Biometrics: Brave new world?
- Article 7 of 33
- SC Magazine, January 2007
Can advances in technology and the growing fear of identity theft push biometric identification into the mainstream? Rob Buckley investigates.
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McIntosh also sees possible advances in alternative biometrics, such as gait analysis and facial thermography, which uses the heat sources of the face to test for identity; increasing use of finger vein analysis; and developments in acoustic resonance, which measures how the human ear responds to sounds.
Cyrille Bataller of Accenture's technology labs says that improvements in one-to-many matching using biometrics should be forthcoming: “One-to-one is the easy part. One-to-n is where the industry is putting in a lot of effort, and it's where the value is.” He also suggests that biometrics will become popular in consumer applications. For example, a biometric reader in a car could determine the identity of the driver and change the position of the seat and mirrors according to predetermined settings. “There's going to be a strong focus on biometrics for facilitation, convenience and adding value.”
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