News tagged with fingerprint technology

Bum's the word in Japan security scans

Put your fingerprint scanners away. Stand aside iris measurers. Buttocks are the new way to prove who you are.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Prototype hand-held drug testing device launched

The world's first prototype of a hand-held fingerprint drug testing device has been created by UK technology company Intelligent Fingerprinting.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Facebook to scan for child porn

Facebook's chief technology officer said Thursday that the social network will start scanning for child pornography and images of missing children.

Technology / Internet

created May 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Video fingerprinting offers search solution

(PhysOrg.com) -- The explosive growth of video on the internet calls for new ways of sorting and searching audiovisual content. A team of European researchers has developed a groundbreaking solution that is ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

FBI delves into DMV photos in search for fugitives

(AP) -- In its search for fugitives, the FBI has begun using facial-recognition technology on millions of motorists, comparing driver's license photos with pictures of convicts in a high-tech analysis of ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1