Biometric Vein Palm Scanner
December 29th, 2005
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.� 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 ray� (see pic). Not blood flow, no dice. Expect Fujitsu to show the tech off at CES in Vegas this coming week.
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1. Gadget Review » Vei&hellip | March 9th, 2006 at 1:25 pm
[…] 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 | May 18th, 2006 at 12:47 am
would like to have more info on Palm Secure
we would like to integrate it for attendance systems and access control
3. Tim’s Security Blog&hellip | July 20th, 2006 at 2:06 am
[…] 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 | August 7th, 2006 at 5:17 am
I wont to buy palm device ,how can i find like this scanner
5. shalini | January 4th, 2007 at 12:02 am
it will be nice if u post the database of vein patterns of hand
6. william pardo h | May 17th, 2007 at 8:16 am
We need your palmscanner in oder to pesonal authentication and recognition somebody.
Is this possible?
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7. Lauren Rose | August 6th, 2007 at 11:59 am
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 | October 5th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
Pl let me know the cost of plam vein scanner urgently
9. MikeP | February 15th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
I work for HT Systems. We are a healthcare technology company. We have developed software with Fujitsu’s palm vein scanner. It creates a one to one match between a patient’s palm vein pattern and their electronic medical record. The medical registrar doesn’t even have to ask who you are anymore. It also comes in very handy for protecting patients’ electronic health record. Mistaken medical identity, and medical identity theft are rapidly growing problems in the healthcare field. The consequence of these problems could be death as somebody else’s medical info gets added into your med record by accident or by someone posing as the patient to get insurance benefits, etc… Our software completely prevents any of this from happening. It’s in 8 hospitals so far with great success.
michaelp@patientsecure.com for more info.
10. manish gupta | March 1st, 2008 at 3:12 am
i want to scan the palm for knowing the future
11. Shawn | May 10th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
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.
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