-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In list.cypherpunks, bdolan@use.usit.net writes:
And somebody, Science Applications International Corp. I think, is designing an in-car fingerprint reader / database query-er for cops. So they can check your bona fides on the road sides.
The company I know definitely is on this is Digital Biometrics, Inc, located in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Their device is called a SQUID (and no, I don't know what the acronym stands for). About 8" long and roughly 2.5" squarish, it has a lens in front where the subject's thumb is placed, and scans the lens with a laser. It's not quite in production yet, although prototypes are under construction. I happen to work for the company doing the machining work. - -- Roy M. Silvernail [ ] roy@cybrspc.mn.org PGP Public Key fingerprint = 31 86 EC B9 DB 76 A7 54 13 0B 6A 6B CC 09 18 B6 Key available from pubkey@cybrspc.mn.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.1 iQCVAwUBMEOdVhvikii9febJAQEu+QQAlDHh+rt+iyJ3Yi41B1InvtECalLA2spR Kl15Z/Fr2/WciRX7/VjHb2WQYxJ98psZlL37QeAWYDZ/PmfaCaknGd6rTgSyl3Vl itMSdfxB6eMpEAcJUQMPzB083i2MXDqdzAMBjWaw6FrYBKJ9+Rx12SZXz7UAFEz9 8nU5IBZ0Im0= =B9lj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----