BODY COMPUTING: Biometric Technologies

After the events on September 11 in the US, personal security and access security are on top of most minds. Until a few years ago, using computer technology to implement access security was limited to sci-fi movies. In real life, it was like a box of chocolate cookies kept on a shelf too high to reach, for the average company or person. And for those serious enough to implement it, there just weren’t enough options. However, this is fast changing, thanks to advances in biometrics

• Body Computing

• Login with your Fingerprints 
  
  
  
  No lengthy passwords to remember or key-in, all your computer will need to log you in, are your fingerprints 

• That Face is Familiar
  
  
  
  How the computer can recognize faces

• Are these Prying Eyes?
  
  
  
  Retina scanning and iris scanning are two biometric technologies that use the characteristics of human eyes for authentication

• DNA Fingerprinting
  
  
  
  A complex technique that uses genetic material to identify individuals