UAE | General

Palm vein scanning promises accurate results

It overcomes loopholes in identification based on tests of iris affected by cancer.

  • By Binsal Abdul Kader, Staff Reporter
  • Published: 00:47 March 3, 2008
  • Gulf News

Abu Dhabi: Palm vein scanning, the latest in the series of biometric identification, is even more accurate than iris scan, officials have said.

The technology is being displayed at the International Security National Resilience Exhibition and Conference that started on Sunday in Abu Dhabi.

The latest technology enables fool proof identification of individuals even better then iris scan and is an efficient and simple security system for personal computers, industry officials said.

One can open personal computers by just flashing your palm vein to the scanner.

"It was reported that cancer [disease] may affect the iris which makes loopholes on the identification based on it," said Peter Scharfetter, Product Manager, Biometric Centre of Siemens which displayed the palm vein scanner and reader system at the exhibition.

"But palm vein scanning has overcome that loophole," said Scharfetter.

His colleague explained that latest version of the 'touch less' palm vein scanner does the job faster and does not need the object within limited range.

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