PalmSecure is like the home version of a trip through airport security.
(Credit:
Eric Mack / CNET)
LAS VEGAS--Long before "face unlock" on
Android 4.0, Fujitsu developed an even more intimate method for secure user identification--your blood flow.
PalmSecure
is a technology that's actually been around for a few
years now in
Japan, and in a number of business applications ranging from health care
to banking, but not seen so much in consumer electronics in the U.S. It
uses a biometric authentication system that reads your palm vein
pattern. Fujitsu reps here at CES
tell me it works only on veins with an active blood flow, so put away
your "Mission: Impossible" 3D printers and molds--this tech requires the
real thing.
The palm-scanning technology has already been seen built in to mice
and full-size keyboards, but Fujitsu says the tech has now shrunk to
the point where it can easily be integrated into laptops and other
devices.
Laptops with PalmSecure are now available in Japan, and the company
is currently "looking at" North America. I won't hold my breath,
although if I did, it would make my veins even easier to read.
