International Automated Systems, Inc. (IAS or IAUS) is a company with research and development in various industries, that has been involved in many ventures to design, produce, market, and sell high-technology products. It has been publicly traded since 1988, as an

over-the-counter Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs are medicines sold directly to a consumer without a requirement for a prescription from a healthcare professional, as opposed to prescription drugs, which may be supplied only to consumers possessing a valid pres ...

stock (stock symbol IAUS.PK). The founder and major shareholder is Neldon Johnson. It is currently based in

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, United States, where it was founded in 1987. Starting in 2013, IAUS came under fire for questionable claims and practices related to a

solar power Solar power, also known as solar electricity, is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV) or indirectly using concentrated solar power. Solar panels use the photovoltaic effect to c ...

project. In 2018 IAUS was found guilty of multiple counts of fraud. The company, and Johnson, were ordered to pay $50 million in fines and penalties.

Products

Solar Power

Since 2004, International Automated Systems has put most of its efforts into developing a

ed electricity generating system, based on solar heat collected by

patent A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an sufficiency of disclosure, enabling discl ...

ed lenses and focused on a heat receiving system. This heat is then used to generate steam, which turns patented 'blade-less'

turbine A turbine ( or ) (from the Greek , ''tyrbē'', or Latin ''turbo'', meaning vortex) is a rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work. The work produced can be used for generating electrical ...

s, and generates

electricity Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter possessing an electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwel ...

Prototype A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process. It is a term used in a variety of contexts, including semantics, design, electronics, and Software prototyping, software programming. A prototype ...

s of this system have been demonstrated at several locations. A fully functional electricity generation system has been under construction since 2005 in

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. In 2018, IAUS was found guilty of operating an elaborate fraud scheme. The company's "solar lens" products were found to not produce any electricity, and were marketed mainly as a method to obtain tax credits. Judge David Nuffer wrote: that Neldon Johnson and his associates "knew or had reason to know that their statements about tax benefits purportedly related to buying the solar lenses were false or fraudulent."

Automated Retail

Some of the products or potential products of International Automated Systems include an automated

retail Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is the sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholes ...

self-service

checkout Checkout may refer to: * a point of sale terminal * Google Checkout, Google's online payment services * Check-Out (The Price Is Right), a segment game from ''The Price Is Right'' * in information management, it means blocking a file for editing; ...

system and management software for retail establishments. A demonstration project for this was a grocery store called U-Check that was built and run in Salem, Utah. Portions of International Automated Systems' technology have been licensed to

Optimal Robotics Mathematical optimization (alternatively spelled ''optimisation'') or mathematical programming is the selection of a best element, with regard to some criteria, from some set of available alternatives. It is generally divided into two subfiel ...

for an undisclosed amount of money. However, Optimal Robotics Corporation previously had designed and implemented their own self-check out system, which they reported to have developed completely independently of International Automated Systems. A press release by Optimal Robotics on January 24, 2004, states: "Optimal Robotics Corp. (NASDAQ: OPMR), today announced that it has entered into a settlement agreement with International Automated Systems, Inc. (IAS), which brings to a close the patent lawsuit between the parties. In accordance with the agreement, IAS will receive a sum that is not considered to be material to Optimal."http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-112640449.html {{Dead link, date=February 2022

Biometrics and Fingerprint Identification

International Automated Systems developed a

biometric device A biometric device is a security identification and authentication device. Such devices use automated methods of verifying or recognising the identity of a living person based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic. These characteristic ...

consisting of an automated

fingerprint A fingerprint is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger. The recovery of partial fingerprints from a crime scene is an important method of forensic science. Moisture and grease on a finger result in fingerprints on surfa ...

reader (AFIM = Automated Fingerprint Identification Machine) that was able to read a person's fingerprint, then use that information to create a specific, personalized code number, which could be stored in a small amount of digital space, such as on the

magnetic strip The term digital card can refer to a physical item, such as a memory card on a camera, or, increasingly since 2017, to the digital content hosted as a virtual card or cloud card, as a digital virtual representation of a physical card. They shar ...

of a credit card. People could then use other AFIM fingerprint scanners to identify themselves and purchase items or obtain access to controlled locations and devices in a secured way.

Other Products

The company currently is developing or has developed or partially developed products for airport

security systems A security alarm is a system designed to detect intrusions, such as unauthorized entry, into a building or other areas, such as a home or school. Security alarms protect against burglary ( theft) or property damage, as well as against intruders ...

; automated restaurant systems; 'bladeless' turbines for electrical power generation; and solar technology systems for production of electricity and

gasoline Gasoline ( North American English) or petrol ( Commonwealth English) is a petrochemical product characterized as a transparent, yellowish, and flammable liquid normally used as a fuel for spark-ignited internal combustion engines. When for ...

References

External links

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Stock symbol IAUS.PK Companies based in Utah Technology companies of the United States Biometrics 1987 establishments in Utah