fingerprints are a wonderful thing keeping up with criminals is tough but necessary honest people don't mind being fingerprinted
On Mar 14, 11:31 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | 3-D Light System May Revolutionize Fingerprinting | > | from the 256-times-10 dept. | > | posted by kdawson on Saturday March 14, @14:29 (Security) | > | http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/14/1818256 | > +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > [0]coondoggie writes "The US Department of Homeland Security's Science & > Technology Directorate recently awarded almost $420,000 to a Kentucky > company to further [1]develop a contactless finger print/biometric system. > The goal is a machine that can snap 10 fingerprints in high resolution in > less than 10 seconds, without human intervention. This goal is beginning > to look feasible. FlashScan3D is working with the University of > Kentucky's Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments, and has > developed a technique called 'structured light illumination' ([2]WIPO > patent description), where a pattern of dots or stripes is projected onto > a curved or irregular surface." > > Discuss this story at: > http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/03/14/1818256 > > Links: > 0. mailto:[email protected] > 1.http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/39654 > 2.http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=2007050776 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
