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Practical Applications for Fingerprint
Scanning
There
are a greater variety of fingerprint devices available than any
other biometric. Fingerprint recognition is the front-runner for
mass-market biometric-ID systems.
Fingerprint scanning has a high accuracy rate when users are
sufficiently educated. Fingerprint authentication is a good choice
for in-house systems where enough training can be provided to users
and where the device is operated in a controlled environment. The
small size of the fingerprint scanner, ease of integration - can be
easily adapted to keyboards, and most significantly the relatively
low costs make it an affordable, simple choice for workplace access
security.
Plans to integrate fingerprint scanning technology into laptops
using biometric technology include a single chip using more than
16,000 location elements to map a fingerprint of the living cells
that lay below the top layers of dead skin. Therefore, the reading
is still detectable if the finger has calluses, is damaged, worn,
soiled, moist, dry or otherwise hard-to-read finger surfaces--a
common obstacle. This subsurface capability eliminates any
attainment or detection failures.
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