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Amazon One Biometrics                                                                         Source:  Amazon                                                     New Palm Recognition Technology Amazon has just introduced Amazon One, a new hand palm recognition technology that can be used for payments and identify verification.  Reading the palm of your hand has gone extremely high tech at Amazon.  The new technology is being deployed in Seattle at Amazon Go Stores.  Customers there can pay with the palm of their hand after an initial hand scan to establish the biometrics. How It Works When you place your...

Very Smart Cars -  Future Biometrics in Cars Source:  Faurecia's Smart Console to Monitor Heart & Breathing Rates Your Car Using Your EKG, Fingerprints and Eye Pupils to ID & Monitor You In the near future, cars will closely monitor your heartbeat, breathing rate, pupils, irises and fingerprints.  The purpose is twofold:  identify and authenticate the driver and monitor the driver and passengers' health.  A lot of new technology is under development by new tech companies. Needless to say, many privacy issues need to be addressed before full deployment. What This Enables   The future of keyless driving will be enabled by the technology under development.  It also presents the possibility of your car as your health monitor, warning for instance of an impending heart problem. Tech company B-Secure has technology to identify people through their unique EKG, electrocardiogram readings.  Your heart's EKG is as unique as your f...