<p>Well when compared to percent error on most biometrics used today it's definitely acceptably unique. But that's more of an enditement of biometric technology in general.</p>
<p>It is fascinating to me for sure. What I have been tempted to try to build is an automated fecal sample / analysis toilet. Would be great for health checkups. Walk in and hand your doctor last three months of stool metrics. Or setup alerts.</p>
<p>it would be a concievably great asset.</p>
<p>On Sep 20, 2010 1:38 PM, "Glen Jarvis" <<a href="mailto:glen@glenjarvis.com">glen@glenjarvis.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">>><br>>> Actually bowels bacteria are usually fairly unique.<br>
>><br>>> It would be a pretty acceptable metric by which to authenticate someone.<br>>><br>>><br>> There's a whole bunch of meta-genomic work that is going on in this field.<br>> It's fascinating. I can share what I know about the bioinformatics of doing<br>
> such a thing if you're interested.<br>> <br>> We cannot, unfortunately, yet say that it's a pretty acceptable metric by<br>> which to authenticate someone. Or, at least, I haven't seen that yet. If<br>
> there is a paper on such a thing, it would be *real* interesting to read.<br>> <br>> I know.. I know.. you were joking. But, there is a whole area that this is<br>> really *really* being researched and interesting... (And, not just samples<br>
> from the gut -- ocean floor, etc. too).<br>> <br>> <br>> Cheers,<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Glen<br>> -- <br>> Whatever you can do or imagine, begin it;<br>> boldness has beauty, magic, and power in it.<br>
> <br>> -- Goethe<br></p>