The FBI is expected to announce this week the awarding of a $1 billion, 10-year contract to develop the largest and most comprehensive government biometrics database in history — with information on the palm prints, eye scans, tattoos, and other identifying physical data of citizens and those who pass through. Via BoingBoing.
I wonder if they will share their data with background check companies?
While hanging out with my friend Carlos, a brilliant medical researcher and brain surgeon, we started talking about scientific matching. He sent over this link to the Economist article, The scent of a woman (and a man), which gives a good overview of ScientificMatch, which I see has a new site up.
