Health and safety concerns are taking the front seat more than ever before thanks to the COVID pandemic and the sudden realization that the threat of future public health concerns need to be mitigated going forward .
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Turnstiles , portals , other pedestrian speed gates and vehicle gates have long been our go-to solution for controlling access .
Speed of throughput , security of transactions , durability and prod- uct aesthetics have and continue to be design priorities for the suppli- ers of such products .
But a new challenge emerges in
the post-pandemic , hygiene-oriented world as we enter 2021
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There are many new developments in readers and authentication technologyogy . We now have 2D barcode
readers , advanced smartphone technology , turnstile-optimized readers , superior biometrics and AI ( artificial Intelligence ) systems for credential- ing . In this article we examine how
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