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Iris Recognition To Take Off
An anonymous reader writes "Looks like iris recognition is about to explode. Turns out, a major patent held by iris recognition leader Iridian is expiring, and that's leading a stampede of start-ups and VCs into this space."
I believe iris recognition takes some time to verfiy the identity of the person as the person has to stand close to a certain point and then the scanner would scan the eye. So this will take more time than pulling your card out and swipping it and walking through the doors. Therefore this tech will only be used in high security area and most of them I guess are already using it.
What does your Credit Report look like?
1. You can change your password but you can't change your iris.
2. If you are threatened with violence, you can tell the attacker your password, but would you want to give them your eye?
I'll probably be modded down for this...
If patents lasted as long as copyright, we wouldn't be discussing this.
"Companies will not invest in the necessary R&D without some guarantee of exclusivity for some period of time."
/about/ companies being set to invest money in iris scanning technology and research due to the patent being removed. These companies would have done so long ago had there been no patent.
Umm... did you even read article, or even the Slashdot blurb? The entire thing is
The article even suggests that the reason that iris scanners aren't as common as fingerprint or other scanners could be because of the patents that the single company holds.
You neglect to recognize the fact that the technology would never have been developed without the patent.
That's a load of bull. If somebody needs an iris scanner, they will make one...with or without the damn patent. That's something that the IP drones won't ever admit....That something just might arise from necessity...not always exclusivity. It has been proven once again that IP law promotes speculation.
What?