Biometrics

"Might I see your staff tooth?"

The new biol metric identity card could be an old hat in Belgium already soon. Experts would be after two, criminals one becomes travelers if take on the tooth there in future strongly or spilled.

A microchip in the mouth could make the identification of disaster victims easier. "Forget the identity card, there is his staff tooth in future", reported the Flemish newspaper "Het Laatste Nieuws" about an invention of the Belgian dentists Patrick Thevissen and Guy Poelmans. You had developed an ID tooth as degree work of its education in forensic dentistry at university lions: The microchip with antenna and protective gel with the measures of one times six millimeters is one planted into a tooth.

Chip like a lead seal
"Anonymous corpses can be identified with the chip tooth" within few seconds, Thevissen told the newspaper. Till now, months are frequently necessary for this. To this day, some victims of the whirlwind "Katrina" in New Orleans or into this one of the tsunami met countries aren't identified. This is normally done with the teeth pictures of the corpses but some wouldn't the killed have had any file card with a firm dentist. The chip can change this: It will as a lead seal one planted into a tooth and can save data which contain several DIN A 4 sides announced. With a scanner the information is easily callable.

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Article of March 3rd, 2006