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BioVault locks up biometrics: Using biometrics for encryption, digital signatures

A system that allows biometric data to be used to create a secret key for data encryption has been developed by researchers in South Africa. They describe details of the new technology in the International Journal of Electronic Se ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

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Engineers unleash car-seat identifier that reads your rear end

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cars of the future may use the driver’s rear end as identity protection, through a system developed at Japan’s Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology. A report surfaced earlier ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 25, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 22 | with audio podcast report

IBM reveals five innovations that will change our lives in the next five years (Update)

Today IBM formally unveiled the sixth annual “IBM 5 in 5" (#ibm5in5) – a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and interact during the next five years.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (25) | comments 27 | with audio podcast

Putting a face -- and a fingerprint -- to a name

Bill Conner runs a defense company whose customers are threatened by new forms of global attack every day.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bats show ability to change their ear shapes, making their hearing more flexible

In about 100 milliseconds, horseshoe bats can alter his ear shape significantly in ways that would suit different acoustic sensing tasks. A blink of the eye takes two to three times longer.

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4 | with audio podcast

The future of airport passport control

Digital security specialists, major European electronics makers, and experts in biometrics worked together to make passport control at airports faster. The technology also could have broader applications on the way our identity ...

Technology / Other

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NIST proposes new privacy controls for federal information systems and organizations

With increasing dependency on information systems and advances in cloud computing, the smart grid and mobile computing, maintaining the confidentiality and integrity of citizens' personally identifiable information is a growing ...

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created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Better passwords get with the beat

No password is 100% secure. There are always ways and means for those with malicious intent to hack, crack or socially engineer access to a password. Indeed, there are more and more websites and databases compromised on a ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

World's smallest and slimmest vein sensor

Fujitsu today announced its achievement of the world's smallest and slimmest contact-free vein authentication sensor out of the previous plethora of vein authentication devices including those for the finger ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New heights for Australian beer lovers

The first space tourist flights may be several years away but a group of thirsty Australian scientists are at work on the critical question -- what makes a top zero-gravity beer?

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study reports effects of endurance running

Using a mobile MRI unit, researchers followed runners for two months along a 4,500-kilometer course to study how their bodies responded to the high-stress conditions of an ultra-long-distance race, according to a study presented ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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