Aug 27, 2009, By Blake Harris
Illustration: Mobile ID devices allow users in the field to collect biometrics and compare them with identity databases wirelessly. (Orandi, NIST)
One of the “next big things” are the new mobile biometric devices that allow first responders, police, the military and criminal justice organizations to collect biometric data with a handheld device on a street corner or in a remote area. These devices then wirelessly send it to be compared to other samples on watch lists and databases in near real-time. Identities can be determined quickly without having to take a subject to a central facility to collect his or her biometrics, which is not always possible.
