CEETechnology - Biometrics

Biometrics

Authentication by biometric verification is becoming increasingly common in corporate and public security systems, consumer electronics and point of sale (POS) applications. In addition to security, the driving force behind biometric verification has been convenience.

Biometrics is the science and technology of measuring and analyzing biological data. In information technology, biometrics refers to technologies that measure and analyze human body characteristics, such as fingerprints, eye retinas and irises, voice patterns, facial patterns and hand measurements, for authentication purposes.

While eye(iris), voice and face recognition is still not cost effective, thumbprint scanners have hit the market full force. Biometric consumer products and small business products with thumbprint activation include:

Biometric Door Locks

Biometric Dead Bolts

Biometric Gate Openers

Biometric Time Clocks

Biometric Safes

Biometric Computer access

No more fumbling for multiple keys, keypad codes to keep up with, Time cards discrepancies, or unauthorized access to your computers or special rooms.
Since your fingerprints never change from birth, Biometric fingerprint access will be become ever more popular. Even the auto industry is catching on; Mercedes Benz has the option available and is rumored that Cadillac may come out with a biometric ignition option by 2010. It seems to fit now that keyless (not biometric) is already available in all the auto manufacturers listed to the right.

The step from keyless to biometric is a small one.