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Retinal-Scanning Screen Prototypes

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-it's-about-time dept.

Troed writes: "Microvision demonstrated a prototype display that uses three leds and a mirror to display SVGA graphics from something small enough to be put into cellphones." Not a lot of technical details, but what's there looks good. It'll be a few years at best before the prototypes turn into real products, and I'm not quite sure I want to beta test this one, but I sure can't wait for when they are ready for prime time.

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  1. Jag gjorde det dude!.. by CptnHarlock · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I claim thee in the name of Jan Albin!!.. :)

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    1. Re:Jag gjorde det dude!.. by sonicattack · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I sacrifice my karma on the altar of gratitude.

  2. Rectal scanning by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Rectal scanning. Thats what I say!

  3. Iris scanning is the more modern method by Zeinfeld · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Retinal scanning is old hat. In the first place the retina changes shape over time (thats why people get myopic), particularly during pregnancy. Also it is a genetically determined pattern, the left and right retinas are mirror images. The killer is that people don't want to have their retina scanned with a laser, no matter how weak.

    The iris on the other hand can be scanned without special illumination and has even greater variation than the retina. The iris pattern is unique for each individual (different even for identical twins) and the left and right eye have completely independent patterns. The iris also moves of its own accord due to a reflex action

    Iris-scan, the company that holds the patents claim to have cross over error rates of 1 in a million (i.e. false positive = false negative).

    I suspect it is much more likely that this is what the phone is doing than retinal scanning.

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  4. Slashdot... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Again changes to hell.

  5. mmmm.... rectal scans hurt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Man, You really don't wanna beta-test those rectal scans, especially after I'm done

    Hey, I think the goats.cx guy already tested one.

  6. Rectal scanners... by The+Panther! · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...yeah, my employer installed rectal scanners a while back. They seem to work fine, but there's always one or two real assholes who spend a lot of time using them.

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