Chinese scientists promote biometrics technologies
( 2003-10-26 08:11) (Xinhua)
Scientists from China's top research body, the Chinese Academy of Sciences
(CAS), suggested Saturday that governmental regulators set uniform technical
standards for biometrics products, new hi-tech favorites of places in need of
high security, such as airports.
The CAS Institute of Automation, which leads others in biometrics research
and commercialization, invited competing research bodies, governmental
regulators as well as companies throughout the country into a forum Saturday.
With this endeavor, the institute, also successful in earning money from
their fashionable gadgets, wished to avoid unfair rivalry from the budding
competition.
Biometrics is computerized verification of human features, regardless of
physical or behavioral characteristics. Individuals could be identified, with
high precision, by their facial features, irises, fingerprints, voice and
handwriting.
The International Civil Aviation Organization advised its members to put
biometrics information into passports and other identifications.
Although Chinese scientists have gained the know-how of biometrics
technologies, Chinese manufacturers still need to import key hardware from
developed countries.
"Competition without rules might make all of us lose the home market in the
long run," said Tan Tieniu, head of the CAS institute who initiated the
forum.
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