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3D Fingerprinting — Touchless, More Accurate, and Faster
kkleiner writes "For all the glory it gets, the fingerprint has evolved very little in the last 60 years. They’re still two dimensional. The US Department of Homeland Security and the National Institute of Justice are hoping to change that. They've given grants to dozens of companies to perfect touchless 3D fingerprinting. Two universities (University of Kentucky and Carnegie Mellon) and their two respective start-up companies (Flashscan 3D and TBS Holdings) have succeeded. Fingerprints have reached the third dimension and they are faster, more accurate, and touchless."
Fingerprinting technology is only useful to the man, for keeping you down.
Ever since Men in black, I have been waiting for the shiny fingerprint removing sphere.
Where the hell is it! And where's my flying car.
There's a university in Kentucky? *rimshot*
> For all the glory it gets, the fingerprint has evolved very little in the
> last 60 years.
Is there a type of fingerprint that has a selective advantage? I would think you'd do better with ones like everyone else's. Perhaps after 2000 generations of CSI we'll all have identical prints.
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I pick my nose before I get my finger prints done, in front of the fingerprint tech. This new development is going to cramp my style.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
Not really. It just means that your FBI dossier will include pictures of your bugers.
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Or, am I being too picky?
No, you're being too pedantic. And so am I.
You just got troll'd!