Fingerprint technology beats world's toughest tests, including 100s of builders' thumbs

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 07:21 in Mathematics & Economics

Technology developed by the University of Warwick that can identify partial, distorted, scratched, smudged, or otherwise warped fingerprints in just a few seconds has just scored top marks in the world's two toughest technical fingerprint tests. The technology is also being rapidly taken up by the UK building trade who are delighted to have fingerprint technology which can cope with the often worn and ravaged builders' thumbprints...

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