Consumers will soon be offered a greater variety of ATM services, such as check cashing and loan application processing, thanks to iris-scanning verification technology.
Sensar says the system will scan customer's eyes with a standard video camera and special lighting, and compare their digitized iris against a record kept on file.
Iris scanning is currently used in corporate security and corrections, but has not been widely used in the consumer marketplace. Sensar claims that the technology is "virtually fraud-proof," and expects that it will eventually replace PIN numbers altogether.
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Mobile-phone detector nabs in-flight users: Lufthansa is getting tough on mobile phone addicts who ignore laws prohibiting their use on flights in Germany. Using an electronic device that reacts to sound waves as mobile phones make contact with a network, the company can identify passengers making illegal in-flight calls.
Mobile phones and other electronic devices - computers with CD-ROMs, and CD players - have the potential to interfere with an airplane's electronic and navigation systems, and thus the ban. (3.Dec.97)
