Butt Biometrics: Is Your Butt Really That Unique?
Dec 26
Biometric techniques such as fingerprinting and even eye scans make sense. Those particular organs are usually quite unique to the individual, and we have no reason to think these days that these technologies are not well developed. However, with the butt, weight loss and weight gain can significantly change the size, width, and weight off the butt and the body in general, which is why we find this one somewhat doubtful, at least on the surface.
However, according to Japanese car makers and dealers, this technology can be used to protect cars from theft.” Covered on verge.com, Shigeomi Koshimizu, an associate professor at the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Tokyo has developed this particular technology to change the way that we look at cars.
This particular method of biometrics uses a seat pressure map to generate 39 different measurements to determine if this is the actual car owner’s butt or not. So far, the average false reject rate is only 2.2%, and the false accept rates are even lower at 1.1%. These kinds of effects and numbers are encouraging to say the least.
Some suggest that this may actually be a more promising option than past biometric methods. Fingerprints and facial recognition for example can rely on environmental factors and change accordingly. However, they state that the buttocks is relatively unchanging, something we still find relatively hard to believe, especially with changes in age and for women, during things like pregnancy.
However, the tests speak for themselves. What can we say? It may be like feet where the pressure points, regardless of changes in size or fat, remain basically the same. Obviously, this would not be as widespread as foot measurements. A lot of people have similar foot problems. Science makes it seem that butt biometrics may be the way to go.
