Resources Related to Biometrics and People with
Disabilities
Below are several papers on biometrics and people with disabilities. The
Center wishes to express its thanks to the authors for their
groundbreaking work in this area. If you have have and questions of
comments please send them icdri@icdri.org
Some of these files require the PDF reader, you can get it at:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Papers
Be sure to take the survey that is in this paper.
As with almost every new technology that seeks to find its place in everyday life, iris recognition has both the potential to be a convenience
enhancer (including an access enhancer), but also the potential to be an obstacle or excluder if improperly configured or installed without
consultation and guidance from disabled persons....
Links
Below are links to resources on biometrics. These will
help anyone who is interested in this subject to gain a better understanding of
the subject and what biometrics are and what they are used to accomplish.
A good resource for finding biometrics resources.
"The Biometric Consortium serves as the US
Government's focal point for research, development, test, evaluation, and
application of biometric-based personal identification/verification technology."
"IBG is the biometric
industry's leading consulting and technology solutions firm. Since 1996, IBG has
provided independent biometric expertise to financial institutions, government
agencies, systems integrators, and high-tech companies. "
"The Biometrics Catalog was developed as a
service to the biometrics community and potential users of biometric technology.
It was designed to provide multiple search options so that visitors to the
Biometrics Catalog can find the information they want - and only the information
they want - quickly and easily."
Biometrics Advocacy Report
This company works on innovative biometric identification
software. - be advised this site uses Flash and may not be accessible.
U. S. Department of Defense web site on biometrics.
Articles on the current, past, and future uses of biometrics
and the issues involved.
The biometrics web site of the Pattern
Recognition and Image Processing Lab
Department of Computer Science And Engineering
Michigan State University
Web site for the Journal of the International Biometrics
Society
Where you business needs and biometric solutions converge.
"The BioAPI Consortium was
formed to develop a widely available and widely accepted API that will serve for
various biometric technologies. "
'We must develop as quickly as possible technologies that make
possible a direct connection between brain and computer, so that artificial
brains contribute to human intelligence rather than opposing it.' -- Stephen
Hawking
Long Term Goals
- Develop a direct brain interface capable of controlling
multiple independent channels
- The interface should be appropriate for the operation of
prosthetics or other assistive technology systems
"Privacy International (PI) is a human rights group
formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance by governments and corporations. PI
is based in London, England, and has an office in Washington, D.C. PI has
conducted campaigns throughout the world on issues ranging from wiretapping and
national security, to ID cards, video surveillance, data matching, police
information systems, medical privacy, and freedom of information and expression."
The increasing use of biometric technology raises
questions about the technology's impact on privacy in the public sector, in the
workplace, and at home.
Kynn
Bartlett's New Book
A terrific book on Cascading Style Sheets by one of the
leading experts in the field....
Constructing
Accessible Web Sites
This is the most complete book ever published on the
subject!... Plus some others books that will help you build exciting
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