This add-on turns your iPhone into a biometric identity scanner
By Adario Strange, Dvice, 10 April 2013.
By Adario Strange, Dvice, 10 April 2013.
The days of using a plastic card to prove your identity are numbered, as advances in security technology are making it increasingly easy to identify a person using only biometric information. Now, a new smartphone accessory promises to put the power of biometric security in the hands of anyone with an iPhone.
AOptix has built a biometrics tool that turns your iPhone 4 & 4S into a device that reads a person’s
most unique physical features (via Wired).
most unique physical features (via Wired).
The AOptix Stratus allows you to analyze a person's iris, face, fingerprint, or voice to determine their identity. Combined with the company's iPhone app, the device allows you to create a biometric database of the people you scan using the iPhone's camera, microphone, or a special fingerprint panel on its surface.
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Available for models of the iPhone from the iPhone 4 and up, the device is being marketed as a solution for border management, national and civil I.D. programs, disaster relief and healthcare. At present, the company is offering the app for US$199, with the hardware component priced separately according to client.
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Interestingly enough, Apple is rumoured to be working on some kind of biometric scanner technology for future iPhones.
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You can see the Stratus in action in the video below.
Via AOptix
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