Seamon's EasyGo waterproof fingerprint scanner

So you fancy red knit caps and a taste for the life aquatic, eh? Only thing is, you can't leave this cruel, cruel terra firma for fear of your sensitive data ending up in the hands of swashbuckling, or other pirate-types. Well put down that Glock and call-off the MPAA, 'cause Seamon Inc. will keep that PC booty safe even under the sloppiest of conditions. The $172 EasyGo optical fingerprint scanner is designed to cut through that thick, watery glaze for biometric access to your USB-equipped Windows laptop. Best of all, unlike iris-scanners, the EasyGo is immune to Hydrogen Psychosis, which is nice.

[Via Akihabara News]

[Rick @ Jun 26th 2006 9:26AM]

SEAMON INC??? hahahahaha! thats awesome. my company is fat richard's house of beef and cheese. we make waterproof fingerprint scanners too.

LIES!!!! admit it! you're a sperm bank!!! you guys got me thru college!!!

sorry guys. 5 cups of coffee and counting. keurig kicks ass...

[Aaron @ Jun 26th 2006 9:39AM]

Nice use of The Life Aquatic refferences. I would have thrown in somthing about the fictional Zissou Addidas.

[duestown @ Jun 26th 2006 9:42AM]

Steve! They say you've got crazy-eye!

[Dominic @ Jun 26th 2006 9:43AM]

This will be the perfect biometric access control for my deep sea lair.

[johnnyspliff @ Jun 26th 2006 9:46AM]

"cause Seamon Inc. will keep that PC booty safe even under the sloppiest of conditions".

[Joel @ Jun 26th 2006 9:56AM]

does it still get a good read if your fingers are all pruney?

[David @ Jun 26th 2006 11:03AM]

biometric access control for my deep sea lair

Ha! I was thinking the same thing. Or a gadget that every Hollywood mogul will want at the bottom of their swimming pool, to control who-knows-what, but it's too cool not to have.

[Tim M @ Jun 26th 2006 11:24AM]

thank god I can access my files under a waterfall!

[Br0 @ Jun 26th 2006 11:25AM]

Its uh, Nitrogen Psychosis.

[PaulPang @ Jun 26th 2006 12:33PM]

Excellent writing Thomas; a perfect blend of info-pop. Thanks for shaking off the Monday blahs.

[Raymond @ Jun 26th 2006 2:07PM]

Well, I for one, will keep mine under a waterfall. how else will I keep it clean, with folks grubby fingers getting all over it? and a finger print reader fountain is just really appealing to me.

[Tomery @ Jun 26th 2006 2:32PM]

The English translation of the article is hysterical.

"The water getting wet, to be strong to also the fat hand stably fingerprint certification operation is possible, the sensor which is born in order depends on “OptoPlus” patent technology, to pull out the performance of organism certification algorithm to the maximum, is “EasyGo M01” sensor module."

[Peo @ Jun 27th 2006 4:19AM]

The MS Fingerprint reader is pretty durable, and I think it would be possible to make the reader completely waterproof with some silicone glue to seal out the water from the fingerprint sensor area. As most of you know, the MS Fingerprint device is a copy of the Digital Persona UareU 4000b, and even though they (DP) won't confirm it, I know they've sold a large number of those readers with solid glass sensor protectors (the ones they usually use is made out of silicone). These are virtually waterproof.

We've done a multilingual Time&Assistance application called Cerberus using this tech. Not waterproof yet, though... http://www.cerberus.com.mx. The site is all in Spanish, but you can read some about Cerberus at http://www.lekare.com