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Kairos is a cool product in technology that utilizes biometrics to form the base for a timeclock system at a place of work.  Kairos runs on a smartphone or tablet and checks employees in and out of their shifts through facial recognition technology.  When an employer uses Kairos, all an employee supposedly has to do to punch in for their shift is look at the smartphone or tablet camera.  Kairos will automatically recognize the employee as legitimate and record their punch-in time.  If this cool product works as advertised it could be seriously advantageous for small businesses.  It doesn’t require any extra equipment beyond a working tablet or smartphone that a company might be able to repurpose.  It can also effectively prevent any type of timecard fraud.  If employees must have their faces recognized by the camera in order to punch in or out of their shift, then it would be impossible for someone to punch in someone who wasn’t on time or absent.  In theory, this would increase the accuracy of timecards and avoid any potential abuse of the system.  Employers who want to take advantage of Kairos but have no experience with smartphones or tablets can seek help from business computer services.

While Kairos promotes their facial recognition software as their main feature, the company does offer other options for their mobile-based timeclock software.  Besides facial recognition, businesses can use proximity badges, numeric passwords, and even a fingerprint-based biometric solution.

Kairos’s method of using mobile devices for punching in also gives companies flexibility they may otherwise not have.  Now, even if your business is mobile and you work at several locations, you can still utilize a timeclock to keep track of your employees.  Any business that requires work done at outdoor sites could also find this an especially useful solution.  Kairos also features location-aware features, which you can utilize to ensure that employees are always arriving at the correct worksites.  If an employee tries to punch in with Kairos outside of a designated area, the mobile GPS will detect it and reject the attempt.

Currently, Kairos is only available for iPhone and iPad, but the company is working on Android version.  If you want advice on how to use the eventual Android version of Kairos, Android support is available to help with issues regarding device and operating system fragmentation.

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