The Disappearing Desktop - It's Real This Time

[Judy Perry]

Funny, we just talked about biometric stuff in class a couple of weeks
back.

Of course, one problem with things like thumb/face scans is that they can
be cut off your body (happened to a guy whose MB got carjacked and which
used biometrics for access).

As for your face, well, there's a doctor somewhere in  Europe I think who
will shortly (within a few years) attempt a facial transplant.  Already
done it with rats and the like.  I kid you not.

Judy

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Dan Shafer wrote:

> occur. Today, there are increasing advances being made in biometric
> mechanisms (thumb-prints, retinal scans, etc.), which is one way of
> addressing this problem.