2006/10/25

Yahoo News - Biometric device used to pay for meals
AP reports, "Colleges and high schools have used fingerprint scanners to stop non-students from sneaking into dining halls and gyms. Now elementary schools are joining in, hoping that biometric devices are a good way to keep lines moving and pay for meals."

2006/10/12

BBC News - Air passengers 'could be tagged'
BBC reports, "Electronically tagging passengers at airports could help the fight against terrorism, scientists have said."

2006/10/10

Yahoo News - TrueMe Gives Passwords the Finger
PC Magazine reports, "You can forget your passwords but you can't forget your appendages. You can steal a user ID but you can't steal a finger—at least not that easily. That is the beauty of biometric authentification. On Monday, Pay By Touch announced both software and hardware that will allow users to authenticate themselves to any secure Web site using their index fingers."