Car thieves make off with thousands of cars each year, so Associate Professor Shigeomi Koshimizu at the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Tokyo decided to do something about it.Alas, he is not a fighting man, nor an investigator or a cop, so he can't personally put a stop to such felonies.Thus, he s... |
23 December 2011
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Biometrics scientists at the University of Southampton, found a way of identifying people by their ears, a method that has shown an almost 100% success rate.Their technique is called the image ray transform and it can highlight tubular structures, just like ears, and specifically identify them.The research carried ou... |
11 October 2010
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A team of investigators from the United Kingdom is currently working on setting up the first ever visual biometrics database of Great White Sharks in the world.The tool is bound to help researchers in several fields conduct their investigations on the largest predators to roam our planet's oceans. Great White S... |
14 August 2010
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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