Biometrics

I read an article about the on going advances in biometrics. Biometrics is the statistical study of biological variation. However the term now also refers to technologies that analyze human traits for security purposes. Many businesses and organizations are developing biometrics to replace PIN numbers and access cards. Which would prevent identity theft, keep things more secure, and making things more convenient for the customer. Fingerprinting is the most well known biometrics and actually devices are being introduced to the marketplace. Identity theft is a growing epidemic in this technology advanced society. The iris scanner is the most secure of all the biometrics because there are 266 different measurements that are different to every person. The iris scanner measures consists of fibrous and vascular tissue and pigment granules. The fingerprint comes in a distance second with around only 40 measurable characteristics. In New Jersey they have implemented iris scanners on ATM's. They have three different cameras that identify the torso, head, and then zoom in on the iris identifying the person. It then makes a grid making a bar code from the eye. Contacts don't affect the reading and every iris is different including identical twins. These advances in technology help and secure the society from harmful acts of theft. I believe some day we will all have smart cards and be using eye scanners kind of like the movie minority report.

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