Okay, here’s the deal—do you want to get into an industry that was once science fiction, but is now very real, and is estimated to be a $360 million business by 2018? Welcome to biometrics. Put simply, biometrics means automated identification devices, such as scanners that read your face, retina, or hands to determine who you are. With this technology, your ID is your body, and biometric system designers are researching, designing, and building these amazing devices as we speak. The job combines basic knowledge of biology with advance engineering and computer programming skills. Yeah, it’s no joke, since you’ll need a master’s degree and some killer grades in math and science. So if you had hoped that one day the stuff in the Star Trek movies would be reality, then the world of biometrics could be your new home.
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A huge problem that biometrics will help solve is personal security—while thieves may be able to easily copy your driver’s license, they’ll have a nearly impossible time trying to copy your eyeball.
Biometrics is already being used right now in ways we may not even be aware of—for instance, when Facebook asks if you want to tag your friends in a photo and tells you accurately who they are, that’s biometrics.
