[Noisebridge-discuss] Safety

[Matt Joyce]

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.

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.

it would be a concievably great asset.

On Sep 20, 2010 1:38 PM, "Glen Jarvis" <glen at glenjarvis.com> wrote:
>>
>> Actually bowels bacteria are usually fairly unique.
>>
>> It would be a pretty acceptable metric by which to authenticate someone.
>>
>>
> There's a whole bunch of meta-genomic work that is going on in this field.
> It's fascinating. I can share what I know about the bioinformatics of
doing
> such a thing if you're interested.
>
> We cannot, unfortunately, yet say that it's a pretty acceptable metric by
> which to authenticate someone. Or, at least, I haven't seen that yet. If
> there is a paper on such a thing, it would be *real* interesting to read.
>
> I know.. I know.. you were joking. But, there is a whole area that this is
> really *really* being researched and interesting... (And, not just samples
> from the gut -- ocean floor, etc. too).
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Glen
> --
> Whatever you can do or imagine, begin it;
> boldness has beauty, magic, and power in it.
>
> -- Goethe
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