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Old May 13th, 2011, 02:50 AM
mattpg1 mattpg1 is offline
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Eye-scanner for your PC set to go on the market in months

In the films Minority Report and Demolition Man, and indeed many other sci-fi flicks, iris recognition is used to gain access to top secret files - often with gruesome results.

But very soon the technology could be turned to more mundane applications.

A New York-based biometric security company is set to market an iris scanner that would connect to a personal computer the next few months.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...#ixzz1MC2IO5sD

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Old May 13th, 2011, 07:53 PM
jmtjet jmtjet is offline
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My Lenovo laptop has something similar. When I log on it turns on the camera, then scans my face for a few seconds then logs me in. While it's scanning white circles go around my eyes, looks creepy. It works most of the time, but if it fails I just cancel it out and enter my password.
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