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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Sniffing earwax could offer icky new frontier in biometrics

For most of us, earwax is a bodily product we prefer not to think about, keeping it at arms’ length on the end of cotton buds – but scientists analyzing the chemicals present in the waxy substance have found that it reveals a huge amount about its creator, and could even be used to identify people. The lead scientist on the Monell Centre project said wax, “could be an overlooked source of personal information.



Sniffing earwax could offer icky new frontier in biometrics

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