Modern technology ...

[Mk2Jo]

TOKYO (AFP) - Taking the idea of a cashless society to a new level, a Japanese company said Monday it will try out a way to let customers pay simply by scanning their finger.

 

The system uses biometric technology to identify the veins on a person's finger, which can then serve as a credit card or ATM card.

 

Electronics maker Hitachi Ltd., which developed the technology with credit card maker JCB Co. Ltd., said the system was the ultimate in security.

 

"The growing use of credit cards is leading banking institutions to introduce reliable security based on biometrics to prevent fraud," Hitachi said in a statement.

 

Hitachi said it would launch an experiment in September involving 200 of its employees to see if it is commercially viable to introduce the system in shops, banks and other businesses.

 

Biometric technology is already used by Japanese banking giants such as Mitsubishi UFJ and Sumitomo Mitsui to identify clients as they conduct transactions or use ATMs.

 

In Hitachi's new system, a customer would simply hold his or her finger in front of a machine which, without making contact, would scan an image that would be matched up with customers' data in the system.

 

And so will begin a new crimewave ..... I think I'd much rather have my card nicked and used than my fingertips chopped off by thieving chav scum

[surfingturnip]

as a thought................what happens if you loose your fingers in an accident? how do you get to your money then?

[Burns]

if it reads your veins, then surely it wouldn't be able to read them if there were no blood running through them? (no warm blood in the veins)

[tazrocks88]

another small step for technology another giant leap backwards for man kind

[Vista]

as a thought................what happens if you loose your fingers in an accident? how do you get to your money then?

 

If I lose my fingers in an accident I've got bigger things to worry about than how to get my money! Think about it guys, no fingers means no more w...king! And though we give you maximum points for effort ladies you never quite get it right

[surfingturnip]

as a thought................what happens if you loose your fingers in an accident? how do you get to your money then?

 

If I lose my fingers in an accident I've got bigger things to worry about than how to get my money! Think about it guys, no fingers means no more w...king! And though we give you maximum points for effort ladies you never quite get it right

 

lmao

[Daggle]

as a thought................what happens if you loose your fingers in an accident? how do you get to your money then?

 

If I lose my fingers in an accident I've got bigger things to worry about than how to get my money! Think about it guys, no fingers means no more w...king! And though we give you maximum points for effort ladies you never quite get it right

 

True!!

[Mk2Jo]

Never quite get WHAT right ????

[Vista]

Never quite get WHAT right ????

 

Can't say, this isn't in the adult room. But the guys know, right guys?

 

Top tip girls don't pull too far, it's not meant to stretch

[surfingturnip]

lmao

[Copey]

Never quite get WHAT right ????

 

Can't say, this isn't in the adult room. But the guys know, right guys?

 

Top tip girls don't pull too far, it's not meant to stretch

 

LMFAO

[Pipster007]

as a thought................what happens if you loose your fingers in an accident? how do you get to your money then?

 

If I lose my fingers in an accident I've got bigger things to worry about than how to get my money! Think about it guys, no fingers means no more w...king! And though we give you maximum points for effort ladies you never quite get it right

 

 

Whatever happens, I'm sure you can find someone to palm that job onto