San Jose, CA (July 6, 2000) - How often have you scanned your memory for a password or PIN number, or fumbled for a key or ATM card, to open up your computer, gain access to a work area, or simply get cash for a movie? It's there, somewhere, but not always at your fingertips. And it's probably not as secure as you would like.

On July 8th and 9th, you can try out a new way to have all the access you need from computers to your front door, at The Tech Museum of Innovation. Not only will your password, access code and PIN number literally be at your fingertips, it will also be reassuringly and uniquely secure. All thanks to some new and very clever biometric fingerprint recognition devices developed by San Jose-based SecuGen Corporation.

Visitors will be invisted to discover the power of their fingerprints at SecuGen's hands-on exhibit at The Tech Museum's Communication Gallery. By scanning their fingers using a sensor no bigger than a fingernail and displaying their fingerprints on a big screen TV monitor, visitors can explore the unique characteristics of their fingerprints. Their fingerprints will be the key to making things happen with computers and to activating other applications in the exhibit. SecuGen products and software will also be demonstrated.

Biometrics is an automated technology that recognizes an individual based on his or her physical characteristics. SecuGen's fingerprint recognition devices are integrated into hardware products such as the EyeD Mouse™. SecuGen's patent-pending optical sensor and fingerprint identification software can provide optimum security, combined with convenience and ease-of-use, ranging from large enterprise systems, to your own on-line shoppping, or even your garage door. No more searching your memory, purse or pockets for the right key or password.

Following this display and demonstration, SecuGen's innovative fingerprint recognition technology will be showcased in a demonstration unit which will be added to The Tech Museum's Curiosity Counter collection, featuring new technologies on a rotational basis. The Tech Museum of Innovation is located at 201 South Market Street in downtown San Jose, phone (408) 294-TECH (8324).

About SecuGen Corporation A pioneer of the biometric industry, SecuGen Corporation designs, manufactures and markets its award-winning optical fingerprint recognition technology worldwide. SecuGen's products have been integrated into a broad range of applications including Internet, network and desktop security, physical access control and other electronic products. As a trusted source for reliable hardware and software products, SecuGen is committed to ongoing research and development in biometrics technology.