Play-doh can fool 90% of finger scanners. According to Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Stephanie Schuckers and her team at Clarkson University, most scanning systems can be fooled 90% of the time by taking a mold of the mark’s finger, filling the mold with Play-Doh, and using the fake digit to gain access. But hold it, Clarkson and the team also designed an algorithm that detects the spread of perspiration from the pores out of the ridges of a live person’s finger, and is only foiled by the Play-Doh method 10% of the time. So never mind the ideas rushing through your head on using the common child’s toy Play-doh for stealing. Well kids can absolutely enjoy Play-doh and play pretend play as detectives and all sorts. Still, until this new tech becomes more widespread, along with iris scans, facial and voice recognition, and implanted RFID verification, we're gonna continue keeping our cash under the mattress that we fiercely guard as we telecommute from atop it.
Keep all your Play-Doh from big bad men, kids. We wouldn't want the crooks to get away with all the loot, don't we? Let's all act up like detectives and have fun with Play-doh!
http://www.washjeff.edu/users/ahollandminkley/Biometric/biometric05.jpg (for the picture)
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