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Technology
Pakistan leaves Apple iPhone 5S tech
behind with Electronic Voting Machine
Probably a machine Apple would have
to work yet, Pakistan has developed
an electronic voting machine which
would use thumb impression to count
a vote.
Tariq Malik, chairman of National Dat a b a s e R e g i s t r a t i o n A u t h o ri t y
(NADRA), reveals that the authority
has managed to develop a unique machine for the electronic voting.
The technology is quite similar to the
newly introduced Fingerprint Impression technology in its latest version of
iPhone, iPhone 5S. But this technology
has taken a multidimensional investment of finances, human and technology of Apple.
But the newly developed machine from
the country is more significant as compared to iPhone 5S in sense that it
would count millions of millions of fingerprint impressions within a span of
09 to 10 hours.
“Electronic Voting Machine has been
developed in collaboration with Telephone Industry of Pakistan (TIP),”
Malik said.
TIP is state sponsored institution producing Telephone Exchanges, Hybrids, Printed Circuit boards, Telephone sets, Communication towers,
Container Shells, Telecom Batteries,
Fire Alarm System, Drop wire and Energy meters as its product range.
Scope of IT in Pakistan
The development of the IT sector. In
the years 2003-2005 the country's
IT exports saw a rise of about fifty
percent and amounted a total of
about 48.5 million USD.
The World Economic Forum, assessing the development of Information
and Communication Technology in
the country ranked Pakistan 102nd
among 144 countries in the Global
Information Technology report of
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As of 2011, Pakistan has over 20 million internet users and is ranked as
one of the top countries that have
registered a high growth rate in internet penetration.
Overall, it has the 15th largest population of internet users in the world.
In the fiscal year 2012-2013, the Government of Pakistan aims to spend
Rs. 4.6 billion on information technology projects, with emphasis on egovernment, human resource and
infrastructure development. "Among
the Asians, Pakistanis are the smartest people in the world in Information
Technology." -William Henry Bill
Gates | Former Chairman and Cheif
Software Architect of Microsoft.
From the upcoming general elections,
the machine could be used using
thumb impression. The move is likely
to break
the prevalent trend
of
fake
voting in
various
co ns ti tu encies of
the country.