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FOR: HERITAGE CONCEPTS INTERNATIONAL INC.
TSE SYMBOL: HCI
OTC Bulletin Board SYMBOL: HCIFF
AUGUST 3, 2000 - 18:03 EDT
HCI/AND Biometrics Have Been Invited To Washington D.C.
To Present To The U.S., Department Of State, The Facial
Recognition, HNet Technology For Their Passport Control
System.
BURLINGTON, ONTARIO--HCI (TSE: HCI) and AND Corporation announces
that their joint venture currently named AND Biometrics, the
leader in HNet technology has been invited to present facial
recognition technology to the U.S., department of state for
immigration and naturalization services (INS) and passport control
systems. Facial recognition using HNet technology is the
undisputed leader and therefore very well positioned to be adopted
within the departments INS, passport control systems.
The technology required for the INS, passport control system will
include an electronically digitized visual identification system.
A central data-based biometric reference system for use in both
logical and physical access control mechanisms to enhance security
in numerous applications.
The current enabling technology used by federal agencies is the
first generation of Biometric technology and will very quickly
become obsolete. HNet (Holographic/Quantum Neural Technology) is
the first to market using the new, more sophisticated and highly
advanced and reliable HNet technology. "Our product in facial
recognition using HNet technology has widened the gap
significantly between ourselves and the current technology", says
Jerry Janik, CEO of HCI/AND Biometrics. "Our current and future
products using HNet will be available as O.E.M. modules and in due
course, as off the shelf turn-key finished solutions available
through our partner network. We are delighted to be invited to
present this leading core biometric technology, that will not only
meet, but exceed the requirements of the department for INS
passport control system", Janik adds.
The state departments contracts are designed to establish
contracted vehicles for use by all access points into the United
States. The smart access program, to be used by INS, passport
systems, will be acquired from one or more vendor teams, and will
be capable of, at minimum, providing both physical and logical
access control at all entry points both on and off the continental
U.S.A.
HNet (Holographic/Quantum Neural Technology) will be made
available to various sub-contract groups.as the next generation of
facial recognition. The gap between and facial recognition using
HNet technology and other products available is significant and
wide, and will be for some time. The invitation both acknowledged
and recognized technological gaps between the current technologies
and HNet, therefore the Government was enthusiastic to bring this
forward at this time in recognition of the enormous advances made
in the Biometric field recently.
"Several institutions have been working for twenty-years (20
years) or more on this kind of advancement without the success and
breakthroughs we have achieved", quoted John Sutherland, the
inventor and developer of HNet Technology. "We expect that HNet
will become the specified technology for facial recognition and in
due course speech recognition as it comes on stream", says Jerry
Janik.
We recognize that the current enabling technology has been
deployed with various agencies in the federal government, however
they are beginning to recognize that HNet is so advanced, that
they need to make it available now on a go forward basis to ensure
that in the most critical and sensitive agencies and applications
that they have access to the absolute leading edge technology
available. Several agencies within the federal government are
currently either testing or being made aware of HNet capabilities
they include departments of defense, justice and the national
security agency. In addition, various governments around the world
specifically England, Israel, Canada among others are currently in
trials or under review.
About AND Biometrics
AND Biometrics, utilizing the revolutionary HNet technology,
stands at the forefront of the biometrics industry. A joint
venture between AND Corp. and HCI has combined to produce the
resources needed to capitalize on the exploding field of
biometrics. This strategy brings to market the creator of the
HNet technology, Mr. John Sutherland, CEO of AND Corp. As the
world leader in providing state of the art neural technology
solutions, AND Biometrics takes a significant competitive
advantage with unparalleled quality. With applications for the
financial, security, medical, and manufacturing industries AND
Biometrics is positioned to lead the industry to an unprecedented
level.
About HCI
HCI is a diversified, Canadian-controlled company which operates
in this new economy through autonomous subsidiaries and
partnerships. AND Biometrics, the leading-edge provider of neural
technology with applications for the financial, manufacturing,
security and medical sectors; Heritage Concepts, branded
restaurant environments, the foodservice and franchise sector;
Platinum Intermedia, growth partnerships in the audio
communications industry and internet-related businesses and Real
Estate Holdings, real property investments. HCI shares trade on
the Toronto Stock Exchange under the stock symbol HCI.
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Heritage Concepts International Inc.
399 Pearl Street,
Burlington, Ontario
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