Device captures signatures and fingerprints with tiny LEDs

Sunday, August 11, 2013 - 15:00 in Physics & Chemistry

Researchers want to put your signature up in lights. Using thousands of nanometer-scale wires, the researchers have developed a sensor device that converts mechanical pressure – from a signature or a fingerprint – directly into light signals that can be captured and processed optically.

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