Biometrics are changing the way we think about security. Here are some of the more innovative ways biometrics are being used and what we can expect in the future.
Biometrics in restaurants
According to Yi Chen, VP of Product at Toast Restaurant Operating System, transactions in restaurants will be even faster when biometrics move past fingerprint hardware to things like facial recognition. Fingerprint is hardware expensive and, especially in a restaurant setting, people's fingers can get dirty because they are around food, drinks and dirty cups/dishes. “Facial recognition scanning is a very interesting new technology leveraging built-in cameras of cloud-based tablets, no need for additional hardware that has to be maintained (which slows down lines),” Chen says. It can even allow management to see which employees are excelling and provide better incentives to those employees.