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.TazTag announces TazPad NFC Android-powered tablet
CeBIT 2011 is the place to be if you’re curious to see what an NFC-enabled Android-powered tablet would look like, as TazTag has just announced a product of its own in the same vein - the TazPad. Sounds a bit like something from Looney Tunes, although you won’t see any Tasmanian Devil twirling around like [...]
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Biometric Vehicle Starter
It used to be the only way to start up a car was with that shiny key, but now there are other options. The most common alternative is pushing a button. Well if you’re not a fan of that route, now you can make sure you’re the only one that can start your car. Instead [...]
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Biometric Business Case
Some airports have a sign at the luggage collection area that informs passengers to double check on their suitcases before they bring it home since many of them look alike (just like babies at the incubator room), but here’s the Biometric Business Case that definitely confirms you’re the owner instead of bringing your case (pun [...]
LockFace: A USB facial recognition scanner that uses the webcam
It’s amazing how much webcam technology has taken off, hasn’t it? I mean, if a webcam can recognize a certain code for an augmented reality program, then I don’t see why it cannot recognize a face. This is what Futen, a Japanese company, has realized as well. Their Lockface program is a USB key that [...]
Anvil Kitchen includes automated cabinets, biometric scanners
Anvil Cabinet and Mill have just introduced their fully automated “smart” kitchen cabinets. All I can say is that if I had a kitchen that looked this good, I would be satisfied with “dumb” kitchen cabinets. What makes the cabinets think that they are so smart is that they can “automatically fold and disappear”. Apparently, [...]
Hitachi’s Biometric Vending Machine
I don’t know why high-tech vending machines like the Touchscreen Vending Machine from Samsung are coming out in droves, nor what is keeping them from being put on every corner in the world. The latest offering is one from Hitachi, which requires no cash in order to work. No, Hitachi has used a finger vein [...]
