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...Gehrig's disease) did not keep him from visiting Caltech in March. Charles e-mailed Hawking's assistant, and after making two small editing changes requested by Hawking, received a FedEx package from California the next day. Inside was a piece of paper bearing Hawking's freshly made right thumbprint...
...samples not only in Yellowstone but also in the Taupo Volcanic Zone in New Zealand and the frigid depths of a lake in British Columbia. When astronauts or robot craft finally start hauling home rocks from other planets, those specimens can be compared with Cady's for the tiny thumbprint of life both may contain. The trick, she says, "is knowing what clues to look...
...able to sign sensitive legal documents--like a check or a life-insurance policy--using encryption technology that legally certifies that you are you. That technology is already built into major Web browsers, and this fall Sony will market a device that enables users to sign documents with a thumbprint. Although the bill is a big win for e-commerce, some consumer groups have expressed concern about the potential for online fraud. For good or for ill, President Clinton is expected to sign the bill (presumably the old-fashioned way); it could go into effect as early...
...next time you?re writing a check and get asked for ID, just give the cashier the thumbs-up. Get ready for the next step in the future of money: Thumbprint identification. It?s real, and it?s catching on all over the country. Banks in all 50 states have some version of the system, and may start requiring you to use it. Which is one of the reasons why Peter Taussig, a California businessman, is taking his bank to court. ?I was not going to give them fingerprints,? said Taussig Monday. ?Nor was I going to give a saliva...
...floor, cuffed his hands behind his back and identified themselves as FBI agents. "Who are you?" one of them demanded. "F___ you," Kansi snapped in his lightly accented English, and began screaming for help in his native Pashto language. Garrett knelt beside Kansi and took a thumbprint. A Midwesterner with a Ph.D. in criminology and a powerful memory, Garrett recognized the ridges and whorls. "We got him," he said. The G-men hustled their captive out of the hotel and into a waiting four-wheel-drive vehicle. By that night, Carter was able to send out a brief report...