Did you know that the flow of subcutaneous deoxidized hemoglobin in the veins of your hands is completely unique? In English, this means a device that can spot the route blood takes through your hands' veins can identify you with nearly perfect accuracy. Fujitsu's new PalmSecure biometric solution does just that, and it was one of the hits of January's Consumer Electronics Show.
The PalmSecure attaches to any USB port, and Fujitsu claims that it has a false acceptance rate of less than 0.00008 percent—outdoing other biometric technologies like face recognition. Moreover, "palm vein patterns are extremely difficult to forge," notes a Fujitsu white paper. Pricing wasn't set at press time, but Fujitsu will target vertical markets such as banks in the first half of this year.