The fancy fingerprint scanner on your laptop will look dated as dated as a Master Lock when Fujitsu brings it latest biometric identification tools to the United States, which identify individuals based on the vein patterns in their hands. The Japanese company announced the upcoming U.S. availability of a PalmSecure log-in kit on Monday.
The kit will include a mouse with an embedded PalmSecure authentication sensor and OmniPass software, which allows the sensor readings to substitute for Windows and application passwords. Fujitsu claims the highly unique pattern of human veins in a hand and the accuracy of its sensor make the PalmSecure system more accurate than other biometric identification systems. Fingerprint systems, for example, can deliver false negatives from dry or cracked hands.
