Plantiga has developed proprietary, fully functional, instrumented footwear technology, wherein the footwear identifies the individual wearing it. Much like a scanner reads a fingerprint or an iris, Plantiga’s patent pending footwear sole technology identifies the individual by their walking and movement patterns. 

The process of identifying someone is essential to security but it's fraught with problems. Basically, current methods don't really work, whether scanning a fingerprint or signing in with a password.

There are three unique features and benefits when incorporating Plantiga technology:

• Mobility: With our system the user wears Plantiga footwear, which acts like a biometric scanner or reader. This allows an individual to be identified and authenticated anywhere and at any time (where they’ve been, what they’ve done, who they’ve connected with, and when they did any of these actions).

• Ubiquitous (being everywhere at once): Another feature of Plantiga footwear is the fact that the authenticating interface is not seen. The system operates (for example, door’s unlocking then re-locking, elevators moving, computers turning on, etc.) without the need for physical interaction with anything. This is a hands free identification system, requiring no readers, scanners or keyboard input.

• On-Demand: The user will always, and continuously, generate identifiable biometric information, whether standing, sitting or walking. Thus, the user can be identified at any time, and then have that identity tag attached to whatever they do (like a stamp). This allows for superior auditing of personnel activity, and extends beyond access control into employee time and attendance, and credentialing and other kinds of logistical information.

Plantiga's footwear technology can be incorporated into any design of footwear (military boots, business casual, cross trainers, etc. - depending on the industry or application). The smartphone shown is only representative.