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Fingerprint Technology Can Identify Even Ravaged Prints

As any construction-site foreman will tell you, fingerprint-recognition hardware installed at these locations oftentimes fails to provide a correct identification of the worker. This happens because their fingers, especially their thumbs, are usually damaged and bruised from all the intense labor. Scientists at the U...

26 October 2009
07:17 GMT

Brain Patterns Are the New Standard in Biometrics

Fear of terrorist attacks has prompted a redefining of the concepts of security and safety throughout the world, and especially in Europe and the United States, the largest potential targets. After 2001, more and more retinal scanners and fingerprint-recognition devices have been installed in sensitive areas such as ...

6 February 2009
05:31 GMT

Blind Spot Eye Identification to Be Employed in Security Systems

According to Japanese researchers working in the field of biometrics, the current security methods are far from being safe. And we're not talking here about easily hackable passwords, but iris or fingerprint identification. As specialists claim, with a little help from technology, people could easily imitate som...

6 September 2008
06:16 GMT

The Bionic Eye: Fully-Fledged LCD Display In a Contact Lens

Just when we thought that the four-panel ccurved monitor from Alienware was the next big thing in the display industry, researchers at the University of Washington announced a new type of hybrid contact lens that will bring to life the Terminator within you.The engineers' breakthrough will open new possibilities...

3 March 2008
09:39 GMT

Panasonic Develops "Eye-Poking" Walkthrough Iris Identification System

Although only a couple of years back iris identification systems were something people saw mostly in Sci-Fi or James Bond movies, things have changed quite a lot these days, as the rapid evolution of technology over the past few years led to several important developments in this specific technological field. However...

14 August 2007
03:16 GMT

Prevent All Attempts of Workplace Theft by Reading Your Employees' Hearts

Theft at the workplace is becoming an increasingly bothersome problem for a large number of employers, and that's the reason why more and more companies are taking steps towards solving this problem by installing various surveillance systems. However, it would seem that hidden spy-cameras are slowly becoming a t...

12 March 2007
04:24 GMT


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