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                Date: 1999-07-11
                 
                 
                Biometrics: Stella und die Retina
                
                 
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      q/depesche  99.7.11/1 
 
Biometrics:  Stella und die Retina 
 
Nach einem  tiefen Blick in deine Retina fragt "Stella", wieviel  
Geld du abheben möchtest - wem noch nicht schlecht ist,  
der/die gebe sich diese Story der BBC. 
 
post/scrypt: Back Orifice 2000 hat mittlerweile mehr als 16  
Stunden Verspätung. Hat da vielleicht wirklich wer die  
geforderte Dollarmillion samt 1em Monster/truck hiongelegt?  
 
 
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A talking machine that greets customers and asks them how  
much money they want to withdraw has been unveiled.  
 
The new machine, known as Stella, has just gone on show in  
London following a successful public trial in Canada. It does  
not use a keyboard, and could see the demise of customers  
having to remember Pin (Personal identification number)  
numbers.  
 
It gets to know a customer personally - even down to  
remembering birthdays - through the recognition of his or her  
iris, the coloured part of the eye.  
 
The customer stares into three, high definition cameras,  
which identify the user by scanning 256 points on the iris.  
The method is virtually foolproof, and is more individual than  
fingerprinting.  
.... 
The chances of Stella making a mistake are said to be 10  
billion, billion to one.  
.... 
This latest development in cashpoint convenience follows  
moves to install them in nightclubs. The machines would also  
be able to provide clubbers with airtime cards for pre-paid  
mobile phones and stamps. 
 
more of this 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_387000/387903.stm
                   
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edited by Harkank 
published on: 1999-07-11 
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