Now that they're in smartphones, fingerprint scanners seem to be everywhere, but what's really going on behind the scenes when they're scanned?

Long before memory forms, the hands already carry a permanent signature that everyone carries around. Fingertips develop looping ridges while the body measures only inches long, shaped by forces too ...

In 2008, the then German interior minister, [Wolfgang Schäuble] had his fingerprint reproduced by members of the German Chaos Computer Club, or CCC, and published on a piece of plastic film ...

Like most (if not all) Hackaday readers, I like to know how the technology I use works. I’m always amazed, for example, how many otherwise smart people have no idea how the cellphone network works ...

Fingerprint unlocking, with all its flaws and sensitivities, is an increasingly popular way to unlock your smartphone. That method is headed to your front door, too. Smart locks are beginning to ...

This utility, available for Windows and Mac, enables wireless printing from your iDevice. It also lets you beam photos and whatnot right to your Dropbox folder. Rick Broida is the author of numerous ...

A Fingerprint Reader in Windows lets you log into your Windows laptop using your fingerprint. The feature provides biometric credentials to sign in to your account that require you to enter your ...