Screw Fingerprint Scanning, Fingervein Scanning is Where It’s At
Fingerprint scanners are so last century. The new wave of finger-based recognition uses veins, not fingerprints, to ID people. Hitachi has just announced their new biometric cardless credit payment system that reads the patterns of blood vessels in one’s fingers. Apparently, all our veins are unique, like snowflakes or, well, fingerprints, and can be used…