According to the filing, the biometric sensor in question might indeed be a fingerprint reader.
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Some versions include biometric sensors on the back and an LCD touchscreen on the front.
Biometric voter registration is not a "silver bullet" for eliminating fraud and electoral malfeasance.
"Every time I've heard someone say 'non-forgeable, ' it's code for biometric, " Mr. Nowrasteh added.
He has built a biometric tunnel in his lab at the University of Southampton.
INSPASS. Only if the biometric stored on the card matches the user's handprint is access granted.
The idea is to combine various pieces of biometric information to positively identify a potential suspect.
All of the FBI's biometric data is stored on computers 30-feet underground in the Clarksburg facility.
But those are combined with high-tech locks, such as biometric security systems (think fingerprint and retina scanners).
Imagic Software in Solvang, California sells software that analyzes a user's typing habits to build a biometric profile.
This jitter, combined with the shape of our hands and fingers, makes for a highly unique biometric identifier.
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While Apple has flirted with biometric-based patents before, we've yet to see them implemented in real-world technology.
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Only 222 million people have enrolled into a biometric identity scheme which helps them with the identification number.
According to Mark Lockie, editor of Biometric Technology Today, an industry journal, 2000 may prove a pivotal year.
Mr Harris predicts that as confidence in biometric technologies increases, banks will start to peel away other security layers.
India is collecting biometric data from over one billion residents to issue them each a unique identification number.
Using biometric methods, including an iris scan, the scheme is logging details of India's population on a central database.
But at least five of the eight senators writing the bill have backed biometric ID cards in the past.
This election marked the first time the nation of 25 million has used the new biometric voter identification system.
Biometric technology has replaced badges and ID cards for employees at many airports.
High-tech security firms are also expected to gain from explosive-detection gadgets produced by InVision Technologies to Visionics' biometric security systems.
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By indexing our biometric signatures, some governments will try to track our every move and word, both physically and digitally.
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After all, users still have to remember account numbers and passwords as before, but must now provide a biometric too.
There are more portable ways to do that, using other kinds of biometric measurements, like eye tracking and facial expression.
Mr. Graham, in an interview, said that in his mind the language refers to a requirement for biometric ID cards.
Airports in the U.K. and other European countries are using a biometric system that allows faster passage for registered travelers.
Biometric ID methods are being built into digital cameras, and as costs fall they will proliferate into every nook and cranny of America.
If I make a gesture of a certain sort, there should be enough biometric information in that gesture to differentiate me.
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Apple is not the only company that recognizes the use of fingerprint and biometric interfaces in device security and mobile payments.
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