FINGERPRINT
Did You Know?
- Measures thickness, density and curvature of finger's surface
- Widespread use by law enforcement
- Commonly used in border management
How does it work?
- A fingerprint maps the ridgelines in the skin of one's fingertips
- Individuality is based on location and direction of the ridge ending points AND
- Splits along a ridge path
TIMELINE
Late 1800s
Sir Francis Galton identified how fingerprint characteristics are individualized.1903
In a short story, Sherlock Holmes found a fingerprint.1969
Major push from the FBI to develop fingerprint identification system.1975
FBI developed automated fingerprint scanners.Late 1990s
Emergence of commercial fingerprint verification products.2006
Fingerprint readers added to many laptops.2013
iPhone 5S released with Touch ID.