Tag: BIOMETRIC

The future of biometric scanning may not be at your fingertips, or in front of your eyes. Apparently, it could be in your ears. As the Telegraph reports, researchers at the University of Southampton in the U.K. have now created a system capable of scanning and analyzing ear structures, which, they claim, are unique enough to accurately identify people. The researchers are hopeful that their new ...

In an effort to exert greater control over militant groups in Afghanistan, several governmental ministries, in conjunction with NATO forces, are now hoping to issue biometric ID cards to over 1.65 million Afghan citizens by May. Local and foreign forces have already begun compiling biometric files on policemen, criminals, insurgents and normal citizens, and are currently collecting information ...

Like something out of a futuristic Roberto Bolaño novel, city officials in Leon, Mexico are currently putting together a citywide database of its citizens' irises. They plan on using the system to keep track of known criminal offenders -- and, presumably, every other person in the city. Biometrics R&D firm Global Rainmakers has already begun shipping iris scanners to the city of more ...

Rather than swipe a plastic card, some bank customers in Poland only need their fingertips to withdraw money. According to Popular Science, the BPS SA bank in Warsaw, Poland recently became the first in Europe to install a biometric ATM. Thanks to Hitachi's "Finger Vein" technology, customers simply place their index finger on a scanner that reads their vein pattern and then identifies exactly ...

Share Since 2005, there have been at least 358.4 million personal records lost to security breaches, according to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. This includes everything from home addresses to credit card numbers and Social Security information. But, as frightening as the prospect of your sensitive data being compromised is, simply removing all traces of yourself from the Web is not a ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Since 2008, Facebook has been embroiled in a legal dispute over its Beacon advertising program, and a judge has finally put an official end to the case. A District Court judge in San Jose, California has approved a class action settlement that will force Facebook to pay $9.5 million. [From: The Washington Post] Two senators have ...

Hitachi employees don't have to worry about vending machines spitting out wrinkled cash or swallowing coins. In another addition to Japan's long line of unique vending machines that will never make it to U.S. shores, new soft drink machines allow employees to pay by swiping their finger instead of feeding in money. According to Crunch Gear, the machine uses a proprietary finger vein biometric ...

Not sure if you folks have heard, but apparently there are some serious gang-related issues in Mexico. Crazy, right? Just about two years after the Mexican government began swapping game consoles and computers for weaponry in a bizarre (and evidently futile) effort to curb crime, the country has now decided to take things one step further. Beginning in April, a law will require mobile phone ...

Surely your remember Project Lantern from back in 2006, right? If you weren't too fond of that initiative, let's just say your worst nightmare is coming true. Going forward, every police force in the UK will be equipped with mobile fingerprint scanners, which will allow the fuzz to carry out identity checks right on the street. Dubbed Project Midas, this here setup is supposed to "transform the ...

Check this out: A new prototype dress may one day help dense men or women clue in on their partner's emotional condition. The Daily Mail reports that the Bubelle Dress, designed by scientists at the Dutch electronics company Philips, changes colors depending on the wearer's mood. The dress's development was prompted by a research venture dubbed the SKIN Probe Project, which imagines daily ...