Cambridge-based mobile fingerprint startup Simprints is working with healthcare providers in Nepal and Bangladesh on projects using its digital identity solutions.Simprints biometric fingerprint scanners will be rolled out in July as part of a digital healthcare programme by non-profit healthcare company 'Possible' in Nepal, reported Business Weekly.The firm has developed a rugged mobile fingerprint system that can be used in remote locations, with the biometric data enabling accurate healthcare provision through links to health records.Staff told the newpaper that the algorithm in the biometric scanner had to be optimised to recognise worn, scarred fingerprints such as those of rickshaw drivers or of women burnt from cooking.”The UN are already using biometrics; however, this requires a desktop setup. Simprints offers a mobile, durable and more affordable alternative,” Sebastian Manhart of Simprints told the newspaper.There are also plans for 45 workers from the NGO 'BRAC' will bring scanners to homes in Dhaka, Bangladesh, reaching 55,000 mothers and children.
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