Palm-Reading Devices Get Smart about Security [News]
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 08:56
in Mathematics & Economics
The image of a spy headquarters protected by a series of high-tech gadgets that scan faces, fingers and other body parts to keep out evildoers has been with us since the dawn of the Cold War. Such gadget-heavy security systems have yet to prove themselves outside of Hollywood (think James Bond and Get Smart), but Japan's Fujitsu Ltd. is hoping to change that with a device that checks identifications based on the unique pattern of veins in a person's palm. [More]