Part 1 - Quick Introduction to Biometric Technologies

I would like to share a bit about biometric technologies to those who want to get a headstart in this field. Biometric is the technique of studying physical characteristics of a person such as finger prints, hand geometry, eye structure or voice pattern. We can track back the use of biometric since the rise of Egypt. Egyptians have used the length of a person's forearm to determine their identification for wage payment.

But nowaday, Biometric technologies has made tremendous improvements in

(1) Fingerprint
(2) Hand Geometry
(3) Face Scan
(4) Retina Scan
(5) Iris Scan
(6) Voice Scan
(7) Signature

Widespread adoption of it is only five years away as Biometric will end privacy we know it. For example, no need for IT administrative support (no reset of password/pin), password/pins easily stolen, lost of cards or tokens, etc. But it is not without problem. False acceptance, false rejection, social acceptance, user training, etc are its major issues.

For further study and development of Biometric System, please visit to

http://biometrics.cse.msu.edu/
http://www.bioapi.org/
http://www.digitalpersona.com/
http://www.biometrics.org/

Stay Tuned,
- Zaw Win Htike