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  • more about #fingerprints
    Xodin: Wouldn't tape with other peoples prints be easier? more »
    kiwizz: Weird because they took prints from both of my hands when I was checked. more »
    ripfire: That's nothing compared to the eye surgery Tom Cruise went through.. more »
    Poiklpu: Minority report came to mind whilst reading this story... more »
    92BuickLeSabre: This is an example of where technology just requires me to do more work. Like the speed dial numbers of old, I'm never going to remember more than one... more »
    92BuickLeSabre: I'd still be freaking out about the fact that I didn't have any fingerprints. "Sir, we have a problem. You don't have any fingerprints." "I don't hav... more »
    Californian: No way my mom doesn't have fingerprints either!!! She had to get them taken once and the people at the office couldn't get a reading! It's so weird. more »
    Curves: I SuperGlued my fingers together not long ago. I am pretty sure I had no discernable prints for a couple of days. more »
    something_unique_and_descriptive: I've heard some pretty crazy side effects but "loss of fingerprints" is a new one. more »
    bosskev: "...once the officials determined that he wasn't dangerous." You've accidentally deleted the last sentence of your story. ...once the officials determ... more »
  • #crime

    Chinese Woman Fools Scanners By Surgically Switching Her Fingerprints

    Unfortunately for Lin Ring, her $14,600 surgical fingerprint switching procedure was able to fool the scanners, but could not prevent immigration officials from noticing the scars on her fingers. More »
  • #patent

    Apple's Future iPhone Patents Show Fingerprint ID For Different Gestures, Plus More

    MacRumors found three interesting patents that point to various new interaction techniques. The most interesting is the fingerprint ID directly on the screen so that the iPhone can see which finger you're using and accept gestures appropriately. More »
  • #security

    Cancer Meds Wiped Off Man's Fingerprints

    A 62-year-old tourist was trying to enter the United States when he was stopped at customs to have his fingerprints scanned. This was a problem for both him and the customs agents, for he had no fingerprints. More »
  • #lcds

    Know-It-All LCD Panel Can Scan Fingerprints, Sense Light

  • #fingerprints

    Smudge-Resistant Film Breaks Down Your Gross Fingersweat With Chemistry

  • #fingerprintthieves

    German Hackers Publish Interior Minister's Fingerprint to Protest Against Biometric IDs

  • #gadgets

    Biometrics Lunches for the Kiddos

  • #peripherals

    A-Data FP1 Finger Scanning USB Drive

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