patrickWebJohn Patrick's weblog @ patrickWeb focuses on Internet technology trends including WiFi, e-business, digital identity, public policy, and blogging. He also shares stories about travel, music, motorcycles, and other hobbies.Yottabytes- April 29, 2008 A reader of the story about the hospital SmartCard project asked me if the card could store an MRI. The short answer is no, not today, but in the long term, yes for sure. The most important short-term role for the smartcard is authentication. The best example to explain that is Clear. The Clear smartcard contains a digital representation of each iris, all ten finger prints, and your photograph. When you present your Clear smartcard at the airport, there is no doubt that you are who you say..http://www.patrickweb.com/weblog/archives/2008_04.php |