Friday, December 19, 2008

Biometrics – Does Your Knowledge Measure Up?

The use of biometric technology continues to grow in importance for access control and tracking systems. Measurements of fingerprints and hand geometry led to iris and retinal scans with face recognition growing in popularity. But did you know that everyone’s tongue is different? And did you know that your body odour can be used for biometric access control? The future of access control may involve unwashed employees lining up to stick out their tongues before logging onto their IT systems!
An interesting CNN article can be accessed through this link: CNN Biometric Report