Contactless Fingerprint Scanner That Can Capture Your Prints from Meters Away

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Until today, there existed such Fingerprint Biometric Readers that required your touch to authenticate yourself as an authorized person.

However, the latest research shows that the future of fingerprint scanners lies in a "no-touch" activity by an individual for gaining access.

Recently, NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) has funded a number of startup and companies to develop touchless Fingerprint readers.

The Contactless Biometric Technology requires the person’s presence, but from meters away. As the fingerprint scanners can sense and read your fingerprint information while you are standing few meters away from the scanner.

Contactless Fingerprint Scanners: Fast and Time Saving

The touch-free technology is such where authentication is done with a faster speed, saving time while giving importance to hygiene when compared to conventional biometric devices.

Imagine a situation, where there’s a long queue and to pass through biometric fingerprint sensor, you just need to wave your hands, rather than to touch the sensor. Sounds easy as well as time-saving.

Basically, the objective of this project "is to produce open testing methods, metrics, and artifacts that will support future certification of these types of [biometric] devices for inclusion on Government Certified Products Lists."

Read more at http://thehackernews.com/2015/09/contactless-fingerprint-scanner.html