Knobbly Knee Identification
Forget digital fingerprints, iris recognition, and voice identification, the next big thing in biometrics could be your knobbly knees. New research has shown that our kneecaps are just as unique to identifying us as individuals, as fingerprints and other body parts are. Computer scientist of Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, MI, Lior Shamir has now demonstrated that a knee scan based on an MRI could be used to quickly register and identify people in a moving queue, such as an airport checkpoint. This approach has been tested and achieved an accuracy of around 93 percent. According to Shamir, “deceptive manipulation [of kneecaps] requires an invasive and complicated medical procedure,” which is more “resistant to spoofing” when compared with methods for altering a face, fingerprints, or an iris.
[Abstract by ForensIQ intern, Mark Lombard]
Source: Inderscience Publishers
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