Archive for November 14th, 2008
Biometrics: Veins to replace fingerprints
Friday, November 14th, 2008Just recently, a new technology called finger vein authentication is gaining ground in Europe. A technology originally developed by Hitachi captures the pattern of blood vessels by transmitting near-infrared light at different angles through the finger, and then turns it into a digital code to match it against profiles already stored into the system. The [...]
