"Fear of terrorist attacks has prompted a redefining of the concepts of security and safety throughout the world, and especially in Europe and the United States, the largest potential targets. After 2001, more and more retinal scanners and fingerprint-recognition devices have been installed in sensitive areas such as airports and public buildings, but their main drawback has been that they take a lot of time to complete their readings, and they can cause unrest, as people have to queue to get to where they're going.
Now, an European team of scientists is working on a way to create a device that will no longer rely on scanning eyes or palms, but rather on scanning the brain waves each person has. While fingerprints and retina layouts can be falsified, the waves that cause all the process in the brain cannot, and they are truly unique for ever person. The team says that a success in this field could mean far less queues, and a faster detection of suspicious individuals in crowded or sensitive areas." ...more
