Xthings is rolling into CES with a bunch of new gear, including two new smart locks and a few smart security cameras. It’s definitely the Ultraloq Bolt Sense that’s the most intriguing of the bunch, however. It’s a relatively compact smart deadbolt that combines facial recognition with palm vein authentication for touch-free access, without resorting to an app.
While palm scanning is still relatively new to the consumer market, Xthings claims it’s more reliable than fingerprint scanning because it’s actually reading the vein pattern under your skin, so it doesn’t care if your hands are wet or dirty. And, since vein scanning uses near infra …
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Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/853844/ultraloq-ces-smart-lock-face-palm-reading
Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/853844/ultraloq-ces-smart-lock-face-palm-reading
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