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Seiko Epson is developing the tiny and portable fingerprint sensor which may help bring an extra level of security to a range of items in the future. The 0.2mm thick fingerprint sensor reads fingerprint patterns based on the faint electric current emanating from the your fingertip when it’s touched.

Among the applications that Seiko Epson is targeting are self-authenticating credit cards, in which a tiny on-card processor is used to compare the captured fingerprint data with the user’s fingerprint data stored in an embedded memory. A non-matching fingerprint would render the card unusable, preventing abuse in the case of loss or theft.

Seiko and Epson plan to market the Fingerprint Sensor by 2010.

via Pink Tentacle

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