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Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Excerpt from newspaper

1. MSFT, YHOO, GOOG, Facebook and Intuit have all built data centers in the Pacific Northwest region, the outskirt of Portland. Why? "low humidity and cool nights" which will prevent banks of humming computers from overheating.

2. Digital Authentication - some forms of biometric identification
a. Fingerprint
b. Vein geometry - camera scans hand using near-infrared light. Software creates a
reference template based on shape and location of the vein structure.
c. Facial recognition - Measure various facial "landmarks" such as distance
between eyes, width of nose, depth of eye sockets and length of jaw line.
d. Iris scanning - Measures pupils, iris, eyelids and eyelashes.
If you wish to learn more about this topic, please visit
http://science.howstuffworks.com/biometrics.htm