These private residences are particularly notable for their extravagant symbol-laden carvings of dragons, opera scenes, trees and flowers, found on the main entranceways, foundation column stones and intricate lattice windows.
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Global's slightly larger version, about the size of a fist, called the iSwipe Mini, secures entranceways and can store 10, 000 iris identities, each compressed into a tiny 2-kilobyte file, and can scan 15 people per minute.