Subject: [Homestead] Palm scan ID -Privacy dissappearing
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:34:06 -0700 (PDT)
Already using in florida, carolina,elsewhere & and nationwide for gmat
testing......bobford
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Palm scans called next step for IDs
Already used by hospitals to stop fraud
"Japanese technology giant Fujitsu began developing palm-scanning techniques
in the mid-'90s after researching several biometric techniques including iris
and fingerprint scanning.
Palm scanners use near-infrared light to reveal the unique pattern of veins
in a person's hand, which show up as a black pattern, each unique."