World Food Programme – Hope in the Blink of an Eye

February 18, 2016

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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) launched new IrisGuard technology today that allows Syrian refugees in Jordan to purchase food from local shops with a scan of their eye. Read more here.

World Food Programme – Hope in the Blink of an Eye

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