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Jun 4, 2011

Fujitsu Fingerprint/Palm Reader Does Large-Scale Biometric Identification, Won't Tell Fortunes

So it can't predict the future, but the latest biometric reader from Fujitsu can tell that you're one in a million -- quite literally. Looking something to the love child of Simon and a Polaroid camera, this as-of-yet unnamed device is apparently the "world's first biometric authentication technology that combines data on palm vein patterns with fingerprint data from three fingers." 

That's a mouthful, but Fujitsu says the combination of these two biometric authentication techniques allows for accurate identification of an individual in a pool of one million in just two seconds. What's more, it expects to up that capacity to groups of ten million by the end of 2011. For professional evildoers rocking three fingers and a palm, maybe now's a good time to start rethinking your career path.
 
 

14 comments:

Jay said...

Big brother type machne

Breakingbrokers said...

:O Im disapointed in fujitsu

Joe said...

i assumed one fingerprint alone would be 1-in-a-million matching frequency. And I've had friends with laptops that have fingerprint authentication to unlock. I guess this is just quicker? Cool though, thanks for sharing

VersionDouble said...

sometimes i feel this stuff is the future, then some times it all scares me.

Dejch said...

if it would tell fortune, what else do you neeD?

kxxthanxx said...

could use this stop people getting in the fridge

Trolske said...

faking the fingerprints is not a big deal..but I've never heard bout the vein thing.

RedHeadRob said...

so badass!

Pool Fool said...

interesting thing this fingerprint

ChazWellington said...

so we dont need ink fingerprints anymore?

Nope said...

Haha, your title made me laugh, I'd actually expect these being used quite a lot in the future.

Lt Nite said...

Seems like this could be implemented well in the future.

The Hammer said...

We all knew this was coming

GamerGanz said...

WHAT? It can't tell me what hair color my future wife will have?

Worthless! Throw it out!

What do you mean can be used for other things? Yeah It can be used for other things! I'm gonna use it to burn down your house!
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