the poor children, thats how they sell it by saying its for the children....LoL

[Psycho4Bud]

They can say its for the children all they want.....just like the cameras in the restrooms....

Cameras in the bathrooms wasn't to protect the children from perverts. It was about perverts wanting to watch the children! :cool:

[eg420ne]

Ya perverts working inside the school system, whos going to watch the perverts that work inside the schools, cant keep them out..

[Psycho4Bud]

Ya perverts working inside the school system, whos going to watch the perverts that work inside the schools, cant keep them out..

If only I could have got that lucky!!! :thumbsup:

[scobbie]

Naw dude I see this shit as Orwellian and Brave New World sort of like a high-tech fascism form.. They can say its for the children all they want.....just like the cameras in the restrooms....Its for the children, what about the children ooooooooh the poor children, thats how they sell it by saying its for the children....LoL


the problem is people are buying it

[Psycho4Bud]

the problem is people are buying it

The problem isn't that people are buying it but that some refuse to acknowledge the problem. When it comes to the kids, better safe than sorry!

Could you imagine going to pick up your kid from school only to find out that a ficticious relative was just there?


But how many American children are actually abducted each year? Numbers as high as one or two million are routinely cited in the media. John Walsh, host of the television show America's Most Wanted, has testified before Congress about this issue, and has placed the annual total number of abducted children at more than 1.5 million, adding that "we don't have a clue what happens to over 50,000 of them," and that "this country is littered with mutilated, decapitated, raped and strangled children." Mr. Walsh, who has undergone the tragedy of his own son Adam being abducted and killed in a case that received national attention, joined Janet Reno in officiating last year's ceremony.
http://www.stats.org/record.jsp?type=oped&ID=95

[eg420ne]

CONFORMIST

[VoidLivesOn]

Why don't they just have more teachers patrolling the kid pick up "zone".So when a parent comes to get there child, obviously the child will acknowledge if the being is reconizable as a relative or not.Thats what they do at my little brothers school.Works pretty well, and they still have $369,000 for it unlike this school in Jersey.MAybe these measures are a little extreme? I mean I'm a little young but if I were picking up my kid from school and they had me doing shit you would be doing at the pentagon dosn't that seem a little obscure?

[Myth1184]

To Answer the above, its not the teachers job to patrol a parking lot. There is nothing..I repeat nothing wrong with having an adult have to have an Iris scan to pick up their Kid. You guys act like its being used to track their every purchase..movement..etc.

[Psycho4Bud]

more unconstitutuional federal control and funding for police state in schools...it's soooo conservative...innit?

An iris scan is "unconstitutional federal control" when used to keep the perverts from picking up our kids from their schools. Spoken like a true loving parent!:thumbsup:

[mfactor420]

To Answer the above, its not the teachers job to patrol a parking lot. There is nothing..I repeat nothing wrong with having an adult have to have an Iris scan to pick up their Kid. You guys act like its being used to track their every purchase..movement..etc.

Maybe not, but it's what this will lead to. Ya, maybe nothing wrong with an iris scan to pick up your kid, but what's next? If we blindly (pun intended) accept this like the sheeple most of us are, it will be easier to later invoke some other stupid policies and uses for iris scans and such because the precedent has been set in that parents blindly (pun intended) allowed the iris scans at school in the first place.

Fuck that noise!!! I am not sending my kid to school. I'll teach him at home.

Nothing like a good dose of fear to make people do what you want. :thumbsup:

[eg420ne]

Nothing like a good dose of fear to make people do what you want. :thumbsup:[/QUOTE]
Its the only way our govt can win the hearts n mind of americans, Fear drives the machine, lets go fight terror(fear)

[Psycho4Bud]

Lets try to put this into terms that some of you libs just may understand.

YOUR CHOICE:

A) Go with an iris scan in order to promote the safety of your child.

B) Find out after your kids been missing that the poor child was forced to suck cock before it was dismembered and dumped into a ditch.

I think the choice is a no fuckin' brainer people!!!

[mfactor420]

Lets try to put this into terms that some of you libs just may understand.

YOUR CHOICE:

A) Go with an iris scan in order to promote the safety of your child.

B) Find out after your kids been missing that the poor child was forced to suck cock before it was dismembered and dumped into a ditch.

I think the choice is a no fuckin' brainer people!!!

:mad: Now I know you are full of shit psycho4bud. The chances that a child will be taken due to a lack of iris scans is reall really slim. I suppose we should have all our children fingerprinted too "for their own safety". Meanwhile, the cops use the newly acquired fingerprint data base to nail the kids when they are older.

Oh, and just because I am against the iris scan and alot of other shit going down, doesn't make me a "liberal".

The iris scan shit is stll just an attempt to subjegate the masses through fear and it is a subtle approach at that. Promote the fear our kids will be kidnapped and forced to suck cock before they are killed - ya, that'll get us all to vote for the iris scan - NOT!!!

There is a third choice for those accepting psycho4bud's advice - teach your kids at home. :thumbsup: Tell me psycho, would you send your kid to a school that promotes homosexuality as an ok thing? That's what our schools do. They have to by law. Otherwise, they are discrimintory. But, they aren't allowed to teach the Bible. So, it's ok to discriminate against Bible believers but not against homsexuality. :confused: Public school of any kind is not for my child. Been there, done that. Never again!

Hey sheeple, can you sa "baaaaa"? :dance:

[lemonboy]

Tell me psycho, would you send your kid to a school that promotes homosexuality as an ok thing? That's what our schools do. They have to by law.I had to take a class in homosexuality at my school to make sure I was fully converted by the 12th grade or I literally would not have been allowed to graduate.

Yawn.

[Psycho4Bud]

:mad: Now I know you are full of shit psycho4bud. The chances that a child will be taken due to a lack of iris scans is reall really slim.

Thank you for proving my point! You want to roll the dice on your own ass thats one thing but don't even think your going to roll the dice concerning my kids!

Oh, and just because I am against the iris scan and alot of other shit going down, doesn't make me a "liberal".

Whatever your beliefs are, your still taking a chance that can NOW be prevented.

The iris scan shit is stll just an attempt to subjegate the masses through fear and it is a subtle approach at that. Promote the fear our kids will be kidnapped and forced to suck cock before they are killed - ya, that'll get us all to vote for the iris scan - NOT!!!

Tell that to the parents of kids that have been abducted they don't know if they are alive or dead. Just as long as it isn't mine attitude doesn't fly sometimes!

There is a third choice for those accepting psycho4bud's advice - teach your kids at home. :thumbsup: Tell me psycho, would you send your kid to a school that promotes homosexuality as an ok thing?

I don't think the system "promotes" as much as making people aware. I don't agree with man/man relationships but I don't think they need an ass whoopin', or blacks, or mexicans, etc....

That's what our schools do. They have to by law. Otherwise, they are discrimintory. But, they aren't allowed to teach the Bible. So, it's ok to discriminate against Bible believers but not against homsexuality. :confused:

You want the bible taught in public schools? There are a lot of other religions being followed in the U.S.A. and all them people are also tax payers. You want the bible you need to teach it all objectively.

Public school of any kind is not for my child. Been there, done that. Never again!

If you spend the time for the home schooling I think it's great. The problem is that a lot of parents sit their kids in front of the t.v. or computor and use it for a baby sitter. We would have a generation of dumb asses for sure!

I don't mean to flame so hard about this subject but it's reality for me....one of my buddies has a little girl that has been missing now for about 3 years. She was on her way home from school and never made it.

[mfactor420]

I had to take a class in homosexuality at my school to make sure I was fully converted by the 12th grade or I literally would not have been allowed to graduate.

Yawn.

A class in homo? Explain the cirriculum of that one.

Also, pyscho is right, if we teach the Bible we have to teach all others objectively. My fault, I should have clarified.

And psycho, I feel for you and your friend. Knowing that is easy to see why you feel the way you do. Email me and I will tell you my story about missing kids.

[Psycho4Bud]

A class in homo? Explain the cirriculum of that one.

Good morning class, todays lesson is "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't". OOPS....that's bi!

Also, pyscho is right, if we teach the Bible we have to teach all others objectively. My fault, I should have clarified.

And psycho, I feel for you and your friend. Knowing that is easy to see why you feel the way you do. Email me and I will tell you my story about missing kids.

It's cool. I'd post a pick but don't have one myself and feel a little awkward about asking for one. Really tore the family apart. [email protected]:thumbsup:

[VoidLivesOn]

Lets try to put this into terms that some of you libs just may understand.

YOUR CHOICE:

A) Go with an iris scan in order to promote the safety of your child.

B) Find out after your kids been missing that the poor child was forced to suck cock before it was dismembered and dumped into a ditch.

I think the choice is a no fuckin' brainer people!!!


You make it sound like this is the only alternative though.There are other ways to keep kids safe while they wait to be picked up then using $3 hundred-k technology.I mean at my elementry school we waited in the cafeteria.If parents have enough energy to stick there eye in some machine to pick up there kid then I'm sure they would have enough energy to walk up to the school cafeteria and have the child confirm if they know the person or not in front of the chaperon.Why not use the money for more appropriate things like playgrounds, or books, shit like that I guess? I dunno thats just my opinion.I just think the iris scan is a little overboard, but it does have good intentions...I suppose :cool:

[VoidLivesOn]

A class in homo? Explain the cirriculum of that one. .

I think that might have been satire.

[VoidLivesOn]

To Answer the above, its not the teachers job to patrol a parking lot. There is nothing..I repeat nothing wrong with having an adult have to have an Iris scan to pick up their Kid. You guys act like its being used to track their every purchase..movement..etc.

Oh so it would be unkind and degrading to the teachers morality to ask them to spend a little time after school watching the very kids they teach?

My brothers school is concrete proof.Teachers don't mind watching them.

[lemonboy]

I think that might have been satire.Thank you :)

[daves19]

or you all come to canada to teach stuff to your children and security is ensured!!! plus they will not only learn the history and geography of their own country but from all over the world...