BIOMETRICS
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Unlocking simple, safe, secure access with biometric access cards by Maria Pihlström, Director, Global Marketing and Comms at Fingerprints
n mid-May Fingerprints was jointly exhibiting alongside Freevolt Technologies at IFSEC 2022, in London, one of the leading security events in Europe. Attendees at the show learnt how the two companies are combining their innovative tech to develop S-Key, Freevolt’s flagship biometric access card. To learn more, Fingerprints’ Marketing Director, Maria Pihlström sat down with Gonzalo de Gisbert, Freevolt’s Head of Product and Business Development.
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1. Please can you provide a brief overview of Freevolt and its flagship product, S-Key? Innovation and R&D are a core part of Freevolt’s fabric thanks to its academic roots. It was first established as a spin-off from research completed at one of the world’s leading universities, Imperial College London, that was investigating technologies that can harvest radiofrequency (RF) energy from common networks (NFC, cellular, Wi-Fi). We are taking this ground-breaking research and using
it to develop the next generation of biometric smartcards, which is seen in our flagship product: S-Key. S-Key is a battery-less biometric smartcard providing stronger authentication for the access control industry. Because it is battery-less, drawing its power using Freevolt’s RF harvesting system, it requires no special software or changes of existing smartcard infrastructure, enabling it to work seamlessly with 3rd party systems e.g., HID, Salto etc. Another benefit of it being batteryless is that it comes with significantly
