Adding biometric security to your home or office PC is no big deal anymore -- if, that is, you're content with
a fingerprint reader. But if you want to go all out and add, say, an iris scanner, your options have been pretty
limited. A Korean company called JIRIS is hoping to change that with the JPC1000, which the company is billing as the
first consumer-level iris scanner. The device snaps onto the top of your PC, webcam-like, and can then be used for a
range of authentication functions, including banking transactions (we've never been asked to get our eye scanned by our
online bank, but that's what JIRIS is telling us). A future model will include webcam functions, which we assume will
make it handy for those video conference calls where you need to have your eyeball scanned to prove that you're not
some bot that slipped into the office and assumed your identity.
posted March 6th 2006 3:22PM
The Panasonic BM-ET100US has been available to over 3 years and can do all the security funtions listed in your article and more, not to mention a brand name. It is available through serveral different Panasonic channels. The US House and Senate use this product as well as several US Airports and Tech companies.
http://www.panasonic.com/business/security/biometrics_data.asp
http://www.biometricsdirect.com/Products/NA/BMET100US.htm
What about iris damage JIRIS??
ASA - The Panasonic appears to be around $300, whereas this one says expected price is 100,000 KRW, which according to a currency converter is around $100 USD.
Don't confuse the desktop market with the walk-up market. The units installed in airports, data centers and lab's are quite different, and cost about $3.5K each.
The little desktop cameras are quite difficult to use as compared to their big bretheren like the LG 4000,The Panasonic BM-ET330, and the new OKI Iris Pass M.
All this biometric stuff is nice, but what would be really neat is some sort of system that could verify the actual contents of your brain. This small portion of your brain's contents (a string of characters, for example) could be encrypted and stored, and then at some later point, the user could be prompted to re-enter the information. It would also be encrypted using the same algorithm, and the two encrypted copies would be compared to verify that they match.
As an added bonus, you wouldn't have to reset all of your accounts every time you lose an eye or a finger, or decide to move your brain to a new clone body.
Hm...sounds like a simple solution...instead of say cutting off thier hand, take out thier eye...Kick Ass
-M.