Fingerprint readers are pretty common these days with laptops, however Hitachi went a little further and developed Biometric finger vein reader. That's right! It reads veins in your finger and uses it ...

A lot of technology is redundant, at best. Shiny gadgets that won't really make a difference. However, some of it has the potential to be a real game changer. MIT's FingerReader, if it will live up to ...

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Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate ...

Barclays is taking another step in the fight against fraud with the launch of the finger vein reader, using Hitachi’s authentication technology. By scanning a finger, customers will be able to access ...

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing an affordable finger reader for people whose vision is impaired. The prototype FingerReader fits like a ring on a user's index ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people whose vision is impaired, giving them ...

Our age-old instinct to point at things we'd like to know more about has inspired a device that assists the visually impaired consume written text. FingerReader is a 3D-printed device that is worn as ...

Researchers at MIT’s Media Lab have developed what they call the FingerReader, a 3D-printed device – worn like a ring and outfitted with a small, text-scanning camera – that enables its wearer to scan ...