I got to admit whenever I hear biometric scanners it's hard for me to not
instantly start Conjuring up images of a secret agent breaking into a fortified
Facility by like plucking some dude's eye out of his skull and using it to
bypass the scanner or some vault door or something but the fact of the matter is
that both the definition and application of this technology tend to fall more
into the Everyday Use category
Biometrics is defined roughly as the analysis of biological data using
statistical methods also including the use of digital scanners which utilize
physiological traits as a way of personal identification while that may
sound like a really technical boring definition the most commonplace one runs
into such futuristic Concepts in Hardware is something very technical and
boring a hospital in fact thanks in
large part to the original Star Trek series which spurred their invention
heads up biometric displays have been in operation at hospitals for decades now
there nurses and doctors work to analyze changing factors such as your heart rate
blood pressure and fluid levels to determine whether you've come down with
the Ebola or you're just faking it to get away from your obnoxious boss
biometric security scanners on the other hand work by analyzing physiological
characteristics that are unlikely to change over time such as fingerprints
retinas or voice patterns voice patterns voice patterns to verify the identity of
an individual for businesses and governmental agencies the use of the
these devices is becoming more and more common with each passing day with
important facilities from private engineering firms to airports and
military bases starting to implement them in ways that not only help to
ensure secured access but also help to Monitor and verify that important
documents such as shipping manifestos or top secret weapons plans have been
handled and delivered accordingly changing gears to the personal side of
the spectrum offerings have just started emerging that are putting this
technology to great great use many of our viewers out there who are lucky
enough to have their hands on either an iPhone 6 with Touch ID or a Galaxy S5
with its fingerprint scanner can actually speak directly to the benefits
of this amazing future technology not
only do they gain increased Security on their personal devices but there's a
certain ease of access that comes along with this implementation as well as one
merely needs to press their finger on the appropriate place to quickly unlock
their phone also with the iPhone's offering you get the ability to make
purchases with the swipe of a finger what helps by eliminating the need for
them to hand personal information to retailers every time they make a
purchase convenient and secure but of
course those of you lucky enough to own one of these devices is probably also
aware of the many reports that claim that hackers have been able to defeat
these security measures in certain instances and while the chances of that
happening to a an average Joe individual are probably actually less likely than
your standard type of you know 1 2 3 4
or six 969 type of hack it goes without
saying that this is one of the pitfalls of automated design while a standard
Locker analog device such as a vault dial might not be able to distinguish
between users that are allowed access or not allowed access it also actually
gains some of its strength from this lack of features as the owner can easily
prevent unwanted access by making sure that the key or the combination to
either of them is never misplaced whereas if someone defeats a biometric
scanner they are ostensibly considered to be You by whatever program they've
accessed possibly preventing the realization that there has ever been any
intrusion at all and none of this even mentions the sorts of ordinary hurdles
that need to be ironed out with any of these emerging Technologies like
creating an eye scanner that doesn't slowly burn your retinas out over time
although on the bright side I guess it wouldn't matter then if you had your eye
plucked out by a secret agent in that scenario great job speaking of plucking
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