There's nothing like a pleasant smile on the face of a stand assistant and a good demonstration CD to convince a critic or a buyer of the merits of a new product.
Sagatek Co Ltd, a Taipei-based company, had both.
In a world losing its head with the e-phenomenon and tighter security imperative in transactions over the Internet, a device such as the company's Fingerprint Identification System is a reassuring step in the right direction.
Unlike existing methods that can be hacked or stolen, this diminutive standalone device working on the Windows 95/98 platform and a USB connection uses biometric technology that relies on a unique fingerprint to determine positive identification when accessing and using PCs, smart cards, corporate networks, ATMs, POS systems and cars.
SagaCheck furthermore integrates advanced recognition technology such as the 1:N matching method of reading fingerprints.
Not much imagination necessary to see that the SagaCheck has quite obvious applications across a broad spectrum of security applications -- from e-commerce to online security for financial transactions, time and attendance records and so on.
The SagaBaby is another "full package" of fun and video frolics -- full motion video of up to 320x240 resolution at 30 real-time frames per second. It includes a camera and software for sending e-mails with video and audio.
And again there's USB connectivity. There's also MPEG for smaller files and faster delivery, while background music and a clip-art function make it possible to attach any prerecorded audio photo or video clip into e-mail.
Also in the USB class is Pacific Image, which has come to CeBIT with a scanner, called the Prime Film 1800u, for digitizing all those old color slides that have been hanging around in the basement.
The results, demonstrated on the stand, speak for themselves. The true 36-bit scanning is able to distinguish 68.7 billion distinctive colors. With each single scan, Prime Film 1800u captures up to 4.2 mega pixels, resulting in a big improvement in both shadow and highlight details that even a high quality and vastly more expensive digital camera is unable to reach.
Simplicity of use is another plus here because its just a matter of popping in a filmstrip of a mounted slide into the film frame, which you're able to see being scanned in the proprietary lighting viewing window. Only 35 seconds are needed to get a true 1800 dpi resolutions scan.
Netronics, a division of ADI, long known for its monitors and externals modems, is giving the more conventional world of audio connectivity a glamor all of its own with its light weight Cyclone Conference Phone.
Using the latest Digital Signal Processing technology and 360 degree audio surround, the Cyclone comes with an 8-character LCD for time of day, call status and menu functions.
The next best step one assumes can only be video conferencing.
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