Cambridge-based biometric startup SimPrints have been featured in the Social Entrepreneurship category of the Forbes list.SimPrints is developing rugged fingerprint scanners for mobile services in healthcare, microfinance, and aid distribution in the developing world, with the company expected to release their product later this yearThe three cofounders Toby Norman, 28, Tristam Norman, 27 and Daniel Storisteanu, 29, describe themselves as a team who want to “change the world” with their lightweight mobile biometric scanners.The scanners they have developed connect wirelessly with any Bluetooth 2.0 phone, and are to be used primarily in developing countries to link biometrics with medical records, bypassing problems that arise from inadequate paper-based health records.The trio have won numerous accolades including Business Weekly's 'Startup of the Year' and UNICEF's 'Best Tech: Changing Children's Lives for Good' Award.

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