login
Become a member
Quick Registration
Full Registration Benefits -
Free Homepages for Doctors
Free Homepages for Hospitals
Free Homepages for Medical Conference
Free Homepages for NGO's
Personal Health Record Creation
Access to all Medical Slides
Access to all Jobs & Products Sale
PalmSecure Scans Veins in User's Palm for Identification
Fujitsu Computer Products of America recently unveiled palm-scanning technology for the U.S. market that's already in widespread use in Asia.
Hiroko Naito, Fujitsu's business development manager, said that the firm's PalmSecure technology uses near-infrared scanning to identify people by the pattern of veins in their palms, which are as distinctive as fingerprints.
"It's a contactless device - you just hold your hand over the sensor, so it's hygienic and easy to use. We have heard so many times from customers that the reason they were hesitant about biometrics is that it could be intrusive," Live Science quoted Naito, as saying.
Geoffrey Turner, senior analyst at Forrester Research, said that fingerprint scanners are already deeply entrenched in the U.S. market, and that the scanners used by fingerprint systems are much smaller than palm scanners, making them more attractive for desktop use.
"The chief reason for the development of the palm scanner is that in Japan fingerprints are associated with criminality, so there is a strong cultural aversion to using fingerprint scanners," Turner said.
"And there is the question of hygiene, since people will be touching something. To make an impact here, palm scanning will have to overcome the strong head start that fingerprint swipes have," he added.
Naito said that one of the major advantages that PalmSecure has over fingerprint scanners is that a significant percentage of the population - as high as 8 percent - cannot use them because of damaged or missing fingers.
"Anyone can use our system. If they have lost their hand they can do some other part of the body," Naito said.
The technology also prevents the system from being fooled with color photographs, Naito said.
Source-ANI
RAS/L
|
|
More News on: Deep Vein Thrombosis
 Comment & Contribute
|
Medwonders Health Network
- Health News Index
- News Quick Links
| News Categories: |
| » | Vivek Oberoi Says There is No Smoking on His Sets |
| » | Gasoigne Swaps Booze for Botox |
| » | Michelle Obama: Name of Olive Tree in Italy |
| » | Beyonce: Most Beautiful Women in the World |
| » | Robin Gibb Recovers from Coma Wakes Up to Cancer |
| More Celebrity News | |
|
