PSIDD>>>DELRAY BEACH, Fla., April 29, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PositiveID Corporation ("PositiveID" or "Company") (OTCBBSIDD), a developer of biological detection and diagnostics solutions, today announced it has launched the development of the Firefly Dx detection system ("Firefly"), a portable, hand-held, point-of-need molecular diagnostic system, which is being designed to provide test results from sample input through reporting of results in less than 15 to 30 minutes depending on the type of test performed. Firefly is expected to quickly process human and agricultural samples to provide accurate confirmation of biological threats via a smart-phone application.