As we all know, biometrics has been around since the early twentieth century, but thanks in part to electronics and modern security challenges it has experienced a huge boom in the past 10 to 20 years. This integration was like pumping Barry Bonds full of steroids and h.g.h. It has caused an exponential increase in security and identification. Nonetheless these systems are not perfect and scientists in the Netherlands have been busy trying to make it perfect by taking biometrics to the next level (that is, between various research projects to discover new ways to pickle Herrings)
The scientists in the Netherlands have been experimenting with brain scans and recognition as a way to improve the security of biometrics. They found that speech sounds and voices can be identified by a unique ‘neural fingerprint’ in the listeners brain. This technology can be utilized to create more secure voice recognition and identification systems. It also opens a new door in speech controlled computers. Imagine your computer only listening to only your voice (and then crashing !hah!…)
The researchers in the Netherlands rounded up seven test subjects, and mapped their brain activity , using fMRI technology, while listening to three vowels sound from three different speakers. Then they developed a algorithm to decode the brain signals into a unique pattern. The researchers found that each speaker has a unique ‘neural fingerprint’ that identifies who is speaking. It is also possible for the speech sounds to be identified. So this mean that we can scan and decode a brain and identify who is speaking and what is being said.
The Study is a promising new front in the ongoing battle in biometrics security. So now to get in to a secure building you gotta climb into the rabbit whole and utter silly words till the nice lady lets you in. But it promises a two fold security increase, needing to identify not only the speaker but a password of the speakers choosing. And the best thing about it all … it was paid for by the Netherlands government. The research team received grants from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research or the NWO. You can read more about it here.
