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Friday, August 09, 2002
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/wo_cameron080802.asp Skin Chips David Cameron Researchers at Lumidigm may have discovered that identity, like beauty, is only skin deep. The Albuquerque, NM-based company claims that it can validate a person’s ID with fingerprint-like accuracy by shining an infrared light into a small section of skin and measuring the reflection—a finding that may add innovative security features to portable devices, including an accurate trigger lock for a new electronic gun. Human skin, with all of its dermal thickness and subcutaneous layers, has a unique signature from person to person, something that was virtually unknown until last decade when medical researchers began looking for non-invasive ways to monitor patients for factors like glucose levels and blood alcohol content....
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