For car owners who often drive in the United States, it is not uncommon to encounter ** on the highway and ask for parking inspections. Generally speaking, when a police car next to your car sounds an alarm and then asks you to step over to the parking lot through a loudspeaker, they will first search for your license plate information through the on-board computer before getting out of the police car to approach the vehicle from behind. Drive side. If there are just suspects in the vehicle being checked and they carry **, there is no doubt that ** will face a huge life.

In fact, such a malicious assault on police occurred in Long Island, a suburb of New York City, earlier this year. At the time, a Suffolk community victim was wounded by a suspect on a routine inspection on the road, and subsequent investigations revealed that the suspect happened to be a "known local gang member."

In response, Mario Savio, an engineering professor at Carnegie Mellon University, said that he may have found a solution to this problem. Because he invented a remote iris scanning technology that allows the owner to quickly read its iris information when the owner inadvertently scans the vehicle's rearview mirror. In other words, the emergence of this technology will enable ** to know whether or not to take a dangerous person in the target vehicle before taking the police car.

Unlimited potential

Savio said that this is the world's first effective long-distance iris scanning technology. In simple terms, the human eye consists of the sclera, the iris, and the pupil. The white part of the sclera, which is the outer part of the eyeball, accounts for about 30% of the total area; the center of the eye is the pupil part, which accounts for about 5%; the iris is located between the sclera and the pupil and contains the most abundant texture information, occupying 65% of the individual's Say it is as unique as a retina or a fingerprint.

Specifically, the human iris morphology can remain unchanged for decades. On the other hand, the iris is visible to the outside but at the same time belongs to the internal tissue behind the cornea. If you want to change the appearance of the iris, you need a very fine surgical operation, and you risk the visual damage. Therefore, the uniqueness, stability, and unchangeable nature of the iris have long served as a material basis for identification.

"Usually, fingerprint recognition technology will require the user's fingers to touch the identification device. However, iris scanning can achieve this within a certain distance, so the overall user experience of this technology will be comfortable and natural. Unlike all scanning devices, this long-distance iris scanning technology does not require you to stand in a machine for identification, nor does it require you to stand in a particular 'X' location because you only need to be in the 6-12 meter range. This detection device will successfully capture your iris information and the entire face profile,” said Savio.

Carnegie Mellon University stated that this technology can be applied to many practical fields in addition to its application in the police field. For example, people's iris information will be able to completely replace the government issued ID cards and other documents, and make the landing system in the traditional notebook outdated. Savio believes that the existing password protection mechanism is completely outdated, and almost everyone wants to be able to reduce the possibility of being attacked on routine inspections on the road.

Cause concern

However, the emergence of this technology has also caused people to worry about the potential privacy and security problems that the government may have after abusing this technology. For example, the government can use this technology to scan every pedestrian's iris information on the streets of the city, and to clearly grasp the specific whereabouts of each individual, whether he is driving, walking, or passing through security at the airport.

Savio believes that there are many more things in the world today that are worth worrying about.

“I often hear people saying, 'Hey, now others can track me through bio-information.' But this is not the case, because the cost of doing this is too high. And, people can Through the use of transactions and various types of membership card information, the outside world keeps track of their own actions. If anyone really wants to do this, they do not need to rely on this novel facial recognition or iris recognition technology to do this. Because they have long been able to do this," said Savio.

At the same time, some US media pointed out sharply that the use of this technology will also make it more difficult for innocent political activists to flee the area occupied by the opposition regime.

"I'm very glad that the media raised this hypothesis. Actually, I just discussed this topic with a non-profit organization. At present, one of the serious problems facing the world is the problem of human trafficking. There are so many children. Abducted and sold abroad, if we establish a system at the national border that can identify people who have been trafficked, it is believed that many governments will be very interested in it because the system will be a powerful weapon for effective control of human trafficking. In fact, the incidents of human trafficking are common in every country. If the technology I invented could help rescue more abducted children, I would be able to sleep more at night.” Savio added Road.

In addition, Seraphim Global, a non-profit organization headquartered in Virginia, who is committed to addressing human trafficking issues, said that it has been possible for the cooperation in this area to have contact with Savio.

Practical range

It should be said that iris scanning technology has been put into practical use in many countries around the world. For example, the U.S. police used this technique to record criminals' iris information for at least four years.

"Each prisoner in our prison is dressed in an orange jumpsuit, so they all look very similar. So before the prisoners are released from prison, we all need to compare their iris information with our database to ensure It was correct.” The Massachusetts Phammouth County Prison Spokesperson said in an interview with Reuters in 2011.

Around the year 2011, the Indian government began collecting iris information for each citizen and issued a unique identification number for them. At the same time, the United Arab Emirates scanned iris information for all arrivals and departures as early as 10 years ago.

In fact, iris scanning technology has been receiving more support in the United States since it is more obvious than other information identification technologies when deployed and used.

"This technology requires a certain degree of collaboration when used, so it will be very conspicuous, that is, people will clearly know that we are collecting their iris information." An iris scan technology company CEO said in an interview in 2011.

Savio said that if the technology is successful in the future, his team will continue to study to make it cheaper and easier to use.

"Hollywood's work has always been discrediting this technology, but I developed this technology to improve social development and save lives," Savio finally said.