Biometric Vein Palm Scanner

December 29th, 2005 11:58 AM | by Christen da Costa | 13 Comments

So apparently its not so difficult to hack a fingerprint scanner. You can either chop the finger off, or – if my memory serves me correctly – take a copy of the print, and apply it to the scanner. Ok, moving on from my spotted memory… The scientist dudes over at Fujitsu think they can do one better, and then some. They call it the “Contact Less Palm Vein Authentication Technology.â€? The machines scans vein structure and layout, and even takes into account blood flow – thus resolving the chopped hand issue – you know the one you so often run into. The palm scanner works by emitting and infrared light ray of some sort, which then illuminates the vein patterns. The device then scans and captures the vein layout, and is represented by dark lines “as the deoxidized hemoglobin contained in the vein vessels absorbs the infrared rayâ€? (see pic). Not blood flow, no dice. Expect Fujitsu to show the tech off at CES in Vegas this coming week.

Via Gigaom

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13 Responses to “Biometric Vein Palm Scanner”

  1. [...] You know those Vein scanners we talked about a month and some ago?  Well, it looks like they are finally making their way into some consumer level products.  The keyboard here features a Vein scanner for computer security.  Veins are said to be almost impossible to hack, and unlike fingerprint scanners you can’t chop off the appendage as blood has to be flowing for the biometric scanner to function. [...]

  2. Hanif A. Sattar says:

    would like to have more info on Palm Secure

    we would like to integrate it for attendance systems and access control

  3. [...] het patroon van je aderen in je hand om binnen te mogen in je kantoor (http://www.gadgetreview.com/2005/12/biometric-vein-palm-scanner.html) [...]

  4. Marius Sanjeewa says:

    I wont to buy palm device ,how can i find like this scanner

  5. shalini says:

    it will be nice if u post the database of vein patterns of hand

  6. We need your palmscanner in oder to pesonal authentication and recognition somebody.

    Is this possible?

    Att.

    WILLIAM PADO H
    TELS (571) 2638991-(571)2954760
    BOGOTA D.C.
    COLOMBIA

  7. Lauren Rose says:

    My office wants to use a palm scanner to collect our hours worked. I am know criminal but definitley don’t want my prints to get into the system…Should I be concerned? and How secure are these things? Or should I ask, how easily can they be hacked by the government or by persons who commit crimes through identity theift? Any responses or links would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

  8. dhabe says:

    Pl let me know the cost of plam vein scanner urgently

  9. manish gupta says:

    i want to scan the palm for knowing the future

  10. Shawn says:

    The day I’m prodded into submission to use one of these slavedrivers, is the day they pry my cold dead hands from it. Or someone else’s. Just my thoughts. I’ll probably be thrown off of this site, but I don’t care.

  11. bharath says:

    hi i wanted a complete picture of the scanner with its description on how it works where can i get it plz reply as fast as u can

  12. pushpa says:

    can u plz say the working condition of palmvein scanner

  13. saurabh says:

    can u tell me the latest application of palm scanner?

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