Students Get ‘Hands-On’ Look at YMCA Biometric Entry System

Students in CIT236 (An Introduction to Biometric Identification and Authentication) in Penn College’s School of Business and Computer Technologies traveled to the Williamsport YMCA on Monday for a look at its hand-recognition system for controlling entry. Lawrence P. Savitsky, “Y” administrator, explained the system, which takes more than 200 measurements in its scan of a member’s hand before unlocking the door and allowing access. The class also plans to visit the Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Montoursville to view its fingerprint-identification system, which is linked by computer to a national database.