History of Computers - Retinal Scanning

Created By: Gregory Dayao

Retinal Scanning is one of the major biometric scanning technologies, mainly used for identification purposes. Other popular means of biometric scanning technologies are finger, facial and voice. In the 1980s, retinal scanning technologies have become popular for means of identification because of the low fail rate, inability to fake, and the low susceptibility to intentional or unintentional modification.

Overview

The idea of retinal scanning was first conceived in 1935, as doctors discovered that unique patterns of blood vessels in the back of they eyes of every person. Later in 1981, Robert Hill launched his recent patented commercial model of a retinal scanner.