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Biometrics
Biometrics is a field of study of the biometric outputs of the body. It is capable both of recognising unique beings by unique biological tracks – such as fingerprints, iris patterns, breathing or brainwave patters – or equally, it is capable of recognising shared biometric data such as the nerve impulses (neural codes) to lift the knee or rotate the foot. Such codes are shared to a great extent across individuals, greatly simplifying a prospective interface.
A given biometric is simply a single method of data input from the organic body into the computer system. Heart rate would qualify, as would an idle daydream and the unique electrochemical pattern it produces.
Biometrics are increasingly used in security interfaces rather than trusting users to remember passwords. A password may be easily forgotten, but the fingerprint of your left index finger or the DNA of your blood is harder to lose.
Increasingly, although somewhat more in the shadows, biometrics are also being used as the ultimate interface method between a human and a computer system. By tying into thoughts and nerve impulses directly, it is possible to control a virtual form before the physical has a chance to move, as well as replicate that movement precisely. Even if the physical body part is no-longer present.
See Also: Neural Code, Behaviometrics, Biometric, False Accept Rate, False Match Rate, False Reject Rate, False Non-Match Rate
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(10/09/2014)
Barclays is launching a finger scanner for corporate clients and will roll out voice recognition for millions of retail clients next year as it steps up use of biometric recognition technology to combat banking fraud.
The Bri...
(25/08/2011)
Sony’s executives believe that in ten years’ time, video games will have the ability to read more than just movement on the part of the player, the develop blog reports
“Having a camera being able to study a player’s ...
(19/01/2007)
Brain activity provides novel biometric key
Dimitrios Tzovaras and colleagues at the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, in Greece have developed a security system that identifies individuals, purely by the unique patt...
(20/10/2009)
Sagem S?curit? and Hitachi, the engineering and information technology giant will unveil the first ever multi-modal finger vein and fingerprint device at Biometrics 2009 in London, Finger VP.
This new device combines Hitachi...
(13/07/2012)
Since the early days of iris recognition technologies, it has been assumed that the iris was a "stable" biometric over a person's lifetime -- "one enrollment for life." However, new findings by University of Notre Dame researchers indi...
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