Panasonic has released a new eye scanner known as the BM-ET200 that boasts voice activation (it bellows out commands like “Stand up straight!”) while identifying a user in just 0.3 seconds. The BM-ET200 can be modified to handle more than 10,000 user records, and is tipped to retail for approximately $2,500 when released in the US next year. The authentication process is pretty simple – the scanner fires a laser into the eye (up to 20″ away), while the user aligns the eye with the camera by directly focusing on a green light. Don’t worry, it won’t leave you blind although it does sound painful in theory. Guess bigwig corporation could certainly make do with one of these.
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