artiNNet Products & Solutions

ISO-Compliant Card Products

(artiNNet does not manufacture cards or other products. We license our algorithms to manufacturers and biometric technology companies.)



100% Stand-Alone, On-Card Biometrics
... for Just a Few Dollars per Card


Introducing the TX1:

artiNNet's TX1 is the world’s first ISO-compliant, on-board, self-authenticating fingerprint card solution that does not require external control devices or rechargeable batteries. The TX1 is powered by a built-in, non-rechargable microbattery that is expected to last for 2-3 years of normal use. The card is thin, tough, and flexible, just like a regular credit card.

Simply touch the card's sensor to instantly unlock it. The card can then be used like any regular card, utilizing all existing smart card and magstripe card-reading infrastructures.

artiNNet's solution is nothing short of a complete technology breakthough. In short, it is now technically and economically viable to include biometric authentication on almost any card product. By using on-card biometric verification, security is tremendously increased, but without any of the privacy issues that have previously caused concern:
  • The cardholder’s personal biometric data or privacy is never at risk
    because the biometric data never leaves the card.

    (See TX1 Privacy Assurance for details)

  • Existing infrastructures are not effected

       – No expensive hardware upgrades required;
             no fingerprint-sensing hardware to install at card-reading stations
       – No software upgrades required
       – No biometric database to build, maintain, or protect
TX1 fingerprint authentication can be added as an easy complement to new or existing contact or contactless smart card products. We license our algorithms at extremely affordable prices with the aim of encouraging widespread, mainstream adoption of biometric technology across many market sectors.

Any industry that has current or future plans to issue card products to its employees, customers and/or vendors — and has a need for security — can take advantage of the TX1:
  • Credit Cards
  • Debit Cards
  • Building Entry Cards & Badges
  • Network Access Cards & Badges
  • Identification Cards
  • Driver's Licenses
  • Membership Cards
  • Healthcare & Insurance Cards

Card Issuer Beneifits
  • Limits card use to biometrically authorized persons only
  • No need for biometric data collection, housing, maintenance or related security
  • Overall very low cost solution that still satisfies the needs of the organization and cardholder
  • No impact on existing infrastructure; no need for costly hardware at every card-reading station
  • Biometric data cannot be lost, stolen, hacked or decoded
  • Extreme reliability of authentication (<.001% false positives)
  • Costly overhead associated with passwords and/or PIN management can be eliminated
  • Speed and stability of the authentication
  • Overall process efficiency
  • No disaster recovery considerations are required
  • Can be used by illiterate or foreign-language-speaking individuals

Cardholder/End User Benefits

  • “No one can use my card except me,” even if lost or stolen
  • Personal biometric data exists only on my card, not on a database that could be compromised
  • Identity and biometric data cannot be obtained from the card; fingerprint image does not exist on card and cannot be reverse-derived from neural net weights stored on the card
  • Speed and reliability of authentication (<3% false negatives)
  • Robust sensing – reads fingerprints regardless of dirt, moisture, pressure, heat or ambient light
  • No need to memorize another PIN or password
  • Extremely convenient and easy to use
  • Self-powered, no need to recharge the card
  • No need to synchronize with host systems to make changes


Licensing TX1 for Your Card Product or Biometric Technology

At artiNNet, we work with a host of card and component manufacturers and technology providers to provide complete on-board biometric solutions. Our proprietary authentication algorithms are orders of magnitude more efficient than any other authentication algorithms currently available, which allows us to create on-board biometrics solutions that are just a few dollars per card, as opposed to hundreds of dollars per card. Regardless of what biometrics technology you develop or deploy, our algorithms can almost certainly reduce your chip costs and power requirements, while improving performance and convenience.

Click here to learn more about licensing our algorithms.


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