Fujitsu's PalmSecure takes high-speed, contact free biometric readings
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted Apr 17th 2009 12:23PM
posted Apr 17th 2009 12:23PM
This next item should be music to the ears of security professionals, fans of biometric devices, and germophobes alike. Fujitsu has just announced a new palm vein authentication device -- one that's being touted as the world's fastest, and the first that works without the user actually touching the device. Unlike past implementations of this technology, which moved at a comparative snail's pace, PalmSecure works in as little as one millisecond. We can think of a number of places where this sort of thing could be particularly useful, from top secret lairs housing doomsday devices to anyplace where people might not be washing their hands as often as they should be (we really hate that). Despite its speed, Fujitsu insists that this bad boy performs with the same level of accuracy as its slow moving brethren. More pics after the break.
[Via Akihabara News]
[Via Akihabara News]
Now I'll finally be able to secure my porn storage room.
Bravo !!!!
If that is what you're protecting, I'm glad nobody else has to put their palm on the reader.
world's fasted?
Good thing it's compatible with legacy Palm veins, or else...you know. chop chop
Access Granted Dr. William Smithers. Good Day !
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Yeah, you too.
"touted as the world's fasted?"
Proofread much? Sorry ... the grammar nazi in me couldn't resist.
"...one that's being touted as the world's fasted..."
Really, so if you're into eating food you won't be able to get into anywhere?
Too many hands. Scary or sexy?
Hey, if it's good enough for Necromongers, it's good enough for me.
Now they don't need RFID.. you won't even know that you're being tracked.
Sounds really cool - but scary on a Big Brother level. Imagine having to (in the summer, when gloves are out) walk around with your fists clenched so that you won't be scanned.
Big Brother already has face detection software running on its cameras - and I don't think its wrong to assume they have retina detection technology on others.
Isn't it going to be a great day when THE NEW WORLD ORDER takes over the Earth and we find out all the terrorists attacks were just a bad plot to make people rely ont heir governments to tighten security?
HAHAHA very funny muthef...
Quantum, shut up.
re: wickedpheonix - facial recognition is very fast, quite accurate (>90 %) and allready used (on some airports). If Big Brother wants to track you, you are trackable. The best way is not to do anything against big brother, and try to vote the brothers, which will not use it against the inoccent. Using such scanning against violent people is for the good of the rest. I would vote for all the scanning etc. if i would not meet thieves, murderers ... on the streets. Yes, i have read Orwell, but i see big difference between controling and "bossing" and believe, that "voice of people" would deny any negative impacts.
You think that >90% is accurate enough for a security system?
On of the great things about vein authentication it is very accurate and harder to fool than any other biometric form of security. Problems have always been that it needs contact and it has always been slow. This solution clams to solve both of the major problems.
@Hearsay
For securing a location, >90% is not acceptable; however, for passive security monitoring it is beneficial when you want to quickly identify persons of interest or high value targets without having to have a lot of personnel on the ground. You can make the ID, then dispatch security forces to confirm it. In that scope, >90% is excellent.
Ok...this is creepy.
That hand would belong great at night in my bedroom.
my girlfriend has some good "palm vein identification", too.
//why do I have to be the one to say it?
I want one.
This is NOT a palm reader but a deep blue vein reader.
I have one and it is pretty fast and your "hand" is about 2 inches from the reader
It can read the veins on
hand
back of hand
cheek
arm
leg
Tomatolord
http://www.retica.com/products-services-eagle-eyes.htm
Just read Fujitsu's press release, but I'm sure their PalmSecure device has been around for a few years already. In fact, I saw it at the CES this year which is how I found out it wasn't new at all. Strange...
what if there's a clot in the vein?