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Such an idea isn’t really necessary, and it would be a waste of our tax dollars. Our economy, shackled as it is, would still reward the next DieHard with more than $300,000 in purchased goods.

Biometrics Bad for HAL Laptops
Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Slashdot reports that facial recognition is going mainstream for laptop access. I relate a story about why this may not be a good idea for HAL employees.

If this goes through, expect cell phone innovation to drop and monthly bills to increase.

The last lecture of the morning (the tours were in the afternoon) was “Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure.” Dr. Arthur Helmicki, PhD from the College of Engineering at UC introduced four lecturers, none of which had their names in the speaker notes and one of which I couldn’t hear during the introduction.

Each Friday attendee to the conference was allowed to choose two tours. The two titles that appealed to me were “Modern IT for Workplace Connectivity” and “Solar House.”