POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, USA. An iPad application that uses biometric analyzing algorithm can verify users’ finger length and hand shape. This innovation has yielded 90% accuracy rate. Since fingerprints are uniquer per individual, it provides a more secure and private method than the typical passwords methods that we are currently using.
Napa Sae-Bae is a graduate student of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University who developed this iPad application that will soon revolutionize tablet applications. One of the motivations of this innovation is a hospital in Canada that uses fingerprint scanners in verifying the doctors’ identities. This method has provided a lot of convenience to doctors who need medical records in an instant instead of being slowed down by entering long passwords that are more prone to typographical errors.
Most tablets in the market can be unlocked by using hand gestures like palm rotation. A person’s fingerprints will better secure tablet. This kind of innovation will prevent hackers from stealing or cracking company or personal passwords. Statistics show that the universal rate of hacked corporate or government sites are based on typical password methods.
Currently, the IT and mobile industries still depend on the traditional means of providing password security. As expected, they are susceptible to any form of malicious intrusions. One of the best ways to protect and discourage hackers is with the use of biometric identification. However, there is still a need to improve and develop more secure means like face recognition, palm or retina-scanning applications.
| Invention | iPad Fingerprint application as password |
|---|---|
| Organization | Polytechnic Institute of New York University, New York, USA |
| Researcher | Napa Sae-Bae |
| Field(s) | Tablet, Mobile, IT, Biometric Identification, Security |
| Further Information | Mobiledia |
