biometrics

11.29.09

India to Issue Biometric ID Cards to All 1.2 Billion Citizens

By Stuart Fox Posted 07.16.2009 at 4:21 pm 0 Comments

Everyone knows the headache of waiting on line at the DMV to get a new driver's license. Now imagine repeating that process 1.2 billion times. Thanks to a new ID program, that's exactly what the government of India will soon experience.

The Indian government has just announced a plan to furnish every member of the country's immense citizenry with state-of-the-art biometric identification cards. The cards will carry retina and fingerprint data and credit and criminal histories, and will be linked to a central online database.

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Calibrating Cheers

Technology to measure football fans' every sudden gasp and wild shout

By Brett Zarda Posted 01.29.2009 at 11:10 am 1 Comment

Viewer reaction to television can be emotional and emphatic. Case in point: when David Tyree caught Eli Manning's pass against his helmet in the fourth quarter of the 2008 Super Bowl, all of New England regurgitated while New York rejoiced. The YouTube clip above plots a complex compilation of diverging biometric data from 15 devastated Patriot fans and 15 elated Giants fans. Not only did the fans react to the play, but they reacted to each replay.

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