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Software sniffs out criminals by the shape of their nose

(PhysOrg.com) -- Forget iris and fingerprint scans - scanning noses could be a quicker and easier way to verify a person's identity, according to scientists from the University of the West of England and University ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Fingerprint technology beats world's toughest tests... including 100s of builders' thumbs

Technology developed by the University of Warwick that can identify partial, distorted, scratched, smudged, or otherwise warped fingerprints in just a few seconds has just scored top marks in the world's two ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Hitachi develops a 3mm thin-type finger vein authentication module

Hitachi, Ltd. today announced the development of a 3mm thick thin-type finger vein authentication module. Finger vein authentication is a biometric identification technology which employs near infrared light ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Who are you? Mobile ID devices find out using NIST guidelines

A new publication that recommends best practices for the next generation of portable biometric acquisition devices -- Mobile ID -- has been published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Technology / Other

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Knobbly kneed ID: Internal body parts and biometrics

Forget LED thumb-pad identification devices, complex retinal laser scanning, or even computerized iris recognition, the way forward for biometric validation is a quick X-ray snapshot of a person's knees, according to a report ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Fingerprints and faces can be faked, but not brain patterns

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sensors able to identify individuals’ brain patterns and heart rhythms could become part of security systems which also use more traditional forms of biometric recognition, thanks to pioneering work being ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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