Overall revenues for the biometrics market are forecasted to hit US$13.8 million in 2015, according to ABI Research (www.abiresearch.com). The majority of revenues in most biometric recognition technologies are still stemming from governmental entities.
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Zevrix Solutions (www.zevrix.com) has released BatchOutput PDF 2.2.13, a maintenance update to its solution to automate PDF printing with watched hot folders on Mac OS X.
With BatchOutput PDF, users only need to drop PDFs into hot folders and the files will be printed automatically using the assigned output preset. The software saves customers the time and effort of opening and printing each document manually. The new version improves the app’s ability to reprint processed files and optimizes job folder handling.
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Push Popcorn (http://pushpopcorn.com) has introduced Records 1.0 for Mac OS X, a personal database tool built around a WYSIWYG [what you see is what you get] Visual Editor.
The app lets users drag and drop form fields and start entering data instantly. No prior database knowledge is required and you don’t have to write a single line of code. Records provides pre-filled lists, such as countries, currencies or credit cards, in order to speed up database creation.
Records for Mac 1.0 is available from the Mac App Store for US$49.99 It requires OS X Yosemite or newer.
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Virtual Space OOO has introduced 3D Molecules Edit & Test 1.0 (http://tinyurl.com/nra3ljf), a chemistry app for Mac OS X. It allows anyone to build and manipulate 3D molecular models of organic and inorganic compounds.
The key features are 3D printing support and a “test yourself” mode that allows students to check their knowledge of the 3D structure of molecules. 3D Molecules Edit & Test is designed especially for high school and college chemistry students learning about molecular bonding and orbitals with the aid of 3D visualization.
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Nikolas Konstantakopoulos from Granny’s Audio has announced metroKit (http://tinyurl.com/q2l26k9), a flexible metronome for Mac OS X.
Equipped with speed, rhythm trainers and fully customizable beats and accents, the app can help even the most demanding musicians boost their skills, according to Konstantakopoulos. With custom accents, metroKit — which costs approximately US$3.42 — can help you practice paradiddles as well as strumming patterns for the stringed musicians. You can save and recall your settings, and start from where you stopped.
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