biometrics
News

The Pentagon Is Putting Its Big Brother Data Collection In The Cloud

News emerged this week that the U.S. Army, which has been collecting biometric data of locals in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, is going to start storing that data in the cloud. Put simply, biometrics is the collection of personal, physical data using devices like retina scanners, and no matter what way you spin the situation, it’s a potentially pretty creepy practice.

10 May 2013

Software

UK Bank Phone Verification System Uses Your Voice As Your Password

The days of having to remember your childhood dog’s mother’s maiden name or what street your first high school mascot lived on could soon be a thing of the past. UK financial services firm Barclay Wealth has recently introduced a verification system that uses biometrics, rather than random facts, to confirm your are who you say you are.

15 October 2012

Science

Are Your Future Passwords Hidden In The Jiggling Of Your Eyeballs?

Eye scanners have always been one of the security devices people think of when they think “high tech” and “high security.” But they’re not perfect yet, some can be fooled with contacts or even pictures, but new pushes into detecting your personal eye jiggle could change that.

7 June 2012

Gadgets

World’s Smallest Fingerprint Reader Borders On Adorable

Following in the footsteps of USB flash drives that have shrunk to mere slivers of plastic, Eikon’s new Mini biometric fingerprint reader is barely noticeable as it hangs off your laptop. And the convenience of not having to remember passwords will cost you just $US10.

13 April 2012

News

Biometric ATM Reads Palms, Not Debit Cards

Want some cash in Gifu Prefecture, Japan? Come September, you’ll be able to just press some flesh with one of Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank’s biometric ATMs to access your accounts.

20 November 2011

Science

DARPA Sensors Will Track Your Heartbeat

Doesn’t matter if you’re a ninja or a polar bear blinking in a blizzard — if you’ve got a heartbeat, this new sensor system will find you. It’s called “Biometrics-at-a-distance” and does everything but smell your fear.

15 July 2011

Science

Battlefield Biometric Scanning Keeps Perfect Record Of Millions

Distinguishing friend from foe has been one of the greater challenges through years of American military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan. But science fiction-worthy biometric scanning, the NYT reports, is changing the face of warfare, two irises at at ime.

20 May 2011

Gadgets

Turn Your iPod Touch Into A Fingerprint Scanner

I got my fingerprints done the other day (no, I wasn’t in trouble), and I was surprised at how stone-aged the whole process was. The FbF MobileOne actually smartens up fingerprintin’—it uses an iPod Touch to grab ‘em.

4 May 2011

Science

CSI Bin Laden: Commandos Use Eye Scans To Track Terrorists

The US forces who killed Osama bin Laden in his Abbottabad compound were more than expert marksmen. Some of them were forensics experts as well, using sophisticated tools to ensure that they got the right man.

3 May 2011

News

Classified Technologies Helped Track Bin Laden In His Compound

The National Review has sources telling them that the Joint Special Operations Command used forensics training, biometric analysis and NSA/CIA resources to help commandos survey, locate and kill Osama Bin Laden inside his secret Pakistan compound.

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