BioConnect Launches the Arc Series: Biometric Devices for Zero Trust Authentication

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BioConnect Launches the Arc Series: Biometric Devices for Zero Trust Authentication

2025-01-08 20:00 Last Updated At：20:10

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 8, 2025--

BioConnect, the market leader in AI-powered biometric and multi-modal authentication, today introduced its highly anticipated Arc Series biometric devices. Designed to address the evolving security, compliance, and scalability needs of enterprises and data centers, the Arc Series sets a new standard in modern access control.

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The launch includes three innovative devices: Arc Vision, a facial authentication device; Arc Touch, a fingerprint authentication device; and the upcoming Arc Rex, the world’s most advanced yet simple multi-modal facial authentication device, available in September 2025. Together with the Privacy by Design BioConnect Trust Platform, these devices deliver unmatched security and compliance to meet the evolving needs of modern access control.

“Today marks a pivotal moment for BioConnect and the access control industry,” said Rob Douglas, Founder and CEO of BioConnect. “The Arc Series is the culmination of years of innovation, designed to provide organizations with the tools they need to safeguard their people, data, and assets. With Arc Vision, Arc Touch, and Arc Rex, we are delivering a powerful combination of advanced AI technology and a seamless user experience that raises the standard for secure access control.”

The Arc Vision is powered by advanced AI facial authentication technology, delivering lightning-fast authentication with industry-leading accuracy. Its sleek design and compliance with global privacy standards, including GDPR, make it the perfect solution for organizations prioritizing touchless security and data protection.

The Arc Touch offers class-leading fingerprint authentication, featuring a rugged design with IP67 and IK09 certifications for exceptional durability in demanding environments. Combining speed, reliability, and multi-card support, Arc Touch is built to perform in high-traffic and outdoor settings.

The Arc Rex (launching September 2025) is the world’s most advanced multi-modal facial authentication device, offering unmatched flexibility, security, and performance. Combining AI technology with multi-factor authentication capabilities, Arc Rex delivers precise and rapid identity verification in the most demanding, high-traffic environments. Its rugged yet compact design ensures exceptional durability against external impacts and extreme conditions, making it the ideal solution for safeguarding critical infrastructure with confidence.

Key Features of the Arc Series Include:

“With the Arc Series, we’re not just introducing new devices—we’re delivering a comprehensive solution that combines innovation, security, and scalability,” added Douglas. “BioConnect is committed to setting new standards in biometric access control, and the Arc Series exemplifies that vision.”

The Arc Series is now available for purchase. Learn more and secure your organization today by visiting www.bioconnect.com.

About BioConnect

BioConnect is the trusted leader in biometric access control, providing advanced solutions that secure critical infrastructure, protect data, and ensure compliance. With a mission to build trust in the connected world, BioConnect delivers innovative technology that empowers organizations to safeguard what matters most.

President-elect Donald Trump joins visitors to Jimmy Carter's casket in Capitol Rotunda

2025-01-09 07:58 Last Updated At：08:02

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump, who has alternated among praising, criticizing and mocking Jimmy Carter, came Wednesday to the Capitol Rotunda to pay his respects to Carter as the 39th president lies in state ahead of his funeral Thursday in the nation's capital.

Carter was often the target of Trump's derision during his 2024 campaign, and the president-elect has renewed his critique of the Georgia Democrat this week for ceding control of the Panama Canal to its home country when he was president more than four decades ago.

Trump, who plans to attend Carter's funeral Thursday at Washington National Cathedral, played it straight on Capitol Hill, walking somberly into the rotunda with his wife, Melania, and pausing in front of Carter's flag-draped casket, which is resting atop the Lincoln catafalque and stands surrounded by a military honor guard.

Throughout his successful 2024 campaign, Trump lampooned President Joe Biden and Carter together and played up Republican caricatures of Carter.

“Jimmy Carter is happy because he had a brilliant presidency compared to Biden,” Trump would say, even using some version of the attack when former first lady Rosalynn Carter was on her deathbed in 2023 and on Carter’s 100th birthday on Oct. 1, 2024. On Tuesday, the day Carter's remains arrived in Washington, Trump added of Carter, “I liked him as a man. I disagreed with his policies. He thought giving away the Panama Canal was a good thing.”

Members of Congress, Capitol Hill staffers and former Speaker Kevin McCarthy also joined the long line of mourners. Lynda Robb and Luci Baines Johnson, the daughters of President Lyndon Johnson, paid their respects as well. Luci Baines Johnson blew a kiss toward the casket as she walked away.

Carter, the longest-lived U.S. president, died Dec. 29 at the age of 100.

A U.S. Naval Academy graduate, submarine officer and peanut farmer before entering politics, Carter won the White House in 1976 as an outsider in the wake of the Vietnam War and Watergate. He endured a rocky four years of economic unrest and international crises that ended with his defeat to Republican Ronald Reagan. But he also lived long enough to see historians reassess his presidency more charitably than voters did in 1980, and the national rites of a state funeral afford him a notable counter to the often testy relationship he had with Washington during his four years in the Oval Office.

“President Carter was the governor of the great state of Georgia when I was born,” said Lyn Leverett, among the people who waited in below-freezing weather Wednesday. “So he’s been around my, you know, my whole entire being. And I just want to pay my respects to a decent person.”

Some visitors fondly recalled personal connections to Carter's 1976 campaign, when his family, close friends and other supporters from Georgia formed the “Peanut Brigade” to fan out across Iowa, New Hampshire and other key primary states and help Carter surprise the Washington establishment by winning the Democratic nomination.

“I’m originally from Nashua, New Hampshire, and when I was a child, Jimmy Carter slept at my house,” said Susan Prolman. “He had just won the Iowa caucuses and he was in New Hampshire campaigning for the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire presidential primary. And I created this little poster for him, and he very kindly signed it.”

Margaret Fitzpatrick, of Kensington, Maryland, recalled a family friend who had attended the Naval Academy with Carter in the 1940s and later hosted him as a presidential candidate. But she and others said what most drew them to the Capitol was what they remember of Carter once he left office — and the distinctions they see between Carter and Trump.

“The contrast is amazing,” Fitzpatrick said, as she noted the juxtaposition of Carter's funeral with the obvious preparations around Washington for Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration. “I'm here to respect somebody who has built a reputation on honesty, character and integrity. President Carter was a decent, kind, genuine and gentle person.”

Kim James, also a Maryland resident, said she had yet to start grade school when Carter was elected and thinks of him more as the white-haired former president who fought disease and advocated for democracy in the developing world and built homes for Habitat for Humanity in the U.S. and abroad.

“He cared about other people,” she said, adding that political leaders today should work harder to replicate that example. “That selflessness — it always stood out.”

Official ceremonies this week also have remembered Carter's religious convictions, long public service and decades of humanitarian work beyond what he accomplished in politics. Vice President Kamala Harris, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune eulogized Carter a day earlier at the Capitol, when his remains first arrived in the rotunda.

Carter will remain at the Capitol until Thursday morning, when he is transported to Washington National Cathedral for a state funeral that begins at 10 a.m. Eastern. Biden, a longtime Carter ally, will deliver a eulogy. Other living former presidents, including Trump, are expected to attend.

After the funeral, the Boeing 747 that is Air Force One when a sitting president is aboard will carry Carter and his family back to Georgia. An invitation-only funeral will be held at Maranatha Baptist Church in tiny Plains, Georgia, where Carter taught Sunday School for decades after leaving office.

Carter will be buried next to his wife in a plot near the home they built before his first state Senate campaign in 1962 and where they lived out their lives with the exception of four years in the Georgia Governor's Mansion and four years in the White House.

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