JIRIS JPC1000 brings iris scanning home

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.