Analysis of a new generation of biometric authentication devices and biometric-related applications could include the following:

Biocentric Solution 
http://www.biometricsolutions.com/

BioID America                 
http://www.bioid.com/

Nuance Communication    
http://www.nuance.com/

Siemans Visionics             
http://www.siemans.com/

      Carr, Jim. "Biometric Devices: The Next Wave." Network Magazine. 16(10), October 2001, 48-52. Article contains above-listed and other Web sites. http://www.networkmagazine.com/

     Hill, Jonathan A. "Biometrics Come of Age: A Braver New World of Iris Recognition and Fingerprinting." Internet World. November 2001, pp. 54-55. http://internetworld.com/

Anselmo, Joseph C. "Show Your Eye?d." Washington TechwaX, October 29, 2001, 28-29.

Alliance for Technology Access (ATA)
http://www.atacess.org/

Archimedes Project                                   
http://archimedes.stanford.edu/arch/

Assistive Technology Education Network
http://www.aten.ocps.kl2.fl.us/

Center for Applied Special Technology      
http://www.cast.org/bobby/

Center for Accesible Technology                
http://www.cforat.org/

Center for Assistive Technology (CAT)      http://wings.buffalo.edu/ot/cat/index.htm

National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)  http://www.wgbh.org/wgbh/papes/ncam

Sun Microsystems Enabling Technologies Program 
http://www.sun.com/tech/access/

Trace Research and Development Center     
http://www.trace.wise.edu/

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)               
http://www.w3c.org/WAI/

World Wide Web Consortium                     
http://www.w3c.org./

Level I and II research universities have a base of knowledge that is available. 

Examples are:

Oregon State University                          
http://osu.orst.edu/dept/tap/

University of California at Los Angeles     
http://www.dcp.ucla.edu/

University of Missouri, Columbia             http://www.iatservices.missouri.edu/adaptive/

Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF)                  
http://www.gatf.org/

International Prepress Association (PA)                        
http://www.gatf.org/

National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL)    
http://www.napl.org/

Printimage International (PII)                                         http://www.ptintimage.org/

Rochester Institute of Technology (TIT)                         
http://www.rit.edu/

Windsor Professional Information                                  http://www.infoblvd.net/jea

Chief Information Ofcers (CIOs) engage in accessing information, analzying information, and redistributiniz information to Knowledge Managers (KMs) who critique the information and redirect it to others for use as value added knowledge. Figure 1 is a display of functions or roles. A CIO could be at a district level or could be a Cooperative Education Service Agency (CESA). CIOs and KMs would assist education service providers convert concepts into developmentally appropriate learning units, help manage delivery of them, and assess student learning outcomes via coordination of Career Counseling Services and Curriculum Development (see Figure 1).

6-8 Advanced Exploration in careers such as GAPP (see note about Quad/Graphics below). Exploration of applications to economy sectors such as in Graphic Arts, Printing, and Publishing. Early exploration about applications of technologies likeAdaptive and Assistive Technologies. 

4-5 Awareness to Early Exploration of biometric, card, voice and wireless technologies.

Figure 1. A Paradigm to Enhance Career Development From Awareness through Exploration

Ouad/Graphics Inc., indicated that it would invest $600 million between July 2000 and 2002 to expand its facilities worldwide to help fulfill a new contract to produce nine million copies of National Geographic. Article authors and photographers travel and work throughout the world. Articles are written, many with photographs, and often sent electronically to printing centers. Pre-press awareness and exploration career path opportunities expand greatly by analysis of the competencies and skills of diverse roles required to produce regional issues of that publication.

Quad/Graphics is the world's largest privately held printer, employing more than 12,000 people at printing plants and sales ofces in a 24 x 7 x 365 Anytime Anywhere around the world enterprise. Quad/Graphics is a recognized leader in print technology and innovator in employee management. Customer Relations Management (CRM) career path opportunities expanded greatly with the conversion from face-to-face (f2f) interactions to electronic transactions in B2C and 13213 with eCRM. Quad/Graphics has a vision to become the best customer service organization in the world. Quad/Graphics won two of the highest honors for outstanding printing performance, April 2001. Newsweek Inc., publisher of Newsweek magazine and a division of The Washington Post Co., named Quad/Graphics' Hartford, WI, plant its "Printer of the Year" for the 16th consecutive year. Time Inc., publisher of several popular consumer magazines and a division of AOL Time Warner, named Quad/Graphics' Sarasota Springs, NY plant its "Co-Printer of the Year" for its production of Sport Illustrated, Time, and People Weekly. Imagine how exciting learning can become when accessing, browsing, and mining information for value added knowledge is a centerpiece of the education enterprise to prepare the next generation for digital dividends. http://www.qg.com/