Fujitsu fingerprint / palm reader does large-scale biometric identification, won’t tell fortunes

So it can’t predict the longer term, however the latest biometric reader from Fujitsu can tell that you are one in 1000000 — quite literally. Looking something similar to the affection child of Simon and a Polaroid camera, this as-of-yet unnamed device is seemingly the “world’s first biometric authentication technology that mixes data on palm vein patterns with fingerprint data from three fingers.” That’s a mouthful, but Fujitsu says the mixing of those two biometric authentication techniques permits accurate identification of a person in a pool of 1 million in precisely two seconds. What’s more, it expects to up that capacity to teams of ten million by the top of 2011. For pro evildoers rocking three fingers and a palm, maybe now’s a great time to begin rethinking your career path.

[Thanks, Pavel]

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