Dubai Airport Using Contactless CardsContactless RFID (radio frequency identification) smartcards are being used at Dubai International Airport - one of two such airports worldwide - to allow registered passengers to pass through [Contactless News] automated entry and exit gates faster. The cards are swiped at a terminal and a three second fingerprint scan is performed, […]
Fujitsu has been working on a palm vein reader (PDF, 2 pgs) since 2002 or earlier. (They applied for patents in Sep 2002). They believe that each person has a unique configuration of veins in their palm, and that this can thus be used to identify someone. According to the document, palm vein patterns are […]
Biometrics is the science of identifying human beings by measuring and analyzing unique characteristics. Currently, such characteristics include iris patterns in the eye, several aspects of voice, and fingerprinting - of which there are two types. One type, which does not use the inkpad approach you see on detective shows on TV, measures distance and […]
