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Mouse Scans Palms to Verify ID
p00kiethebear writes "'Fujitsu is eyeing a variation on the centuries-old art of palmistry as the latest biometric weapon against unauthorized access to computer systems and facilities. The company has developed a computer mouse that will scan the palm of the user and deliver not a look into the future but verify the identity of that person.', With a .5% error rate I wouldn't be surprised if we saw this in offices within the next few years."
A lot of good that does from keeping someone from typing 'rm -rf *'. :)
-brain
Now you'll eventually have a reason to wash your hands : if you don't, you won't have access to the computer !
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Mom's gonna be happy
theefer
if you execute every desktop action using keyboard shortcuts only? I imagine after 10 minutes a popop window appearing: "the computer mouse feels lonely, please pet the mouse a little".
what about when six months old, sweaty, covered in coke, chips, and bodily fluids
:- )
Jeez, I'd hate to shate a machine with you!
You can't take the sky from me...
Are we still talking about a mouse here?
from having to help every person that I come across that can't figure something in Microsoft Word or Internet Explorer.
"Sorry, my palm won't work the mouse..."
most biometric scanners can compensate for small temorary differences, if 95% of your hand still matches the file your ok, so small cuts are no big deal, if however you spilled acid on your hand or something, that'd be a different story
"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
Will someone write an application for this mouse to read your palm? That would be a nice touch each morning when checking the 'ol inbox.
"Quoting famous computer scientists out of context is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming." - K
What ever happened to the SmartChair that reads ass-prints?
In your case that is the same as facial recognition technology.
Then again, if you're as stupid as to spill some extremely aggresive acid on your hand, (most acids commonly available aren't aggresive enough to radically change things) not actually clean it off, endure agonizing pain in the process of letting it disfigure your hand, manage to hold a mouse with your disfigured hand and then finally wonder why it doesn't work, one shouldn't be allowed to use a computer to start with.
Hate me!
1. *click* remove mouse
2. *click* plug in new mouse
3. PROFIT!