A new fingerprint sensor can also detect the user's temperature. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch Fingerprint scanners are the most reliable form of security on smartphones today, and it seems this type of ...

Scientists have developed a flexible and transparent smartphone fingerprint scanner that can even measure your temperature and pressure to make sure that the fingerprint placed on the scanner is ...

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For decades, manufacturers have struggled to find ways to make their devices more secure without making them more costly or inconvenient. After all, if it was too expensive no one would pay for it, ...

A finger-heating effect has been observed on mutual capacitive touch sensors with plastic film overlay. The symptom is exhibited as serious sensitivity degradation when there is a greater than 10°C ...