Iris Scans Are the New School IDs 217
An anonymous reader writes "Winthrop University in South Carolina is testing out iris scanning technology during freshman orientation this summer. Students had their eyes scanned as they received their ID cards in June. 'Iris scanning has a very high level of accuracy, and you don't have to touch anything, said James Hammond, head of Winthrop University's Information Technology department. 'It can be hands free security.'" I wouldn't want to be locked out a building because of a scratched lens or a system outage, though.
Another reason (Score:0, Funny)
Not to have kids.
Re:School full of stupid kids? (Score:5, Funny)
Or you could teach them to read the numbers on the side of the bus
if these were regular kids, you'd have a point. But these are college students. It's not fair to expect people like that to master such sophisticated mental tasks.
Re:Scratched Lens? (Score:3, Funny)
It is if you take sandpaper to the sensor on the device itself periodically.
Re: lol wut? (Score:5, Funny)