When in Rome …
May 31, 2006
By Alice Lipowicz
In Japan, for instance, internal vein pattern scans of fingers and palms are becoming popular for identity management. Electronics giants Fujitsu Ltd. and Hitachi Ltd. are promoting the technology.
On May 11, the University of Tokyo Hospital announced it was the first major hospital to adopt Fujitsu’s palm-vein authentication technology for its ID cards and to discard its fingerprint-based system.
Advocates of vein scanning said it avoids the perceived law enforcement stigma of fingerprinting and is highly accurate and resistant to tampering. But the technology has yet to proliferate beyond Japan.
Source: http://www.washingtontechnology.com/
In Japan, for instance, internal vein pattern scans of fingers and palms are becoming popular for identity management. Electronics giants Fujitsu Ltd. and Hitachi Ltd. are promoting the technology.
On May 11, the University of Tokyo Hospital announced it was the first major hospital to adopt Fujitsu’s palm-vein authentication technology for its ID cards and to discard its fingerprint-based system.
Advocates of vein scanning said it avoids the perceived law enforcement stigma of fingerprinting and is highly accurate and resistant to tampering. But the technology has yet to proliferate beyond Japan.
Source: http://www.washingtontechnology.com/