Apple has been granted a patent for a finger device that would allow you to control a Mac or iPad by pointing at the screen and moving your finger. This one (number 11,275,456) is dubbed ...

Apple has been granted a patent (number US 11720174 B2) for “electronic finger devices with charging and storage systems.” It’s one of several patents that the company has filed regarding finger ...

Apple is researching a finger-mounted device with an array of sensors and haptic feedback, to be used as a control device for a mixed-reality headset, according to patent filings. The patent ...

WEBVTT TROOPER TOM HICKEN TRAVELS WITH A LOT OF TECHNOLOG A SCANNER, RADIO, AND COMPUTER. BUT WITH THIS SMALL DEVICE CALLED A MOBILE AFIS, HE HAS INSTANT IDENTIFICATION AT HI FINGERTIPS. 22 TO 30 ...

The fingernail-sized device is loaded with sensors that let users connect to other devices, according to a patent application. Abrar's interests include phones, streaming, autonomous vehicles, ...

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Fingerprints, also called dermatoglyphs, develop as early as three months of gestation and are entirely unique to each individual. It’s why they are commonly used as a form of biometric security to ...

IDEMIA has launched a handheld wireless device for biometric fingerprint identification. The RapID X1 has a FBI Personal Identity Verification (PIV) FAP 30 certified sensor, designed to ensure the ...

Monitoring a person's blood pressure on a regular basis can help health care professionals with early detection of various health problems such as high blood pressure, which has no warning signs or ...

A patient of Dr. Leslie Baumann had burned her finger in the kitchen and wondered whether that would limpact logging onto devices using her fingerprints. Omar Marques / SOPA Images/Sipa USA ...